Large Luxury Car Sales In America - August 2015 YTD

In August 2015, for the first time since April, Mercedes-Benz USA sold more than 2000 copies of the S-Class in a single month.

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

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To what degree is this a massive achievement? Consider the sales figures of the S-Class's compatriots. Audi sells an average of 422 A8s per month. BMW, admittedly in the final year of the current 7-Series, sells fewer than 800 copies of that car each month. Porsche's Panamera attracts fewer buyers than the aforementioned A8.

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Even cars which stretch out of the lower category – Audi A7 and Mercedes-Benz's CLS – attracted 4839 fewer buyers, combined, than the S-Class over the first eight months of 2015. 

The Lexus LS, a former top seller among large luxury limos, is down 9% to only 4864 units in 2015, barely more than one-third the S-Class's total.

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 now sortable, so you can rank large 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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Large Luxury Car	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	%  Change
Audi A7 *	757	682	11.0%	4882	5798	-15.8%
Audi A8	411	436	1.1%	3376	3573	-5.5%
BMW 6-Series *	258	468	-44.9%	5653	5919	-4.5%
BMW 7-Series	90	529	-83.0%	6229	5784	7.7%
Jaguar XJ	371	385	-3.6%	2563	3012	-14.9%
Lexus LS	532	758	-29.8%	4864	5336	-8.8%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class *	278	1150	-75.8%	4317	5049	-14.5%
Mercedes-Benz S-Class	2044	1855	10.2%	14,038	15,006	-6.5%
Porsche Panamera	466	429	8.6%	3328	3945	-15.6%
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Total	5207	6692	-22.2%	49,250	53,422	-7.8%

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 the A7 and CLS here but also with midsize 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. Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model. ANDC estimates say sales for those brands in the first eight months of 2015 were 680, 1416, 504, 100, and 760, respectively. Tesla, unfortunately, doesn't release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but HybridCars.com estimates 1600 August Tesla sales, 15,300 YTD.

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