Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada - October 2015 YTD

Canadians continue to veer away from core luxury cars as Canadian sales of luxury SUVs and crossovers skyrocket. 

October 2015 sales of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and its CLS-Class slid 16%. The Hyundai Genesis reported a 58% October sales decrease. The Jaguar XF, awaiting replacement – and the F-Pace SUV sibling – slid 34% in October. The Lexus ES and Lincoln MKS? Down 25% and 15%, respectively.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - October 2015 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - October 2015 YTD

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The BMW 3-Series made further headway in catching up to the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, currently Canada's best-selling premium brand car. 3-Series sales slid 8%, year-over-year, but with 873 sales, the 3-Series finished October 64 sales ahead of the Benz. 

That likely won't be enough for the 3-Series to maintain its typical position as Canada's favourite luxury car. The C-Class is 686 sales ahead of the 3-Series with two months remaining on the calendar. 

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A number of the chief rivals of the 3-Series and C-Class posted notable Canadian sales decreases in October 2015. The Acura TLX tumbled 47%; the Volvo S60 was among Canada's worst-selling vehicles thanks to a 69% tumble.

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 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	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	185	192	-3.6%	2068	2412	-14.3%
Acura TLX	415	788	-47.3%	4412	1169	277%
Acura TSX	---	1	-100%	---	206	-100%
Audi A3	264	340	-22.4%	3243	1944	66.8%
Audi A4  ^	548	508	7.9%	4768	4809	-0.9%
Audi A5 *	147	127	15.7%	1494	1932	-22.7%
BMW 1-Series	---	---	---	3	2	50.0%
BMW 2-Series *	167	223	-25.1%	1353	790	71.3%
BMW 3-Series	873	946	-7.7%	7964	8408	-5.3%
BMW 4-Series *	359	328	9.5%	4236	2827	49.8%
Cadillac ATS	376	265	41.9%	2784	2877	-3.2%
Infiniti Q50	316	325	-2.5%	2784	2821	-1.3%
Infiniti Q60 *	22	25	-12.0%	386	381	1.3%
Lexus CT200h	72	86	-16.3%	718	914	-21.4%
Lexus IS	355	360	-1.4%	2972	3454	-14.0%
Lexus RC	45	---	---	739	---	---
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	231	225	2.7%	1964	2346	-16.3%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	809	680	19.0%	8650	5638	53.4%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	385	421	-8.6%	3316	3151	5.2%
Volvo S60	39	127	-69.3%	585	944	-38.0%
Volvo V60	95	61	55.7%	893	742	20.4%
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Total	5703	6028	-5.4%	55,332	47,767	15.8%

Midsize Luxury Car	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	17	9	88.9%	159	211	-24.6%
Acura TL	---	58	-100%	---	1346	-100%
Audi A6	91	86	5.8%	773	979	-21.0%
Audi A7	70	56	25.0%	655	813	-19.4%
BMW 5-Series	215	215	0.0%	1589	1929	-17.6%
Cadillac CTS	121	71	70.4%	658	865	-23.9%
Cadillac XTS ‡	43	45	-4.4%	609	558	9.1%
Hyundai Equus ‡	5	7	-28.6%	33	63	-47.6%
Hyundai Genesis ‡*	59	141	-58.2%	941	1432	-34.3%
Infiniti Q70	11	24	-54.2%	170	97	75.3%
Jaguar XF	31	46	-32.6%	420	480	-12.5%
Kia K900 ‡	4	---	---	29	21	38.1%
Lexus ES	216	289	-25.3%	1993	2327	-14.4%
Lexus GS	33	29	13.8%	352	410	-14.1%
Lincoln MKS	11	13	-15.4%	159	189	-15.9%
Lincoln MKZ	105	92	14.1%	968	1259	-23.1%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class *^	276	329	-16.1%	2614	3238	-19.3%
Mercedes-Benz R-Class	---	---	---	1	---	---
Volvo S80	---	4	-100%	62	52	19.2%
Volvo XC70 *	24	41	-41.5%	359	447	-19.7%
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Total	1227	1555	-21.1%	12,544	16,716	-25.0%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
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 XC70 listed with luxury SUVs and the Acura ILX with mainstream cars... 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.
^ Mercedes-Benz's Canadian sales figures combine the E-Class with the CLS-Class. Audi Canada's A4 sales figures include sales of the Allroad.
‡ The XTS, K900, and Equus aren't listed here because they're not massive - they are - but because their price points position them much more closely to, for example, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class than the S-Class. Genesis sales figures here do not include sales of the Genesis Coupe (as Hyundai's U.S. Genesis sales figures do), making the comparison with premium brand vehicles much more valid.

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