Large Luxury Car Sales In America - February 2014 YTD

American car buyers registered nearly twice as many Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedans in February 2014 than in February 2013. The 94% jump equalled an extra 866 sales for Mercedes-Benz USA. Total car sales were up 6%, although if the new CLA was excluded, passenger car sales at Mercedes-Benz slid 8%. 

• All Vehicles & Brands Ranked By February 2014 YTD U.S. Sales
• All 147 Cars Ranked By February 2014 YTD U.S. Sales

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The S-Class outsold its the BMW 7-Series, Lexus LS, and Porsche Panamera combined in February. 

Opposite the S-Class was Jaguar's XJ, the category's worst seller in February. XJ volume was down 36% as sales of the less costly Jaguar XF shot up 52%. F-Type excluded, Jaguar sales were up 7% in February despite the XJ's harsh 145-unit decrease.

XJ sales rose to an eight-year high in 2013, although the nameplate's total volume was down 49% from 2004 levels. The S-Class rose to a three-year high but sales were off 2006's pace by 57%.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. This table is sortable, so you can rank large luxury cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • February 2015 • March 2014 • January 2014 • February 2013

Large Luxury Car	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	%  Change
Audi A7 *	628	588	6.8%	1252	1286	-2.6%
Audi A8	360	395	-8.9%	697	899	-22.5%
BMW 6-Series	557	770	-27.7%	1064	1194	-10.9%
BMW 7-Series	600	709	-15.4%	1175	1292	-9.1%
Jaguar XJ	259	404	-35.9%	653	805	-18.9%
Lexus LS	589	803	-26.7%	1223	1880	-34.9%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class *	459	579	-20.7%	879	1132	-22.3%
Mercedes-Benz S-Class	1789	923	93.8%	3070	1861	65.0%
Porsche Panamera	478	385	24.2%	1024	973	5.2%
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Total	5719	5556	2.9%	11,037	11,322	-2.5%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better, right? This explains why you'll see the the A7 and CLS here but also with midsize luxury cars... because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts. Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model. ANDC estimates say sales for those brands in February 2014 were 70, 164, 59, 23, and 86, respectively. Bentley sales rose 6% to 191; Maserati sales jumped 426% to 837. Tesla, unfortunately, doesn't release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but you can visit the Model S sales page here.

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