Top 10 Best-Selling European SUVs In Canada - September 2010

One month of European SUV/crossover sales in Canada amounts to very little volume in the grand scheme of things. Compare the best-selling European utility vehicle from September 2010 in Canada, the Volkswagen Tiguan, with Canada's overall best-selling SUV, the Ford Escape. For every Tiguan sold, Ford sold eight Escapes. 

On the other hand, one look at the financial value of these European SUVs and CUVs makes the automakers' wealth readily apparent. 460 GLKs were sold in September in Canada. The 2011 Mercedes-Benz GLK350 is in Canadian showrooms with a basic MSRP of $43,500. Elementary math puts the worth of 460 GLK350s at $20,010,000. Or how about the handsome new 2011 Porsche Cayenne? Porsche's Cayenne Turbo is on sale at $123,900, but even if all 112 Cayennes sold in Canada in September 2010 were the V6-engined $58,200 basic Cayenne, the value of those 112 SUVs stands at $6.5 million. 

Ever wonder why traditional sport sedan and sports car builders jumped into the SUV business? Quit your wondering. These were Canada's ten most popular European SUVs in September 2010.

#10 - Volvo XC90: 109
#9 - Porsche Cayenne: 112
#8 - Audi Q7: 120
#7 - Volvo XC60: 122
#6 - Audi Q5: 219
#5 - BMW X3: 256
#4 - BMW X5: 285
#3 - Mercedes-Benz M-Class: 310
#2 - Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class: 460
#1 - Volkswagen Tiguan: 473

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A great number of factors come into play when a bunch of large, expensive vehicles sell a a faster rate one year than during the year previous. Incentives, of course, can play a part. Falling gas prices could do the trick. An improving economic situation for the wealthy among us? Yeah, that might have an effect, too.

The 2011 Land Rover Range Rover has a base price of $79,685. 2010 sales are up 15.4%. In fact, the Land Rover family's basic price of entry is $36,350, which nets you a 2011 Land Rover LR2. In 2008, Land Rover sold 8885 SUVs in the first nine months of 2008. That number improved to 18,385 over the first nine months of 2009. So far in 2010, 22,289 Land Rovers have been sold. Point to whatever factor you like, but one way or another, a whole lot of wealthy people are buying a lot of expensive vehicles. 

Moreover, the percentage sales improvements posted by some other large, expensive SUVs are even greater plus they come with higher volumes.

Fact: through three-quarters of this year, Mercedes-Benz has sold over 50,000 SUVs in the United States. Call'em crossovers if you like, Mercedes has still sold over 50K. In other words, Mercedes-Benz has more SUV sales in America this year than all of Volvo's models combined. 

These are the Top 10 Best-Selling European SUVs In America over the course of the first nine months of 2010.

#10 - Land Rover Range Rover: 6355 ......... +15.4%
#9 - Volvo XC90: 6981 ........................... -3.6%
#8 - Volvo XC60: 8370 ......................... +42.3%
#7 - Land Rover Range Rover Sport: 8547 ... +18.6%
#6 - Mercedes-Benz GL-Class: 13,934 ........ +35.6%
#5 - Volkswagen Tiguan: 15,282 ............. +55.3%
#4 - Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class: 16,278 ........ +1.6%
#3 - Audi Q5: 16,636 ........................... +78.4%
#2 - Mercedes-Benz M-Class: 19,619 .......... +12.7%
#1 - BMW X5: 25,218 ........................... +35.2%

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