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

The bigger and more expensive the luxury car is, the more likely it is to be selling less often in 2015 than it was in 2014. The opposite is true, too: the smaller and more affordable the luxury car is, the more likely it is that Americans are buying and leasing more of them than they were a year ago.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - October 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - October 2015 YTD

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Take Mercedes-Benz and BMW, as examples. While the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and E-Class are down 9% and 29%, respectively, over the first ten months of 2015, U.S. sales of the C-Class are up 25% and the even more affordable CLA is up 21%.

At BMW, where the departing 7-Series is down 12% and 5-Series sales tumbled 17% in the first ten months of 2015, 2-Series sales are up 63% in 2015 and 3-Series sales have risen 5% in a stalled car market. In fact, for the 1-Series-replacing 2-Series, October 2015 was the best month ever in terms of U.S. sales.

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At Audi USA, A4, A6, and A7 sales are lower this this year than they were a year ago. A3 sales, however, continue to rise. Acura hardly ever sells an RLX, but TLX sales climbed to the highest level yet in October.

Then, of course, there are the automakers which are selling fewer big luxury cars and fewer small luxury cars. Take Cadillac, which has watched as its CTS freefalls month after month. But Cadillac's ATS is down 15%, as well. Can Cadillac rely on the new, surprisingly affordable CT6 to boost car volume?

Probably not.

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 brand cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • October 2016 • November 2015 • September 2015 • October 2014

Small/Entry  Luxury Car	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	1860	1618	15.0%	15,218	14,472	5.2%
Acura TLX	5777	4890	18.1%	40,585	11,060	267%
Acura TSX	3	48	-93.8%	35	6250	-99.4%
Audi A3	2732	2380	14.8%	29,704	17,049	74.2%
Audi A4  ^	3156	2672	18.1%	25,686	31,976	-19.7%
Audi A5 *	845	1101	-23.3%	10,657	14,266	-25.3%
BMW 2-Series (& 1-Series) *^	1258	672	87.2%	9730	5975	62.8%
BMW 3-Series	11,012	10,199	8.0%	80,832	76976	5.0%
BMW 4-Series	3295	3422	-3.7%	37,057	31,356	18.2%
BMW i3	986	1159	-14.9%	8879	4263	108%
Cadillac ATS	2528	2608	-3.1%	21,367	25,143	-15.0%
Infiniti Q40	33	1258	-97.4%	8536	13,466	-36.6%
Infiniti Q50	3811	2964	28.6%	35,414	28,828	22.8%
Infiniti Q60 *	273	496	-45.0%	3453	6254	-44.8%
Lexus CT200h	1077	1158	-7.0%	12,209	14,743	-17.2%
Lexus IS	2950	3771	-21.8%	38,339	40,809	-6.1%
Lexus RC	1333	---	---	11,791	---	---
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	81	98	-17.3%	1768	257	588%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	7283	7412	-1.7%	71,818	57,582	24.7%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	1867	2596	-28.1%	25,120	20,803	20.8%
Volvo C30	---	1	-100%	---	66	-100%
Volvo S60	1391	1127	23.4%	13,939	17,574	-20.7%
Volvo S60 Cross Country	57	---	---	136	---	---
Volvo V60	409	326	25.5%	3738	4319	-13.5%
Volvo V60 Cross Country	445	---	---	2345	---	---
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Total	54,462	51,976	4.8%	508,356	443,487	14.6%

Midsize Luxury Car	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	142	260	-45.4%	1916	2955	-35.2%
Acura TL	1	105	-99.0%	87	10,462	-99.2%
Audi A6	1740	1768	-1.6%	18,812	18,935	-0.7%
Audi A7 *	736	635	15.9%	6244	7021	-11.1%
BMW 5-Series	2693	4914	-45.2%	36,531	44,082	-17.1%
Cadillac CTS	1567	3096	-49.4%	15,820	26,017	-39.2%
Cadillac XTS	2043	1976	3.4%	18,066	20,362	-11.3%
Hyundai Equus	203	248	-18.1%	1933	2844	-32.0%
Infiniti Q70	682	442	54.3%	6986	3819	82.9%
Jaguar XF	273	383	-28.7%	4920	4608	6.8%
Kia K900	229	62	269%	2134	1168	82.7%
Lexus ES	5426	5932	-8.5%	52,388	58,842	-11.0%
Lexus GS	1287	1365	-5.7%	17,520	17,617	-0.6%
Lincoln MKS	458	524	-12.6%	5886	6784	-13.2%
Lincoln MKZ	2406	2508	-4.1%	25,369	29,277	-13.3%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class *	501	33	1418%	5117	6182	-17.2%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class	4661	3936	18.4%	39,986	56,545	-29.3%
Mercedes-Benz R-Class	---	---	---	4	7	-42.9%
Volvo S80	179	126	42.1%	1262	1519	-16.9%
Volvo XC70 *	464	470	-1.3%	4424	4218	4.9%
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Total	23,285	28,783	-19.1%	265,405	323,264	-17.9%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ BMW USA, previously combined sales figures of the 3-Series and 4-Series but recently began splitting the pair. 2-Series figures continue to take old 1-Series sales into account.
^ A4 includes Allroad, without which A4 sales were up 27.7% to 2896 in October; down 16.6% to 23,423 YTD.
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 why you'll see the Acura ILX here but also with mainstream cars like the Buick Verano, too, and the Audi A5 is also displayed with coupes and convertibles... because readers have wanted it both ways. Hyundai USA, not GoodCarBadCar, chooses to combine sales figures for the Genesis sedan and Genesis Coupe, forcing us to include the Genesis with volume-brand cars on pricing grounds before we even get to the "brand status" issue. The K900, Equus, and XTS are here not because of their size but because of their price points, their lack of direct comparability with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. 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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