Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada - July 2015

Among July 2015's ten best-selling vehicles with base prices above $50,000, only one of Canada's favourites is a passenger car.

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Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings - July 2015 YTD
Canada Vehicle Sales Brand Rankings - July 2015 YTD

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In fact, all of the five top contenders are utility vehicles, from the Lexus RX to the Porsche Macan. 



In the top 15, only the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, BMW 5-Series, Chevrolet Corvette, and Lexus RC break through the SUV/crossover juggernaut. Combined sales of the E-Class and 5-Series were down 27% last month.

Among all premium brand cars, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, which leads on year-to-date terms, fell to the BMW 3-Series in the month of July, specifically. The Audi Q5 is Canada's top-selling premium utility vehicle so far this year, but the Lexus RX led all luxury SUVs/CUVs in July.

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.

July 2016 • August 2015 • June 2015 • July 2014

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	July 2015	July 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	BMW 3-Series	862	956	-9.8%	5340	5349	-0.2%
#2	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	761	384	98.2%	6269	3792	65.3%
#3	Lexus RX	660	649	1.7%	3831	4429	-13.5%
#4	Audi Q5	616	644	-4.3%	4441	4488	-1.0%
#5	Acura RDX	587	485	21.0%	4397	3936	11.7%
#6	Acura TLX	577	---	---	2931	---	---
#7	Acura MDX	491	499	-1.6%	3020	3431	-12.0%
#8	BMW 4-Series	453	383	18.3%	3147	1751	79.7%
#9	Lexus NX	438	---	---	2991	---	---
#10	BMW X5	435	406	7.1%	2975	3606	-17.5%
#11	Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	430	297	44.8%	3141	3083	1.9%
#12	Cadillac SRX	429	382	12.3%	2799	2593	7.9%
#13	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	411	461	-10.8%	3233	3261	-0.9%
#14	Audi A4	388	476	-18.5%	3362	3498	-3.9%
#15	Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	345	---	---	1868	---	---

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. Maserati only reports brand totals. Buick has been excluded with a bunch of other automakers that don't sell vehicles with base prices higher than $45K.

Rank	Vehicles With Base Prices Above $50K	July 2015	July 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Lexus RX	660	649	1.7%	3831	4429	-13.5%
#2	BMW X5	435	406	7.15	2975	3606	-17.5%
#3	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	411	461	-10.8%	3233	3261	-0.9%
#4	Porsche Cayenne	277	198	39.9%	1425	1280	11.3%
#5	Porsche Macan	232	260	-10.8%	1599	1865	-14.3%
#6	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	220	342	-35.7%	1840	2174	-15.4%
#7	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	219	203	7.9%	1398	1441	-3.0%
#8	Chevrolet Tahoe	208	199	4.5%	1319	783	68.5%
#9	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	187	209	-10.5%	1451	1577	-8.0%
#10	Audi Q7	176	155	13.5%	1084	1164	-6.9%
#11	BMW 5-Series	159	178	-10.7%	1033	1224	-15.6%
#12	Chevrolet Corvette	159	133	19.5%	1304	889	46.7%
#13	Cadillac Escalade	121	110	10.0%	1217	300	306%
	Cadillac Escalade °	88	85	3.5%	936	219	327%
	Cadillac Escalade ESV °	33	25	32.0%	281	75	275%
	Cadillac Escalade EXT °	---	---	---	---	6	-100%
#14	Volvo XC90	117	35	234%	251	213	17.8%
#15	Lexus RC	114	---	---	494	---	---

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad.
° Escalade breakdown by variant
^ Mercedes-Benz Canada's figures combine the E-Class with the CLS and the S-Class with the CL.
$50,000 CDN (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, but if GCBC was to follow this new system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, $50K seemed like a safe place to begin - it equals the average U.S. new car transaction price plus $15,000, plus another $5000 to account for Canadian increases. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $50,000 - M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically - but in the case of this list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced at $35,900, as would be the case with the BMW 320i, which costs less than a Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0T Limited. 

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