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

By far the best-selling Volvo in Canada in August 2015, the new XC90 posted a 246% year-over-year increase last month. 

With 190 units sold, the XC90 wasn't among the top premium brand SUV sellers, and it was well back of top rivals like the BMW X5 and Mercedes-Benz M-Class. 

Moreover, the XC90 still isn't back to the pace it achieved between 2003 and 2006, when an average of 210 were sold each month in Canada. 

But it's early days, and the XC90 is scarcely seen on Volvo dealer lots. As availability ramps up, so too will the sight of XC90s in parking lots and highways and driveways cause luxury SUV buyers to notice that there's a handsome new Volvo available.

Meanwhile, another luxury SUV is regaining strength after transitioning out of first-gen form. The new Ford Edge-based Lincoln MKX was once again Lincoln's best seller in Canada last month. 

Taking over from the still fresh MKC, which slid 39% as the MKX became more readily available, the bigger of Lincoln's two two-row crossovers produced 324 August sales, 46% of the Lincoln brand's monthly sales tally.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD
Canada SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model - August 2015 YTD

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Neither the XC90 nor the MKX are high-ranking premium utilities. The Audi Q5 is Canada's best-selling luxury SUV/crossover. Q5 sales jumped 10% to 759 units in August. Lexus sold 609 copies of the RX in a down month as the brand prepares to launch a new model. As Mercedes-Benz turns the M-Class into the GLE-Class and launches a GLE "coupe", sales jumped 37% to 696 units, second among all premium utilities last month.

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But good looks, new technology, and an air of freshness are casting a pleasing glow on the XC90 and MKX. You'll recall that the duo were former relatives. Along with Land Rover, Jaguar, and Aston Martin, Volvo and Lincoln were part of Ford Motor Company's Premiere Automotive Group. Jacques Nasser, the man who created PAG, is now head of BHP Billiton.

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 SUVs and crossovers 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 • August 2016 • September 2015 • July 2015 • August 2014

Compact Luxury SUV	August 2015	August 2015	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi Q3	325	282	15.2%	2273	282	706%
BMW X1	209	149	40.3%	1933	1890	2.3%
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	349	---	---	2217	---	---
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Total	883	431	105%	6423	2172	196%

Small Luxury SUV	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura RDX	642	443	44.9%	5039	4379	15.1%
Audi Q5	759	692	9.7%	5200	5180	0.4%
BMW X3	332	407	-18.4%	3003	3522	-14.7%
BMW X4	88	69	27.5%	733	110	566%
Infiniti QX50	175	163	7.4%	1292	1246	3.7%
Land Rover Discovery Sport	94	---	---	247	---	---
Land Rover LR2	---	55	-100%	80	397	-79.8%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	224	160	40.0%	1543	1126	37.0%
Lexus NX	578	---	---	3569	---	---
Lincoln MKC	217	358	-39.4%	1995	660	202%
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	440	321	37.1%	3581	3404	5.2%
Porsche Macan	241	199	21.1%	1432	662	116%
Volvo XC60	123	122	0.8%	1204	1000	20.4%
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Total	3913	2989	30.9%	28,918	21,686	33.3%

Midsize Luxury SUV	August 2015	August 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura MDX	472	542	-12.9%	3492	3973	-12.1%
Acura ZDX	---	---	---	1	5	-80.0%
Audi Q7	201	152	32.2%	1285	1316	-2.4%
BMW X5	415	282	47.2%	3390	3888	-12.8%
BMW X6	94	54	74.1%	775	381	103%
Cadillac SRX	560	344	62.8%	3359	2937	14.4%
Infiniti QX60	317	280	13.2%	2427	2255	7.6%
Infiniti QX70	41	52	-21.2%	363	303	19.8%
Land Rover LR4	81	36	125%	467	270	73.0%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	153	194	-21.1%	1604	1771	-9.4%
Lexus GX460	45	25	80.0%	442	365	21.1%
Lexus RX	609	684	-11.0%	4440	5113	-13.2%
Lincoln MKT	25	15	66.7%	167	198	-15.7%
Lincoln MKX	324	261	24.1%	1319	1910	-30.9%
Mercedes-Benz M-Class	696	509	36.7%	3929	3770	4.2%
Porsche Cayenne	216	148	45.9%	1641	1428	14.9%
Volkswagen Touareg *	225	229	-1.7%	1432	1434	-0.1%
Volvo XC70 *	25	35	-34.3%	307	351	-12.5%
Volvo XC90	190	55	246%	441	268	64.6%
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Total	4689	3897	20.3%	31,281	31,936	-2.0%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* 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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