Small And Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In Canada - February 2014 YTD

The $62,900-$98,500 BMW X5 continues to stand above all other premium brand utility vehicles in terms of total Canadian sales in 2014. February 2014 X5 volume was more than triple what BMW Canada managed in February 2013. 

The X5's closest challengers are far more affordable, but their February gains were slight or nonexistent. Audi sold 484 Q5s, a 5% improvement; Lexus RX sales were level at 449. Fewer than one out of every 20 RXs sold was an RX450h.

• All Makes & Models Ranked By February 2014 & YTD Canadian Sales
• All 84 SUVs/CUVs Ranked By February 2014 YTD Canadian Sales

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The Q5 and some of its small, entry-level rivals combined for a 3% year-over-year decrease in February 2014 as sales of the Acura RDX, BMW X3, Mercedes-Benz GLK, and Volvo XC60 declined. 

Volvo hasn't sold more than 100 XC60s in a single month since November.

Meanwhile, sales of many X5 rivals improved last month. Acura MDX volume was up 85%. The Audi Q7, Porsche Cayenne, and Volkswagen Touareg triumvirate combined for 400 sales, a 14% increase. The Mercedes-Benz M-Class was up 35%. Range Rover Sport sales jumped 55%. Sales of the Lexus GX almost doubled.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian 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 small and midsize 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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Small Luxury SUV	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Acura RDX	349	382	-8.6%	671	752	-10.8%
Audi Q5	484	459	5.4%	922	894	3.1%
BMW X1	365	145	152%	615	234	163%
BMW X3	317	542	-41.5%	538	823	-34.6%
Infiniti QX50 / EX	154	149	3.4%	267	273	-2.2%
Land Rover LR2	58	57	1.8%	91	91	0.0%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	142	120	18.3%	232	210	10.5%
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	339	395	-14.2%	626	651	-3.8%
Volvo XC60	90	113	-20.4%	172	195	-11.8%
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Total	2298	2362	-2.7%	4134	4123	0.3%

Midsize Luxury SUV	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Acura MDX	306	165	85.5%	661	422	56.6%
Acura ZDX	---	5	-100%	1	8	-87.5%
Audi Q7	118	115	2.6%	236	218	8.3%
BMW X5	502	162	210%	943	355	166%
BMW X6	47	57	-17.5%	86	97	-11.3%
Cadillac SRX	256	154	66.2%	472	329	43.5%
Infiniti QX70/FX	33	59	-44.1%	64	108	-40.7%
Infiniti QX60/JX	293	276	6.2%	589	436	35.1%
Land Rover LR4	42	36	16.7%	85	59	44.1%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	217	140	55.0%	432	248	74.2%
Lexus GX460	41	21	95.2%	101	47	115%
Lexus RX	449	449	0.0%	886	863	2.7%
Lincoln MKT	14	49	-71.4%	50	70	-28.6%
Lincoln MKX	99	238	-58.4%	361	412	-12.4%
Mercedes-Benz M-Class	437	325	34.5%	720	608	18.4%
Porsche Cayenne	158	116	36.2%	287	204	40.7%
Volkswagen Touareg *	124	120	3.3%	261	255	2.4%
Volvo XC70 *	44	38	15.8%	77	90	-14.4%
Volvo XC90	17	24	-29.2%	49	51	-3.9%
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Total	3197	2549	25.4%	6361	4880	30.3%

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, right? 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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Small & Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In Canada - February 2015 YTD
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Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada - February 2014
Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings - February 2014 YTD
Large Luxury SUV Sales In Canada - February 2014 YTD

Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada - February 2014 YTD

Not all luxury automakers were immune to the decline of Canada's passenger car market in February 2014. 

BMW brand car sales slid 17%, but the 3-Series continued as Canada's top-selling premium brand vehicle last month despite the nameplate's 5% drop. Lincoln car sales were down 10% as the MKZ's 132% increase, a 33-unit increase, was counteracted by the MKS's 85% decline. 

• All Makes & Models Ranked By February 2014 & YTD Canadian Sales
• All 136 Cars Ranked By February 2014 YTD Canadian Sales

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The MKS, along with the Infiniti Q70 (formerly M) was among Canada's 20 worst-selling vehicles when ranked by year-over-year percentage decline in February. Infiniti's newer Q50, however, helped the brand to a 52% increase in passenger car sales. 

Ranked by volume, the Volvo S80 and Hyundai Equus joined the MKS and Q70 as some of Canada's worst-selling vehicles. 

