Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In America - November 2015

Thanks to a month of great decline from Mercedes-Benz in November 2015, BMW further secured its lead as America's top-selling premium brand in 2015 despite a sharp decline in 3-Series sales.

The 3-Series tumbled 20%, but the top-selling Benz, Mercedes' C-Class, similarly slid 22%, a loss of 2020 sales compared with November 2014.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - November 2015 YTD

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As a result of their respective decreases, the newly launched Lexus RX soared to a first place finish in November 2015, 2338 sales ahead of the 3-Series. Through 11 months, the 3-Series leads the RX crossover by only 554 units.

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Among the 15 most popular premium brand vehicles in November were nine SUVs/crossovers, from the top-ranked RX through two BMWs, two Acuras, and individual contenders from Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Infiniti.

Among the 15 most popular vehicles with base prices above $45,000, only four were cars. Six others were full-size, pickup truck-based Detroit SUVs.

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.

November 2016 • December 2015 • October 2015 • November 2014

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	November 2015	November 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Lexus RX	10,771	9592	12.3%	88,711	93,865	-5.5%
#2	BMW 3-Series	8433	10,475	-19.5%	89,265	87,451	2.1%
#3	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	7239	9259	-21.8%	79,057	66,841	18.3%
#4	Cadillac SRX	5087	3331	52.7%	61,819	48,679	27.0%
#5	BMW X3	4987	2221	125%	28,798	31,029	-7.2%
#6	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class	4883	---	---	14,353	---	---
#7	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	4751	4737	0.3%	44,737	61,284	-27.0%
#8	Lexus ES	4725	5884	-19.7%	57,113	64,726	-11.8%
#9	BMW 5-Series	4646	3105	49.6%	41,177	47,187	-12.7%
#10	Audi Q5	4520	4184	8.0%	45,949	37,869	21.3%
#11	Acura MDX	4092	5210	-21.5%	51,954	58,842	-11.7%
#12	BMW X5	3965	4557	-13.0%	48,747	40,933	19.1%
#13	Infiniti Q50	3782	4216	-10.3%	39,196	33,044	18.6%
#14	Infiniti QX60	3736	2927	27.6%	36,783	27,825	32.2%
#15	Acura RDX	3653	3436	7.4%	46,084	39,709	16.1%

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. Bentley and Maserati only report brand totals. Buick has been excluded with a bunch of other automakers that don't sell vehicles with base prices higher than $40K.

Rank	Vehicles With Base Prices Above $45K	November 2015	November 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Chevrolet Tahoe	7217	8027	-10.1%	78,569	86,467	-9.1%
#2	Chevrolet Suburban	5216	5045	3.4%	44,516	48,248	-7.7%
#3	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class	4883	---	---	14,353	---	---
#4	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	4751	4737	0.3%	44,737	61,284	-27.0%
#5	BMW 5-Series	4646	3105	49.6%	41,177	47,187	-12.7%
#6	BMW X5	3965	4557	-13.0%	48,747	40,933	19.1%
#7	GMC Yukon	3925	3179	23.5%	37,461	36,840	1.7%
#8	GMC Yukon XL	3137	2416	29.8%	26,798	26,492	1.2%
#9	Cadillac Escalade	2981	3237	-7.9%	31,264	26,782	16.7%
	Cadillac Escalade *	1672	2106	-20.6%	18,487	17,201	7.5%
	Cadillac Escalade ESV *	1309	1128	16.0%	12,775	9528	34.1%
	Cadillac Escalade EXT *	---	3	-100%	2	53	-96.2%
#10	Ford Expedition	2980	3982	-25.2%	37,387	40,393	-7.4%
#11	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	2916	3065	-4.9%	24,858	23,203	7.1%
#12	Volvo XC90	2236	87	2470%	9642	3884	148%
#13	Lexus GS	2174	1836	18.4%	19,694	19,453	1.2%
#14	Lexus GX460	2011	2043	-1.6%	22,094	19,978	10.6%
#15	Cadillac XTS	1976	1697	16.4%	20,042	22,059	-9.1%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
$45,000 USD (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, but if GCBC was to follow this system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, adding approximately $15,000 to the average new car transaction price seemed like a fitting place to begin. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $45,000 - M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically - but in the case of the second list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced at $32,750, as would be the case with the new BMW 320i, which costs less than a Honda Accord V6 Touring. 

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