Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada - April 2015

For the third time in four months, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class was the best-selling luxury vehicle in Canada in April 2015. 

The C-Class's 70% year-over-year improvement propelled the C - once the entry-level Benz but now with three models beneath it in the pecking order - to 968 April sales, 64 more than Audi's Q5 managed.

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The Q5, incidentally, led all premium brand SUVs and crossovers last month thanks to a 32% year-over-year increase. The Q5's job isn't as easy as it was at this time a year ago, since Audi's also selling the more affordable Q3 alongside. 325 copies of the Q3 were sold last month.

Among vehicles with base prices above $50,000, 13 of the top 15 best sellers in April were high-riding SUVs or crossovers, from the soon-to-be-replaced Lexus RX to the jumbo-sized GMC Yukon XL. Only the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and Chevrolet Corvette stopped the utility vehicle class from owning the leaderboard. 

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.

April 2016 • May 2015 • March 2015 • April 2014

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	968	571	69.5%	3524	2200	60.2%
#2	Audi Q5	904	685	32.0%	2274	2349	-3.2%
#3	Acura RDX	841	901	-6.7%	2102	2206	-4.7%
#4	BMW 3-Series	784	719	9.0%	2784	2383	16.8%
#5	Cadillac SRX	744	499	49.1%	1438	1342	7.2%
#6	Audi A4 *	733	648	13.1%	1836	1971	-6.8%
#7	BMW X3	686	474	44.7%	1637	1415	15.7%
#8	Lexus RX	601	711	-15.5%	1996	2324	-14.1%
#9	Acura MDX	580	547	6.0%	1578	1776	-11.1%
#10	Lexus NX	549	---	---	1628	---	---
#11	Audi A3	548	173	217%	1228	173	610%
T12	BMW 4-Series	512	279	83.5%	1437	667	115%
T12	Acura TLX	512	---	---	1550	---	---
T12	Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	512	406	26.1%	1577	1649	-4.4%
#15	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	507	487	4.1%	1816	1794	1.2%

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	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Lexus RX	601	711	-15.5%	1996	2324	-14.1%
#2	Acura MDX	580	547	6.0%	1578	1776	-11.1%
#3	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	507	487	4.1%	1816	1794	1.2%
#4	BMW X5	475	681	-30.2%	1537	2278	-32.5%
#5	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	345	323	6.8%	908	1129	-19.6%
#6	Chevrolet Corvette	307	158	94.3%	444	451	-1.6%
#7	Porsche Macan	265	---	---	516	---	---
#8	Cadillac Escalade	248	33	652%	701	122	475%
	Cadillac Escalade *	196	25	684%	557	87	540%
	Cadillac Escalade ESV *	52	8	550%	144	30	380%
	Cadillac Escalade EXT *	---	---	---	---	5	-100%
#9	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	239	303	-21.1%	744	801	-7.1%
#10	Porsche Cayenne	237	222	6.8%	595	675	-11.9%
#11	GMC Yukon	217	99	119%	589	263	124%
#12	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	207	214	-3.3%	805	967	-16.8%
#13	Audi Q7	205	225	-8.9%	480	653	-26.5%
#14	Chevrolet Tahoe	180	94	91.5%	722	255	183%
#15	GMC Yukon XL	166	94	76.6%	434	172	152%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad. Escalade breakdown by variant.
^ Mercedes-Benz Canada's figures combine the E-Class with the CLS and the S-Class with the CL.
$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 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 April:

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