Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada - August 2015 YTD

Canadian sales of the BMW 3-Series slid 20% in August 2015, a 224-unit decline compared with August 2015. 

But the 3-Series ate further into the year-to-date lead of the class-leading Mercedes-Benz C-Class, sales of which jumped 60% last month.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD

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At the end of June, the C-Class was 1030 sales ahead of the best-selling BMW. Two months later, the C-Class's lead is down to 810 units. That gap is significant, but for the 3-Series, it's not insurmountable.

The difficulty for BMW – if best-selling status is more important than total volume and/or profit – is that the 4-Series is now a unique nameplate and the 4-Series Gran Coupe steals some of the 3-Series sedan's sales. 

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Total 3-Series/4-Series sales are up 14% to 9718 through the first eight months of 2015, nearly 2700 units greater than the C-Class has managed.

One rung up the ladder, however, both Mercedes-Benz and BMW are struggling to maintain interest in their E-Class and 5-Series lineups. Combined, the E-Class, the E-Class's CLS-Class, and the 5-Series are down 18% so far this year. Direct rivals from Audi, Cadillac, Jaguar, and Lexus are all in decline, as well.

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	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	249	266	-6.4%	1633	2001	-18.4%
Acura TLX	419	---	---	3350	---	---
Acura TSX	---	---	---	---	205	-100%
Audi A3	352	265	32.8%	2719	1211	125%
Audi A4  ^	466	371	25.6%	3828	3869	-1.1%
Audi A5 *	116	253	-54.2%	1195	1650	-27.6%
BMW 1-Series	---	---	----	3	2	50.0%
BMW 2-Series *	120	89	34.8%	1043	466	124%
BMW 3-Series	875	1099	-20.4%	6215	6448	-3.6%
BMW 4-Series *	356	347	2.6%	3503	2098	67.0%
BMW i3	46	32	43.8%	344	116	197%
Cadillac ATS	418	240	74.2%	2089	2348	-11.0%
Infiniti Q50	329	285	15.4%	2131	2258	-5.6%
Infiniti Q60 *	40	54	-25.9%	310	319	-2.8%
Lexus CT200h	57	79	-27.8%	586	721	-18.7%
Lexus IS	258	364	-29.1%	2318	2704	-14.3%
Lexus RC	128	---	---	622	---	---
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	212	272	-22.1%	1468	1899	-22.7%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	756	472	60.2%	7025	4264	64.8%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	342	305	12.1%	2599	2404	8.1%
Volvo S60	62	50	24.0%	489	758	-35.5%
Volvo V60	82	47	74.5%	739	624	18.4%
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Total	5683	4890	16.2%	44,209	36,365	21.6%

Midsize Luxury Car	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	13	4	225%	128	186	-31.2%
Acura TL	---	206	-100%	---	1249	-100%
Audi A6	81	103	-21.4%	618	757	-18.4%
Audi A7	73	102	-28.4%	532	700	-24.0%
BMW 5-Series	166	248	-33.1%	1199	1472	-18.5%
Cadillac CTS	38	87	-56.3%	479	727	-34.1%
Cadillac XTS ‡	74	40	85.0%	443	466	-4.9%
Hyundai Equus ‡	5	11	-54.5%	25	52	-51.9%
Hyundai Genesis ‡*	73	215	-66.0%	986	1073	-8.1%
Infiniti Q70	14	6	133%	140	55	155%
Jaguar XF	32	42	-23.8%	345	382	-9.7%
Kia K900 ‡	2	1	100%	21	16	31.3%
Lexus ES	199	305	-34.8%	1547	1802	-14.2%
Lexus GS	42	54	-22.2%	279	353	-21.0%
Lincoln MKS	5	10	-50.0%	133	162	-17.9%
Lincoln MKZ	100	92	8.7%	757	1059	-28.5%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class *^	225	349	-35.5%	2065	2523	-18.2%
Mercedes-Benz R-Class	---	---	---	1	---	---
Volvo S80	3	---	---	61	47	29.8%
Volvo XC70 *	23	35	-34.3%	307	351	-12.5%
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Total	1168	1910	-38.8%	10,066	13,432	-25.1%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
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 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.
^ 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.
‡ The XTS, K900, and Equus aren't listed here because they're not massive - they are - but because their price points position them much more closely to, for example, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class than the S-Class. Genesis sales figures here do not include sales of the Genesis Coupe (as Hyundai's U.S. Genesis sales figures do), making the comparison with premium brand vehicles much more valid.

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