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

48% of the vehicles sold by premium auto brands in America in September 2015 were SUVs and crossovers, up five percentage points compared with September 2014.

Led by the Lexus RX, Cadillac SRX, and Audi Q5, premium SUV/CUV volume jumped 28% in September, an increase of nearly 18,000 sales over the course of just one sterling month.

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For the RX, the volume remained high even as Lexus enters a replacement phase. The fourth-gen RX goes on sale in the latter quarter of this year. 

At Cadillac, the SRX enjoyed its second-highest sales output in the last 45 months – only August of this year was better. 

At Audi, the Q5 shot to 5149 units, the highest level ever for the most popular Audi in America.

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Big gains were accrued virtually across the board, from the Mercedes-Benz GLA's 114% leap to the BMW X3's 68% advance to the Porsche Macan's 65% improvement to the Land Rover Range Rover Sport's 94% year-over-year uptick and the Volvo XC90's 1001-unit increase. 

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 SUVs and crossovers 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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Compact Luxury SUV	September 2015	September 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi Q3	1130	1092	3.5%	9732	1335	629%
BMW X1	847	1840	-54.0%	10,258	15,728	-34.8%
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	2125	991	114%	18,647	991	1782%
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Total	4102	3923	4.6%	38,637	18,054	114%

Small Luxury SUV	September 2015	September 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura RDX	3848	3230	19.1%	38,502	33,095	16.3%
Audi Q5	5149	3240	58.9%	36,566	30,114	21.4%
BMW X3	3033	1808	67.8%	20,783	27,198	-23.6%
BMW X4	475	380	25.0%	4481	1043	330%
Infiniti QX50	263	209	25.8%	2118	2116	0.1%
Land Rover Discovery Sport	1140	---	---	3401	---	---
Land Rover LR2	2	449	-99.6%	74	3211	-97.7%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	1319	771	71.1%	10,892	8986	21.2%
Lexus NX	3113	---	---	31,947	---	---
Lincoln MKC	2039	1763	15.7%	18,237	6418	184%
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	2056	2646	-22.3%	20,377	28,229	-27.8%
Porsche Macan	1160	702	65.2%	10,281	4649	121%
Volvo XC60	2217	1593	39.2%	18,634	13,901	34.0%
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Total	25,814	16,791	53.7%	216,293	158,960	36.1%

Midsize Luxury SUV	September 2015	September 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura MDX	4313	4864	-11.3%	43,457	48,308	-10.0%
Acura ZDX	---	3	-100%	2	69	-97.1%
Audi Q7	1941	1365	42.2%	14,421	13,105	10.0%
BMW X5	2525	4398	-42.6%	40,490	33,021	22.6%
BMW X6	333	20	1565%	5127	2998	71.0%
Cadillac SRX	6849	3700	85.1%	50,712	41,708	21.6%
Infiniti QX60	3845	2182	76.2%	29,378	22,613	29.9%
Infiniti QX70	476	331	43.8%	3950	3993	-1.1%
Land Rover LR4	400	300	33.3%	5920	3500	69.1%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	1633	843	93.7%	15,531	13,633	13.9%
Lexus GX460	1611	1570	2.6%	17,860	15,999	11.6%
Lexus RX	7759	7453	4.1%	69,922	76,216	-8.3%
Lincoln MKT	430	259	66.0%	3409	3725	-8.5%
Lincoln MKX	2136	1589	34.4%	15,167	18,728	-19.0%
Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class	3492	---	---	5294	---	---
Mercedes-Benz M-Class	1659	3460	-52.1%	31,149	32,114	-3.0%
Porsche Cayenne	1323	1196	10.6%	12,267	12,940	-5.2%
Volkswagen Touareg *	638	646	-1.2%	5314	5200	2.2%
Volvo XC70 *	463	559	-17.2%	3960	3748	5.7%
Volvo XC90	1182	181	553%	4841	3530	37.1%
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Total	43,008	34,919	23.2%	378,171	355,148	6.5%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* 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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