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

Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz combined to sell 6834 A3s, 2-Series', and CLA-Class sedans in the United States in August 2015, an 18% year-over-year improvement.

Yet the total number of sales achieved by the German luxury trio's entry-level cars pales in comparison to the total achieved by America's best-selling premium brand car, the BMW 3-Series.

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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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3-Series sales jumped 24% to 10,163 units in August 2015, pulling the year-to-date improvement for the core BMW model up to 4%, a 2168-unit increase compared with the first eight months of 2015.

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The 3-Series' domination doesn't mean its rivals all fail to succeed. Infiniti Q50 sales are rising quickly in 2015. Mercedes-Benz's still fresh C-Class has recorded 56,875 year-to-date U.S. sales, up 30%. 

Yet in addition to the nearly 61,000 3-Series' sold by BMW USA so far this year, the company has also sold 31,036 copies of the 4-Series. The 4-Series, you'll recall, was previously a part of the 3-Series lineup. Together, their sales are up 12% to 91,711 so far this year.

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.

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Small/Entry  Luxury Car	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	1660	1798	-7.7%	11,744	11,390	3.1%
Acura TLX	4353	2286	90.4%	30,055	2286	1215%
Acura TSX	1	240	-99.6%	31	6144	-99.5%
Audi A3	3188	2430	31.2%	24,260	12,329	96.8%
Audi A4  ^	2743	3818	-28.2%	20,048	26,310	-23.8%
Audi A5 *	1043	1813	-42.5%	8867	11,961	-25.9%
BMW 2-Series (& 1-Series) *^	1024	657	55.9%	7394	4563	62.0%
BMW 3-Series	10,163	8197	24.0%	60,675	58,507	3.7%
BMW 4-Series	2940	4280	-31.3%	31,036	23,390	32.7%
BMW i3	792	1025	-22.7%	6183	2082	197.0%
Cadillac ATS	2449	2804	-12.7%	16,544	20,296	-18.5%
Infiniti Q40	264	1546	-82.9%	8348	11,327	-26.3%
Infiniti Q50	3839	2655	44.6%	28,046	23,122	21.3%
Infiniti Q60 *	311	602	-48.3%	2922	5304	-44.9%
Lexus CT200h	1504	2191	-31.4%	10,001	12,507	-20.0%
Lexus IS	4537	5312	-14.6%	32,237	33,427	-3.6%
Lexus RC	1337	---	---	9299	---	---
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	172	53	225%	1540	94	1538%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	7154	5151	38.9%	56,875	43,885	29.6%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	2622	2722	-3.7%	21,164	15,676	35.0%
Volvo C30	---	---	---	---	64	-100%
Volvo S60	1473	1724	-14.6%	11,283	14,684	-23.2%
Volvo S60 Cross Country	50	---	---	50	---	---
Volvo V60	289	429	-32.6%	3157	3610	-12.5%
Volvo V60 Cross Country	273	---	---	1766	---	---
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Total	54,181	51,733	4.7%	403,525	342,958	17.7%

Midsize Luxury Car	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	187	216	-13.4%	1600	2508	-36.2%
Acura TL	1	463	-99.8%	85	10,215	-99.2%
Audi A6	2022	1927	4.9%	15,359	15,657	-1.9%
Audi A7 *	757	682	11.0%	4882	5798	-15.8%
BMW 5-Series	4012	4468	-10.2%	29,779	37,761	-21.1%
Cadillac CTS	1730	2592	-33.3%	12,934	20,639	-37.3%
Cadillac XTS	1531	2978	-48.6%	14,423	16,407	-12.1%
Hyundai Equus	185	253	-26.9%	1518	2335	-35.0%
Infiniti Q70	626	174	260%	5682	3171	79.2%
Jaguar XF	321	285	12.6%	4381	3967	10.4%
Kia K900	386	102	278%	1576	1050	50.1%
Lexus ES	7286	7692	-5.3%	41,767	47,188	-11.5%
Lexus GS	1795	2537	-29.2%	14,638	14,660	-0.2%
Lincoln MKS	552	585	-5.6%	4925	5803	-15.1%
Lincoln MKZ	2571	2841	-9.5%	20,473	24,593	-16.8%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class *	278	1150	-75.8%	4317	5049	-14.5%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class	4006	6481	-38.2%	31,152	47,725	-34.7%
Mercedes-Benz R-Class	---	1	-100%	4	7	-42.9%
Volvo S80	60	132	-54.5%	1018	1211	-15.9%
Volvo XC70 *	445	552	-19.4%	3497	3189	9.7%
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Total	28,751	36,111	-20.4%	214,010	268,933	-20.4%

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 down 21% to 2541 in August; down 22% to 18,306 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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