Acura car sales fell 21%, Audis cars were down 3%, Porsche cars slid 22%, and Volvo's car branch dropped 8%. The V60 has not yet provided Volvo dealers with a substantial volume increase. The XC70, in fact, has been the more popular Volvo wagon in 2014. Excluding the V60, which wasn't on sale at this time last year, Volvo's car branch was down 28%. 

Nevertheless, a handful of newer models like the Mercedes-Benz CLA, big gains from cars like the Lexus IS, and a bit of a surge from the Cadillac ATS helped the lower price and size bracket of luxury cars to a slight 2.5% year-over-year sales increase in February 2014. Bigger and/or more expensive luxury cars, including full-sized machines like the Cadillac XTS and Hyundai Equus which are priced more in line with mid-priced models, were down 16%.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian 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 cars 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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Small/Entry  Luxury Car	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	119	179	-33.5%	226	369	-38.8%
Acura TSX	50	89	-43.8%	86	167	-48.5%
Audi A3	---	65	-100%	---	110	-100%
Audi A4  ^	419	357	17.4%	720	689	4.5%
Audi A5 *	113	136	-16.9%	221	213	3.8%
BMW 1-Series *	---	250	-100%	1	344	-99.7%
BMW 3-Series	593	626	-5.3%	967	1302	-25.7%
BMW 4-Series *	113	---	---	224	---	---
Cadillac ATS	202	164	23.2%	335	270	24.1%
Infiniti G/Q60 ^	34	37	-8.1%	52	60	-13.3%
Infiniti Q50 ^	231	117	97.4%	451	229	96.9%
Lexus CT200h	77	48	60.4%	107	127	-15.7%
Lexus IS *	254	62	310%	431	114	278%
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	201	178	12.9%	392	379	3.4%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	372	534	-30.3%	928	927	0.1%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	153	---	---	374	---	---
Volvo C30	---	42	-100%	---	50	-100%
Volvo S60	73	78	-6.4%	206	186	10.8%
Volvo V60	33	---	---	70	---	---
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Total	3037	2962	2.5%	5791	5536	4.6%

Midsize Luxury Car	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX/RL	51	5	920%	63	5	1160%
Acura TL	96	125	-23.2%	175	236	-25.8%
Audi A6	53	55	-3.6%	111	103	7.8%
Audi A7	54	41	31.7%	124	79	57.0%
BMW 5-Series	111	140	-20.7%	298	331	-10.0%
Cadillac CTS	58	36	61.1%	105	93	12.9%
Cadillac XTS	34	52	-34.6%	67	112	-40.2%
Hyundai Equus	2	2	0.0%	6	6	0.0%
Infiniti Q70/M	8	26	-69.2%	20	52	-61.5%
Jaguar XF	58	45	28.9%	93	55	69.1%
Lexus ES	111	176	-36.9%	253	346	-26.9%
Lexus GS	23	37	-37.8%	54	83	-34.9%
Lincoln MKS	7	47	-85.1%	70	71	-1.4%
Lincoln MKZ	58	25	132%	138	54	156%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class	181	183	-1.1%	379	300	26.3%
Mercedes-Benz R-Class	---	23	-100%	---	54	-100%
Volvo S80	1	2	-50.0%	7	5	40.0%
Volvo XC70 *	44	38	15.8%	77	90	-14.4%
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Total	892	1058	-15.7%	2040	2075	-1.7%

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, right? This explains why you'll see the XC70 listed with luxury SUVs and the Acura ILX with mainstream cars... 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.
^ Acura combines sales figures of the outgoing RL with the new RLX. Mercedes-Benz's Canadian sales figures combine the E-Class with the CLS-Class. Audi Canada's A4 sales figures include sales of the Allroad.
^ Total Infiniti G/Q50/Q60 sales: up 72.1% to 265 in February; up 74% to 503 YTD.

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Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In Canada - February 2014
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Large Luxury Car Sales In Canada - February 2014 YTD

Sporty Car Sales In Canada - February 2014 YTD

February 2014 was the second consecutive month in which Canadians registered more new Chevrolet Corvettes than Chevrolet Camaros.

Of course the Corvette's newer. It's faster. It's better. But it's also far more expensive, with a base price 85% in excess of the Camaro's. South of the border, where the market for both these cars is a great deal larger, Chevrolet has sold 2.3 Camaros per Corvette through the first two months of 2013. Canadians, who haven't had a great deal of love for the Canadian-built Camaro since the nameplate returned in 2009, love the Camaro on a progressively sliding scale. Sales fell 47% from 2010 to 2013 and are down 18% year-to-date.

