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

37% of the vehicles sold by Toyota Canada's premium Lexus brand in October were NX crossovers. The NX debuted last Christmas to positive reviews but quizzical looks – it is a strangely styled beast.

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

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But with the RX transitioning into fourth-gen form, the NX is hitting its stride, finishing only 12 sales back of the Audi Q5 in October 2015, enough to rank second among premium brand SUVs and crossovers last month.

The NX, Q5 and their 13 small premium utility cohorts generated 8.5% of all SUV/crossover sales in Canada in October, up from 7.9% in October 2014 and 6.3% in October 2013. 

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Their larger, three-row siblings aren't faring poorly. Canadian sales of the Infiniti QX60, Land Rover LR4 and Range Rover Sport, Lexus GX460, and Volvo XC90 have all increased through the first ten months of 2015. So too have sales of the BMW X6, Cadillac SRX, Mercedes-Benz M-Class/GLE-Class, and Porsche Cayenne.

With two months of sales reporting remaining, the Audi Q5 is the most popular luxury utility vehicle in Canada, 482 sales ahead of the Acura RDX and 1101 sales ahead of the Lexus RX.

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.

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Compact Luxury SUV	October 2015	October 2015	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Audi Q3	325	345	-5.8%	2886	955	202%
BMW X1	121	201	-39.8%	2417	2338	3.4%
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	495	272	82.0%	3069	456	573%
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Total	941	818	15.0%	8372	3749	123%

Small Luxury SUV	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura RDX	624	569	9.7%	6300	5433	16.0%
Audi Q5	852	772	10.4%	6782	6743	0.6%
BMW X3	426	476	-10.5%	3775	4432	-14.8%
BMW X4	106	111	-4.5%	960	321	199%
Infiniti QX50	341	182	87.4%	1865	1600	16.6%
Land Rover Discovery Sport	163	---	---	562	---	---
Land Rover LR2	---	54	-100%	80	522	-84.7%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	128	118	8.5%	1828	1390	31.5%
Lexus NX	840	---	---	5224	---	---
Lincoln MKC	248	328	-24.4%	2493	1265	97.1%
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	351	434	-19.1%	4461	4487	-0.6%
Porsche Macan	206	142	45.1%	1845	940	96.3%
Volvo XC60	117	122	-4.1%	1432	1306	9.6%
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Total	4402	3308	33.1%	37,607	28,439	32.2%

Midsize Luxury SUV	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Acura MDX	513	562	-8.7%	4697	5058	-7.1%
Acura ZDX	---	---	---	1	6	-83.3%
Audi Q7	125	206	-39.3%	1590	1663	-4.4%
BMW X5	328	317	3.5%	4547	4666	-2.6%
BMW X6	112	6	1767%	1098	698	57.3%
Cadillac SRX	426	320	33.1%	4280	3594	19.1%
Infiniti QX60	424	339	25.1%	3208	2937	9.2%
Infiniti QX70	42	41	2.4%	446	389	14.7%
Land Rover LR4	61	20	205%	591	321	84.1%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	269	181	48.6%	2100	2093	0.3%
Lexus GX460	57	59	-3.4%	554	472	17.4%
Lexus RX	654	885	-26.1%	5681	6670	-14.8%
Lincoln MKT	16	21	-23.8%	200	242	-17.4%
Lincoln MKX	374	228	64.0%	2195	2343	-6.3%
Mercedes-Benz M-Class	477	460	3.7%	5095	4666	9.2%
Porsche Cayenne	173	61	184%	2036	1606	26.8%
Volkswagen Touareg *	289	216	33.8%	1880	1890	-0.5%
Volvo XC70 *	24	41	-41.5%	359	447	-19.7%
Volvo XC90	180	50	260%	702	390	80.0%
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Total	4544	4013	13.2%	41,260	40,151	2.8%

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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