Large Luxury SUV Sales In America - April 2016 YTD

One month ago, we wrote about the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class's U.S. sales slowdown in advance of the big SUV's transition into GLS-Class form. 

Now, the transition is underway, and GL volume – now known as GLS volume – shot up 36% to 2991 units in April 2016, a 249% increase compared with the GL's March doldrums.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales By Model - April 2016 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - April 2016 YTD

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Cadillac's Escalade, riding on two wheelbases as the Escalade and long-wheelbase Escalade ESV, pipped the big Benz by 16 reported units in April. Momentum, however, is not on the Cadillac's side. 

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Producing significantly less volume, momentum is on the side of the Toyota twins: Land Cruiser and Lexus LX570. Both will remain rare not only by the standards of the U.S. auto industry's popular nameplates but also compared with the norms in this category. 

But both the Toyota and Lexus are significantly more common in 2016 than they were in 2014. 

Combined sales of the duo are up by 1082 units through the first one-third of 2016.

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. This table is sortable, so you can rank large luxury SUVs 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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Large Luxury SUV	April 2016	April 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Cadillac Escalade & Escalade ESV/EXT	3007	3237	-7.1%	11,114	11,138	-0.2%
Infiniti QX80	1041	1025	1.6%	5095	5272	-3.4%
Land Rover Range Rover	1145	1542	-25.7%	5950	6377	-6.7%
Lexus LX570	442	270	63.7%	1978	1145	72.8%
Lincoln Navigator	1060	919	15.3%	4028	3794	6.2%
Mercedes-Benz G-Class	392	300	30.7%	1365	1146	19.1%
Mercedes-Benz GL/GLS-Class	2991	2195	36.3%	6871	8530	-19.4%
Toyota Land Cruiser	374	210	78.1%	1142	893	27.9%
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Total	10,452	9698	7.8%	37,543	38,295	-2.0%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
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. 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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