• All Makes & Models Ranked By February 2014 & YTD Canadian Sales
• All 136 Cars Ranked By February 2014 YTD Canadian Sales

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With 92 sales in the middle of winter, the Corvette outsold affordable performance cars like Hyundai Genesis Coupe, Subaru BRZ, and Scion FR-S, sold more than twice as often as the Mazda MX-5 Miata, Dodge Challenger, Infiniti Q60, and sold more than three times as often as the Porsche 911, Jaguar F-Type, Mercedes-Benz SLK, and Audi TT. 

The TT is set to be replaced in the coming months by a car that, not surprisingly, looks a lot like a TT. The interior, pictured above, is where the new car will move the yardsticks forward, particularly in the gauge cluster.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian 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 sports cars, roadsters, muscle cars, and hot hatches 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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Sporty Car	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Camaro	68	76	-10.5%	134	163	-17.8%
Dodge Challenger	42	71	-40.8%	95	153	-37.9%
Ford Mustang	192	107	79.4%	297	230	29.1%
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Total	302	254	18.9%	526	546	-3.7%

Sporty Car	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi TT	17	16	6.3%	25	28	-10.7%
BMW Z4	8	3	167%	15	5	200%
Jaguar F-Type	27	---	---	48	---	---
Mercedes-Benz SLK	19	14	35.7%	30	23	30.4%
Porsche Boxster	14	24	-41.7%	22	33	-33.3%
Porsche Cayman	10	5	100%	15	5	200%
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Total	95	62	53.2%	155	94	64.9%

Other Sporty Cars	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi A5 *	113	136	-16.9%	221	213	3.8%
BMW 1-Series *	---	250	-100%	1	344	-99.7%
BMW 4-Series *	113	---	---	224	---	---
Chevrolet Corvette	92	11	736%	186	24	675%
Chrysler 200 Convertible *	2	15	-86.7%	12	33	-63.6%
Honda CR-Z	6	3	100%	8	7	14.3%
Hyundai Genesis Coupe	70	73	-4.1%	117	119	-1.7%
Infiniti G37 Coupe/Convertible & Q60	34	37	-8.1%	52	60	-13.3%
Lexus ISC *	12	8	50.0%	18	13	38.5%
Lexus ISF *	1	3	-66.7%	1	4	-75.0%
Mazda MX-5 Miata	43	20	115%	91	36	153%
Mitsubishi Eclipse	---	---	---	---	1	-100%
Nissan 370Z	13	8	62.5%	25	17	47.1%
Scion FR-S	50	81	-38.3%	107	204	-47.5%
Subaru BRZ	61	47	29.8%	103	88	17.0%
Volkswagen Eos	16	31	-48.4%	25	60	-58.3%
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Total	626	723	-13.4%	1191	1223	-2.6%

Sporty Hatchbacks	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Fiat 500 *	319	411	-22.4%	802	739	8.5%
Hyundai Veloster *	188	319	-41.1%	327	538	-39.2%
Mini Cooper *	73	182	-59.9%	135	295	-54.2%
Scion tC *	50	56	-10.7%	95	109	-12.8%
Volkswagen Beetle *	82	129	-36.4%	212	215	-1.4%
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Total	712	1097	-35.1%	1571	1896	-17.1%

Premium Sporty Car	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi R8	5	3	66.7%	8	5	60.0%
Cadillac ELR	1	---	---	1	---	---
Dodge (SRT) Viper	5	1	400%	9	1	800%
Jaguar XK	2	4	-50.0%	7	5	40.0%
Lexus LFA	---	---	---	---	1	-100%
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class	13	34	-61.8%	17	56	-69.6%
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	3	3	0.0%	6	7	-14.3%
Nissan GT-R	1	3	-66.7%	3	6	-50.0%
Porsche 911	30	47	-36.2%	47	92	-48.9%
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Total	60	95	-36.8%	98	173	-43.4%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
^ Mini sales include everything except the Countryman.
* also included 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, right? This explains why you'll see the Audi A5 here and with luxury cars, 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. Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the two tables above are all direct competitors. Establishing categories among cars as unique as even the Audi TT and Porsche Boxster has never pleased a single reader, so cars have been lumped together so you can simply see how buyers looking for sports cars, roadsters, hot hatches, convertibles, GTs, and wanna-be sports cars spend their money. Greater categorization of cars would only lead to problems that automakers create by not isolating model-specific sales figures: we don't know how many M3s BMW has sold or how many Civics are Si models, for example. The numbers we do have are listed above. GoodCarBadCar is always open to hearing about the ways you would break down segments, so feel free to get in touch.

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Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings - February 2014 YTD