Small And Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America - October 2015 YTD

U.S. Volvo XC90 sales in October 2015 increased to the highest level achieved by the nameplate since December 2007.

With 2565 copies of the XC90 sold in America in October 2015, Volvo's flagship was the brand's top-selling model and accounted for more than one-third of the brand's sales. 

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - October 2015 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model - October 2015 YTD

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Although this doesn't place the XC90 back in the upper ranks of the three-row luxury SUV ranks, the XC90 was not the forgotten elder in October that it had been for years. The first XC90 launched in 2002 and lingered through the early part of 2015. 

The Acura MDX, BMW X5, Mercedes-Benz GLE, and Infiniti QX60 all outsold the Volvo by wide margins in October 2015, but the XC90 outsold the recently refreshed Lexus GX by 342 units, the new Audi Q7 by 459 units, and the Range Rover Sport by 659 units. Even the more affordable Lincoln MKX, a former Ford Premiere Automotive Group cousin of the first XC90 and newly launched as the next most important model for Lincoln, trailed the XC90 by 376 units.

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The XC90 thus made a story for itself in October, but small luxury SUVs continue to steal much of the limelight. Nine different small utility vehicles from premium brands posted double-digit gains in October 2015, including a quintupling in sales from the Infiniti QX50 – newly stretched – and an 88% BMW X3 uptick.

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 SUVs and crossovers 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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Compact Luxury SUV	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi Q3	887	683	29.9%	10,619	2018	426%
BMW X1	601	2073	-71.0%	10,859	17,801	-39.0%
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	2025	2007	0.9%	20,672	2998	590%
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Total	3513	4763	-26.2%	42,150	22,817	84.7%

Small Luxury SUV	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura RDX	3891	3178	22.4%	42,393	36,273	16.9%
Audi Q5	4863	3571	36.2%	41,42	33,685	23.0%
BMW X3	3028	1610	88.1%	23,811	28,808	-17.3%
BMW X4	492	357	37.8%	4973	1400	255%
Infiniti QX50	989	192	415%	3107	2308	34.6%
Land Rover Discovery Sport	1356	---	---	4757	---	---
Land Rover LR2	---	213	-100%	74	3424	-97.8%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	1265	991	27.6%	12,157	9977	21.9%
Lexus NX	3399	---	---	35,346	---	---
Lincoln MKC	1982	2197	-9.8%	20,219	8615	135%
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	1941	2588	-25.0%	22,318	30,817	-27.6%
Porsche Macan	908	741	22.5%	11,189	5390	108%
Volvo XC60	1912	1653	15.7%	20,546	15,554	32.1%
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Total	26,026	17,291	50.5%	200,890	176,251	14.0%

Midsize Luxury SUV	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura MDX	4405	5324	-17.3%	47,862	53,632	-10.8%
Acura ZDX	---	4	-100%	2	73	-97.3%
Audi Q7	2106	1738	21.2%	16,527	14,843	11.3%
BMW X5	4292	3355	27.9%	44,782	36,376	23.1%
BMW X6	560	19	2847%	5687	3017	88.5%
Cadillac SRX	6020	3640	65.4%	56,732	45,348	25.1%
Infiniti QX60	3669	2285	60.6%	33,047	24,898	32.7%
Infiniti QX70	480	358	34.1%	4430	4351	1.8%
Land Rover LR4	869	130	568%	6789	3630	87.0%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	1906	1076	77.1%	17,437	14,709	18.5%
Lexus GX460	2223	1936	14.8%	20,083	17,935	12.0%
Lexus RX	8018	8057	-0.5%	77,940	84,273	-7.5%
Lincoln MKT	456	338	34.9%	3865	4063	-4.9%
Lincoln MKX	2189	1996	9.7%	17,356	20,724	-16.3%
Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class	4176	---	---	9470	---	---
Mercedes-Benz M-Class	704	3797	-81.5%	31,853	35,911	-11.3%
Porsche Cayenne	1454	712	104%	13,721	13,652	0.5%
Volkswagen Touareg *	840	578	45.3%	6154	5778	6.5%
Volvo XC70 *	464	470	-1.3%	4424	4218	4.9%
Volvo XC90	2565	267	861%	7406	3797	95.0%
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Total	47,396	36,080	31.4%	425,567	391,228	8.8%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
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 you'll see the XC70 listed with luxury cars as well as with SUVs and crossovers and the Touareg with luxury SUVs and mainstream SUVs... 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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