Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada - September 2014

BMW's top-selling 3-Series topped the premium brand leaderboard in September 2014, joined by the twelfth-ranked BMW 4-Series, as well. The 4-Series is a 3-Series offshoot. Indeed, sales of the 3-Series in September 2013 included cars that now operate under the 4-Series banner. 

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• Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - September 2014 YTD

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Together, their September volume was up 3.4%, accounting for 42% of BMW's Canadian volume last month.

The Audi Q5 is Canada's top-selling premium brand utility vehicle, now 186 units ahead of the second-ranked Lexus RX through nine months. The Q5 has been joined of late by a smaller Q3 in Audi Canada's lineup. Together with the larger Q7, they generated 51% of Audi's Canadian volume last month. 

Mercedes-Benz is Canada's best-selling premium brand this year, just 50 sales ahead of BMW. Mercedes-Benz Canada sold their first 184 GLAs in September. The GLA is a sister crossover/hatchback to the CLA. 71% of Mercedes-Benz's passenger car volume was generated in September by the entry-level cars: B, C, and CLA. Together with the GLA, they accounted for 44% of Mercedes-Benz volume in this country in September.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling luxury vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well.

September 2015 • October 2014 • August 2014 • September 2013

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
#1	BMW 3-Series	1014	1369	-25.9%	7462	9855	-24.3%
#2	Audi Q5	791	665	18.9%	5971	5492	8.7%
#3	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	694	733	-5.3%	4958	7005	-29.2%
#4	Lexus RX	672	760	-11.6%	5785	5830	-0.8%
#5	Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	649	549	18.2%	4053	4616	-12.2%
#6	Acura MDX	523	468	11.8%	4496	4521	-0.6%
#7	Acura RDX	485	483	0.4%	4864	4536	7.2%
#8	BMW X5	461	478	-3.6%	4349	2565	69.6%
#9	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	436	522	-16.5%	4206	3402	23.6%
#10	BMW X3	434	385	12.7%	3956	4665	-15.2%
#11	Audi A4 *	432	491	-12.0%	4301	4507	-4.6%
#12	BMW 4-Series	401	---	---	2499	---	---
#13	Audi A3	393	5	7760%	1604	352	356%
#14	Lexus IS	390	323	20.7%	3094	1670	85.3%
#15	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class ^	386	317	21.8%	2909	2330	24.8%

For the purposes of the above list, premium brands include Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volvo. Brands like Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus don't report specific monthly sales data. Maserati only reports brand totals. Buick has been excluded with a bunch of other automakers that don't sell vehicles with base prices higher than $45K.

Rank	Vehicles With Base Prices Above $50K	September 2014	September 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
#1	BMW X5	461	478	-3.6%	4349	2565	69.6%
#2	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	436	522	-16.5%	4206	3402	23.6%
#3	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class ^	386	317	21.8%	2909	2330	24.8%
#4	GMC Yukon	334	50	568%	1440	1052	36.9%
#5	BMW X6	311	128	143%	692	643	7.6%
#6	Chevrolet Tahoe	261	119	119%	1358	1242	9.3%
#7	BMW 5-Series	242	269	-10.0%	1714	1767	-3.0%
#8	Volkswagen Touareg	240	154	55.8%	1674	1550	8.0%
#9	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	199	250	-20.4%	1812	1864	-2.8%
#10	GMC Yukon XL	172	169	1.8%	1348	810	66.4%
#11	Cadillac Escalade	153	69	122%	550	614	-10.4%
	Cadillac Escalade °	120	44	173%	413	332	24.4%
	Cadillac Escalade ESV °	33	14	136%	131	104	26.0%
	Cadillac Escalade EXT °	---	11	-100%	6	178	-96.6%
#12	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	141	218	-35.3%	1912	1211	57.9%
#13	Audi Q7	141	195	-27.7%	1457	1377	5.8%
T14	Audi A6	136	111	22.5%	893	784	13.9%
T14	Porsche Macan	136	---	--	798	---	---

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad.
^ Mercedes-Benz Canada's figures combine the E-Class with the CLS and the S-Class with the CL.
° Escalade breakdown by variant
$50,000 CDN (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, but if GCBC was to follow this new system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, $50K seemed like a safe place to begin - it equals the average U.S. new car transaction price plus $15,000, plus another $5000 to account for Canadian increases. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $50,000 - M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically - but in the case of this list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced at $35,900, as would be the case with the BMW 320i, which costs less than a Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0T Limited. The biggest problem with a $50,000 minimum price of entry? Cars like the Cadillac XTS, which starts at $49,440, sporty cars like the $49,500 Audi TT, and SUVs like the $49,990 Acura MDX. Volkswagen recently increased the base Touareg's price to $50,975; GM jacked up the base Yukon price up to $51,090.
The new Cadillac CTS sedan's base price is above $50,000, but not the base price for other cars in the CTS lineup. Yet. Total CTS sales in September:
Total Infiniti G/Q50/Q60 volume: 276 in September; 2853 YTD.

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