Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada - April 2015 YTD

Mercedes-Benz Canada continues to hold the BMW 3-Series at bay. The 3-Series, Canada's perennial best-selling premium brand car, was outsold by Mercedes-Benz's C-Class by 740 units through the first four months of 2015.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - April 2015 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - April 2015 YTD

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Granted, BMW also sold 1437 copies of the 4-Series, which, until a couple of years ago, was known as 3-Series.

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3-Series and 4-Series sales are jointly up 38% to 4221 units through the first-third of 2015, a gain of  1171 units. Sales of the C-Class, still fresh off its fourth-gen revamp, have increased 60% so far this year and jumped 80% in April, specifically.

Mercedes-Benz car sales are up 15% this year and jumped 27% in April. The overall car market is flat as the industry sources much of its growth from pickup trucks, SUVs, and crossovers. But joining Mercedes-Benz in the car sales growth column are BMW (up 37% YTD), Audi (up 9% YTD), Acura (+35%), and Volvo (+0.3%). 

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian 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.

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Small/Entry  Luxury Car	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	281	301	-6.6%	683	783	-12.8%
Acura TLX	512	---	---	1550	---	---
Acura TSX	---	10	-100%	---	182	-100%
Audi A3	548	173	217%	1228	173	610%
Audi A4  ^	733	648	13.1%	1836	1971	-6.8%
Audi A5 *	244	316	-22.8%	514	772	-33.4%
BMW 1-Series	1	---	---	3	2	50.0%
BMW 2-Series *	180	68	165%	361	115	214%
BMW 3-Series	784	719	9.0%	2784	2383	16.8%
BMW 4-Series *	512	279	83.5%	1437	667	115%
BMW i3	63	---	---	147	---	---
Cadillac ATS	357	368	-3.0%	876	1017	-13.9%
Infiniti Q50	255	310	-17.7%	968	1131	-14.4%
Infiniti Q60 *	49	55	-10.9%	121	144	-16.0%
Lexus CT200h	84	79	6.3%	259	324	-20.1%
Lexus IS	388	410	-5.4%	1021	1212	-15.8%
Lexus RC	120	---	---	239	---	---
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	233	199	17.1%	663	892	-25.7%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	968	571	69.5%	3524	2200	60.2%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	383	370	3.5%	1177	1016	15.8%
Volvo S60	93	72	29.2%	240	357	-32.8%
Volvo V60	122	84	45.2%	339	244	38.9%
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Total	6910	5032	37.3%	19,970	15,585	28.1%

Midsize Luxury Car	August 2014	August 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	18	24	-25.0%	76	129	-41.1%
Acura TL	---	197	-100%	---	620	-100%
Audi A6	92	108	-14.8%	270	324	-16.7%
Audi A7	109	111	-1.8%	152	333	-54.4%
BMW 5-Series	126	167	-24.6%	506	579	-12.6%
Cadillac CTS	80	115	-30.4%	243	304	-20.1%
Cadillac XTS ‡	66	87	-24.1%	190	203	-6.4%
Hyundai Equus ‡	6	8	-25.0%	14	21	-33.3%
Hyundai Genesis ‡*	131	53	166%	552	322	71.4%
Infiniti Q70	25	7	257%	73	30	143%
Jaguar XF	38	34	11.8%	208	226	-8.0%
Kia K900 ‡	4	3	33.3%	11	6	83.3%
Lexus ES	249	274	-9.1%	675	750	-10.0%
Lexus GS	39	54	-27.8%	129	144	-10.4%
Lincoln MKS	31	16	93.8%	65	100	-35.0%
Lincoln MKZ	103	266	-61.3%	368	580	-36.6%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class *^	345	323	6.8%	908	1129	-19.6%
Mercedes-Benz R-Class	---	---	---	1	---	---
Volvo S80	12	4	200%	37	13	185%
Volvo XC70 *	58	40	45.0%	144	174	-17.2%
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Total	1532	1891	-19.0%	4622	5987	-22.8%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
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. This explains why you'll see the XC70 listed with luxury SUVs and the Acura ILX with mainstream 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.
^ Mercedes-Benz's Canadian sales figures combine the E-Class with the CLS-Class. Audi Canada's A4 sales figures include sales of the Allroad.
‡ The XTS, K900, and Equus aren't listed here because they're not massive - they are - but because their price points position them much more closely to, for example, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class than the S-Class. Genesis sales figures here do not include sales of the Genesis Coupe (as Hyundai's U.S. Genesis sales figures do), making the comparison with premium brand vehicles much more valid.

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