Large Luxury Car Sales In America - September 2014 YTD

Mercedes-Benz S-Class sales in the United States were nearly five times stronger in September 2014 than in September 2013, back when MBUSA was finishing off the previous-generation S-Class. 

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No full-size luxury car came within striking distance of the S-Class last month. Indeed, the only car of its type, the high-priced swoopy E-Class that is the CLS, is a Mercedes-Benz, as well. CLS sales in the third quarter of 2014 shot up 30%.

Among the S-Class's traditional rivals, however – A7 and 6-Series and CLS excluded - the next-best-selling car in the class in September 2014 was the Lexus LS, 1341 sales back of the big Benz. S-Class volume was 236% stronger last month.

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 large luxury cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

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Large Luxury Car	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	%  Change
Audi A7 *	588	623	-5.6%	6386	6027	6.0%
Audi A8	487	544	-10.5%	4060	4634	-12.4%
BMW 6-Series *	450	643	-30.0%	6635	7034	-5.7%
BMW 7-Series	480	1723	72.1%	6264	8573	-26.9%
Jaguar XJ	456	442	3.2%	3468	4066	-14.7%
Lexus LS	568	761	-25.4%	5904	7569	-22.0%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class *	1100	906	21.4%	6149	5921	3.9%
Mercedes-Benz S-Class	1909	387	393%	16,915	7625	122%
Porsche Panamera	450	475	-5.3%	4395	3948	11.3%
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Total	6488	6504	-0.2%	60,176	55,397	8.6%

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 the first three-quarters of 2014 were 918, 1575, 531, 127, and 675, respectively. Tesla, unfortunately, doesn't release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but HybridCars.com estimates 1300 September Tesla sales, 11,900 YTD.

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