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

It was mostly just the best of times. 

But for a surprisingly large number of luxury cars, September 2015 continued to be the worst of times.

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

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U.S. new vehicle sales surged 16% in September 2015, equalling an addition of nearly 200,000 extra new vehicle sales compared with September 2014. Even car sales, flat or in decline for much of 2015, improved by more than 6% last month.

But in the luxury car sector, where SUVs and crossovers are so frequently stealing the limelight, many cars struggled in September. The aging Audi A4 and A5 slid 17% and 21%, respectively. 

The BMW 4-Series, on the upswing throughout the year, dropped 40%. The IS, Lexus' second-best-selling car, posted a 13% drop. Mercedes-Benz's typically hot-selling CLA sedan tumbled 18%. Volvo's 60-Series range lost 546 sales compared with September 2014.

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The Cadillac CTS, increasingly ignored even as the enthusiast media spends so much time showcasing laptimes of the V model, was down 42%. 

Mercedes-Benz E-Class sales declined for a 14th consecutive month. There were other sharp declines at Mercedes-Benz and Cadillac, more too at Volvo and Lexus and Acura. 

Key standouts in September included the most popular luxury cars in America. Mercedes-Benz's C-Class, the second-best-selling premium brand car in the United States, achieved a 22% year-over-year sales increase, equalling a substantial 1375 extra sales. And BMW's 3-Series, the most popular luxury car in America, posted an 11% improvement worth 875 additional sales.

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.

Click Column Headers To Sort • September 2016 • October 2015 • August 2015 • September 2014

Small/Entry  Luxury Car	September 2015	September 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	1614	1464	10.2%	13,358	12,854	3.9%
Acura TLX	4753	3884	22.4%	34,808	6170	464%
Acura TSX	1	58	-98.3%	32	6202	-99.5%
Audi A3	2712	2340	15.9%	26,972	14,669	83.9%
Audi A4  ^	2482	2994	-17.1%	22,530	29,304	-23.1%
Audi A5 *	945	1204	-21.5%	9812	13,165	-25.5%
BMW 2-Series (& 1-Series) *^	1078	740	45.7%	8472	5303	59.8%
BMW 3-Series	9145	8270	10.6%	69,820	66,777	4.6%
BMW 4-Series	2726	4544	-40.0%	33,762	27,934	20.9%
BMW i3	1710	1022	67.3%	7893	3104	154%
Cadillac ATS	2295	2239	2.5%	18,839	22,535	-16.4%
Infiniti Q40	150	881	-82.4%	8503	12,208	-30.3%
Infiniti Q50	3557	2742	29.7%	31,603	25,864	22.2%
Infiniti Q60 *	258	454	-43.2%	3180	5758	-44.8%
Lexus CT200h	1131	1078	4.9%	11,132	13,585	-18.1%
Lexus IS	3152	3611	-12.7%	35,389	37,038	-4.5%
Lexus RC	1159	---	---	10,458	---	---
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	147	65	126%	1687	159	961%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	7660	6285	21.9%	64,535	50,170	28.6%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	2089	2531	-17.5%	23,253	18,207	27.7%
Volvo C30	---	1	-100%	---	65	-100%
Volvo S60	1265	1763	-28.2%	12,548	16,447	-23.7%
Volvo S60 Cross Country	29	---	---	79	---	---
Volvo V60	172	383	-55.1%	3329	3993	-16.6%
Volvo V60 Cross Country	134	---	---	1900	---	---
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Total	43,997	43,205	1.8%	405,728	372,487	8.9%

Midsize Luxury Car	September 2015	September 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	174	187	-7.0%	1774	2695	-34.2%
Acura TL	1	142	-99.3%	86	10,357	-99.2%
Audi A6	1713	1510	13.4%	17,072	17,167	-0.6%
Audi A7 *	626	588	6.5%	5508	6386	-13.7%
BMW 5-Series	4059	1407	188%	33,838	39,168	-13.6%
Cadillac CTS	1319	2282	-42.2%	14,253	22,921	-37.8%
Cadillac XTS	1600	1979	-19.2%	16,023	18,386	-12.9%
Hyundai Equus	212	261	-18.8%	1730	2596	-33.4%
Infiniti Q70	622	206	202%	6304	3377	86.7%
Jaguar XF	266	258	3.1%	4647	4225	10.0%
Kia K900	329	56	488%	1905	1106	72.2%
Lexus ES	5195	5722	-9.2%	46,962	52,910	-11.2%
Lexus GS	1595	1592	0.2%	16,233	16,252	-0.1%
Lincoln MKS	503	457	10.1%	5428	6260	-13.3%
Lincoln MKZ	2490	2176	14.4%	22,963	26,769	-14.2%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class *	299	1100	-72.8%	4616	6149	-24.9%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class	4173	4884	-14.6%	35,325	52,609	-32.9%
Mercedes-Benz R-Class	---	---	---	892	---	---
Volvo S80	65	182	-64.3%	1083	1393	-22.3%
Volvo XC70 *	463	559	-17.2%	3960	3748	5.7%
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Total	23,214	25,548	-9.1%	240,602	294,474	-18.3%

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 10% to 2221 in September; down 21% to 20,527 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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