Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America - February 2014 YTD

In February 2014, American car buyers once again made the BMW 3-Series and its 4-Series two-door sibling the best-selling luxury car range. Overall BMW car sales slid 1% in February, however, as the 1-Series/2-Series, 5-Series, 6-Series, 7-Series, and Z4 all declined. 

• 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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Audi's A3 is back. As a sedan. Audi has only sold 31 A3s in the last seven months, and zero in the last three months, as the A3 hatchback's departure was not perfectly timed with the A3 sedan's arrival. Some have said the new A3 makes the A4 a difficult purchase/lease to justify, others have found it quite small when considered against upmarket versions of volume-brand midsize cars. 

We're only talking about month number one, but Mercedes-Benz's more established CLA sold on nearly four occasions for every A3 sold last month. Expect that gap to close dramatically before summer.

Even when combined, Audi's bigger offerings, the A6 and A7, continue to lag well behind the class leaders, BMW's 5-Series and Mercedes-Benz's massive E-Class range. The E-Class, not even taking the CLS into account, was nearly twice as popular as the A6/A7 tandem in February, for example. Audi is increasingly the luxury brand to beat on a global stage, but its inability to sell passenger cars on a BMW/Benzesque fashion in the United States is noteworthy. 

The Q5 crossover brings in more than a quarter of Audi's sales. No utility vehicle at BMW or Benz is responsible for more than 15% of total brand sales.

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. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank 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

Small/Entry  Luxury Car	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	1301	1997	-34.9%	2458	3555	-30.9%
Acura TSX	911	1358	-32.9%	1804	2684	-32.8%
Audi A3	563	392	43.6%	563	623	-9.6%
Audi A4  ^	2497	3089	-19.2%	4995	5844	-14.5%
Audi A5 *	1030	1173	-12.2%	1955	2373	-17.6%
BMW 1-Series & 2-Series ^ *	272	393	-30.8%	347	697	-50.2%
BMW 3-Series & 4-Series ^	7791	6973	11.7%	14,285	11,804	21.0%
Cadillac ATS	2427	3382	-28.2%	4336	6163	-29.6%
Infiniti G/Q60 ^	1338	4529	-70.5%	2653	7344	-63.9%
Infiniti Q50 ^	3275	---	---	6224	---	---
Lexus CT200h	1230	1182	4.1%	2520	2183	15.4%
Lexus HS250h	---	1	-100%	---	1	-100%
Lexus IS	3517	1532	130%	6565	2918	125%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	5621	7302	-23.0%	11,369	14,516	-21.7%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	1971	---	---	4404	---	---
Volvo C30	14	157	-91.1%	26	323	-92.0%
Volvo S60	1578	2036	-22.5%	2900	3990	-27.3%
Volvo V60	335	---	---	657	---	---
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Total	35,671	35,496	0.5%	68,061	65,018	4.7%

Midsize Luxury Car	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX/RL ^	371	27	1274%	791	40	1878%
Acura TL	1480	2216	-33.2%	2848	3713	-23.3%
Audi A6	1743	1370	27.2%	3224	2629	22.6%
Audi A7 *	628	588	6.8%	1252	1286	-2.6%
BMW 5-Series	3818	4248	-10.1%	7087	6833	3.7%
Cadillac CTS	2509	2566	-2.2%	4741	5071	-6.5%
Cadillac DTS	---	---	---	---	3	-100%
Cadillac STS	---	1	-100%	---	1	-100%
Cadillac XTS	2106	2169	-2.9%	3754	4069	-7.7%
Hyundai Equus	260	270	-3.7%	587	523	12.2%
Infiniti Q70/M	458	514	-10.9%	947	927	2.2%
Jaguar XF	896	588	52.4%	1554	1099	41.4%
Lexus ES	4360	4817	-9.5%	8319	10,003	-16.8%
Lexus GS	1574	1108	42.1%	2874	2207	30.2%
Lincoln MKS	771	922	-16.4%	1406	1831	-23.2%
Lincoln MKZ	3044	945	222%	5166	1398	270%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class *	459	579	-20.7%	879	1132	-22.3%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class	4271	4211	1.4%	9537	9680	-1.5%
Mercedes-Benz R-Class	2	8	-75.0%	4	15	-73.3%
Volvo S80	85	151	-43.7%	437	327	33.6%
Volvo XC70 *	267	355	-24.8%	528	689	-23.4%
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Total	26,058	27,653	-5.8%	55,935	53,476	4.6%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ BMW USA, not GCBC, has decided to combine sales figures for the 3-Series and 4-Series, the 1-Series and 2-Series. Acura has done the same with the new RLX and old RL.
^ A4 includes Allroad, without which A4 sales were down 15.9% to 2216 in February.
^ Combined, the new Q50 and the outgoing G were up 1.9% to 4613 in February. Jointly, Q50 and G sedan sales were up 14.5% to 4202, and the Q60 & G37 coupe/convertible were down 52.2% to 411.
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 Acura ILX here but also with mainstream cars like the Buick Verano, too, and the Audi A5 is also displayed with coupes and convertibles... 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.

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