Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada - October 2015

The BMW 3-Series was Canada's top-selling luxury car in October 2015, the fourth consecutive month of top-selling status for the 3-Series. 

But Mercedes-Benz's C-Class year-to-date lead heading into November, 686 units, means the 3-Series needs to outsell the C-Class by 343 units in November and again in December to keep its perennial crown.

Mercedes-Benz is, by a wide margin, the highest-volume premium automaker in Canada. Through the first ten months of 2015, Mercedes-Benz leads BMW by 3693 sales, Audi by 10,144, and Lexus by 14,292.

The C-Class ranked fourth among premium vehicles in October 2015, but it was one of just four Mercedes-Benzes in the top 15. Meanwhile, among vehicles priced above $50,000, three of the top seven vehicles in October in Canada were Mercedes-Benzes.

Canada's top-selling premium brand utility vehicle in 2015 is the Audi Q5. Its October lead measured only 12 units over the Lexus NX, but the Q5 leads the Acura RDX by 482 units in 2015.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - October 2015 YTD

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Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling luxury vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well.

October 2016 • November 2015 • September 2015 • October 2014

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	BMW 3-Series	873	946	-7.7%	7964	8408	-5.3%
#2	Audi Q5	852	772	10.4%	6782	6743	0.6%
#3	Lexus NX	840	---	---	5224	---	---
#4	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	809	680	19.0%	8650	5638	53.4%
#5	Lexus RX	654	885	-26.1%	5681	6670	-14.8%
#6	Acura RDX	624	569	9.7%	6300	5433	16.0%
#7	Audi A4 *	548	508	7.9%	4768	4809	-0.9%
#8	Acura MDX	513	562	-8.7%	4697	5058	-7.1%
#9	Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	495	272	82.0%	3069	456	573%
#10	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	477	460	3.7%	5095	4666	9.2%
#11	BMW X3	426	476	-10.5%	3775	4432	-14.8%
#12	Cadillac SRX	426	320	33.1%	4280	3594	19.1%
#13	Infiniti QX60	424	339	25.1%	3208	2937	9.2%
#14	Acura TLX	415	788	-47.3%	4412	1169	277%
#15	Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	385	421	-8.6%	3316	3151	5.2%

For the purposes of the above list, premium brands include Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volvo. Brands like Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus don't report specific monthly sales data. Maserati only reports brand totals. Buick has been excluded with a bunch of other automakers that don't sell vehicles with base prices higher than $45K.

Rank	Vehicles With Base Prices Above $50K	October 2015	October 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
#1	Lexus RX	654	885	-26.1%	5681	6670	-14.8%
#2	Acura MDX	513	562	-8.7%	4697	5058	-7.1%
#3	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	477	460	3.7%	5095	4666	9.2%
#4	BMW X5	328	317	3.5%	4547	4666	-2.6%
#5	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class ^	276	329	-16.1%	2614	3238	-19.3%
#6	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	269	181	48.6%	2100	2093	0.3%
#7	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	241	228	5.7%	1889	2040	-7.4%
#8	GMC Yukon XL	219	123	78.0%	1278	1471	-13.1%
#9	BMW 5-Series	215	215	0.0%	1589	1929	-17.6%
#10	Porsche Macan	206	142	45.1%	1845	940	96.3%
#11	Cadillac Escalade	196	87	125%	1738	637	173%
	Cadillac Escalade °	155	68	128%	1337	481	178%
	Cadillac Escalade ESV °	41	19	116%	401	150	167%
	Cadillac Escalade EXT °	---	---	---	---	6	-100%
#12	GMC Yukon	193	221	-12.7%	1413	1661	-14.9%
T13	Ford Expedition	191	186	2.7%	1867	1179	58.4%
T13	Chevrolet Tahoe	191	149	28.2%	1957	1507	29.9%
#15	Volvo XC90	180	50	260%	702	390	80.0%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad.
° Escalade breakdown by variant
^ Mercedes-Benz Canada's figures combine the E-Class with the CLS and the S-Class with the CL.
$50,000 CDN (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, but if GCBC was to follow this new system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, $50K seemed like a safe place to begin - it equals the average U.S. new car transaction price plus $15,000, plus another $5000 to account for Canadian increases. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $50,000 - M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically - but in the case of this list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced at $35,900, as would be the case with the BMW 320i, which costs less than a Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0T Limited. 

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