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.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - September 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - September 2015 YTD
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.
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
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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But for a surprisingly large number of luxury cars, September 2015 continued to be the worst of times.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - September 2015 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - September 2015 YTD
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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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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1614 | 1464 | 10.2% | 13,358 | 12,854 | 3.9% | |
4753 | 3884 | 22.4% | 34,808 | 6170 | 464% | |
1 | 58 | -98.3% | 32 | 6202 | -99.5% | |
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% |
1078 | 740 | 45.7% | 8472 | 5303 | 59.8% | |
9145 | 8270 | 10.6% | 69,820 | 66,777 | 4.6% | |
2726 | 4544 | -40.0% | 33,762 | 27,934 | 20.9% | |
1710 | 1022 | 67.3% | 7893 | 3104 | 154% | |
2295 | 2239 | 2.5% | 18,839 | 22,535 | -16.4% | |
150 | 881 | -82.4% | 8503 | 12,208 | -30.3% | |
3557 | 2742 | 29.7% | 31,603 | 25,864 | 22.2% | |
258 | 454 | -43.2% | 3180 | 5758 | -44.8% | |
1131 | 1078 | 4.9% | 11,132 | 13,585 | -18.1% | |
3152 | 3611 | -12.7% | 35,389 | 37,038 | -4.5% | |
1159 | --- | --- | 10,458 | --- | --- | |
147 | 65 | 126% | 1687 | 159 | 961% | |
7660 | 6285 | 21.9% | 64,535 | 50,170 | 28.6% | |
2089 | 2531 | -17.5% | 23,253 | 18,207 | 27.7% | |
--- | 1 | -100% | --- | 65 | -100% | |
1265 | 1763 | -28.2% | 12,548 | 16,447 | -23.7% | |
29 | --- | --- | 79 | --- | --- | |
172 | 383 | -55.1% | 3329 | 3993 | -16.6% | |
134 | --- | --- | 1900 | --- | --- | |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
174 | 187 | -7.0% | 1774 | 2695 | -34.2% | |
1 | 142 | -99.3% | 86 | 10,357 | -99.2% | |
1713 | 1510 | 13.4% | 17,072 | 17,167 | -0.6% | |
Audi A7 * | 626 | 588 | 6.5% | 5508 | 6386 | -13.7% |
4059 | 1407 | 188% | 33,838 | 39,168 | -13.6% | |
1319 | 2282 | -42.2% | 14,253 | 22,921 | -37.8% | |
1600 | 1979 | -19.2% | 16,023 | 18,386 | -12.9% | |
212 | 261 | -18.8% | 1730 | 2596 | -33.4% | |
622 | 206 | 202% | 6304 | 3377 | 86.7% | |
266 | 258 | 3.1% | 4647 | 4225 | 10.0% | |
329 | 56 | 488% | 1905 | 1106 | 72.2% | |
5195 | 5722 | -9.2% | 46,962 | 52,910 | -11.2% | |
1595 | 1592 | 0.2% | 16,233 | 16,252 | -0.1% | |
503 | 457 | 10.1% | 5428 | 6260 | -13.3% | |
2490 | 2176 | 14.4% | 22,963 | 26,769 | -14.2% | |
299 | 1100 | -72.8% | 4616 | 6149 | -24.9% | |
4173 | 4884 | -14.6% | 35,325 | 52,609 | -32.9% | |
--- | --- | --- | 892 | --- | --- | |
65 | 182 | -64.3% | 1083 | 1393 | -22.3% | |
463 | 559 | -17.2% | 3960 | 3748 | 5.7% | |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 23,214 | 25,548 | -9.1% | 240,602 | 294,474 | -18.3% |
* 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
RECOMMENDED READING
Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America - September 2016 YTD
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Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America - September 2014 YTD
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