Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada - December 2015 And 2015 Year End

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class was Canada's top-selling premium brand new vehicle and thus the top-selling vehicle in its class in 2015, as well. Sales of the C-Class jumped 42% to 9992 units, its highest total since 2012 and a notable achievement given the degree to which Canadian auto consumers are fleeing cars for SUVs and crossovers.

Canada's perennial luxury leader, the BMW 3-Series, slipped 5% to 9590 units. The 3er's 4-Series offshoot brought in another 4942 sales. Combined, the duo was up 7% to 14,532 units, clearly far in excess of the C-Class's total, albeit a total achieved with far more bodystyles in BMW's case.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - 2015 Year End
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - 2015 Year End

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The German premium auto brands' entry-level candidates were fast movers in 2015, as well. BMW sold 1703 copies of the 2-Series, the highest total for the 2-Series (and its 1-Series predecessor) since 2010. 

Audi sold 3788 copies of the A3, more than the A3 managed in 2011, 2012, and 2013 combined. 

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Mercedes-Benz CLA sales, meanwhile, rose ever so slightly to a best-in-group 3870 units even as Mercedes-Benz added 3719 CLA hatchback sales in the form of the GLA.

Their bigger brethren, however, were not so fortunate. Combined sales of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class (CLS inclusive), BMW 5-Series, and Audi A6 fell 15% in 2015. Competitors such as the Acura RLX, Cadillac CTS, Hyundai Genesis, Jaguar XF, Lincoln MKS, and Volvo S80 all declined, as well.

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.

Click Column Headers To Sort • January 2016 • November 2015 • December 2014

Small/Entry  Luxury Car	December 2015	December 2014	% Change	2015	2014	% Change
Acura ILX *	267	163	63.8%	2551	2752	-7.3%
Acura TLX	337	488	-30.9%	5075	2121	139%
Acura TSX	---	---	---	---	206	-100%
Audi A3	293	241	21.6%	3788	2452	54.5%
Audi A4  ^	357	484	-26.2%	5461	5850	-6.6%
Audi A5 *	78	118	-33.9%	1693	2165	-21.8%
BMW 1-Series	---	---	---	3	2	50.0%
BMW 2-Series *	174	40	335%	1703	883	92.9%
BMW 3-Series	459	784	-41.5%	9590	10,086	-4.9%
BMW 4-Series *	311	335	-7.2%	4942	3469	42.5%
Cadillac ATS	392	385	1.8%	3493	3714	-6.0%
Infiniti Q50	280	194	44.3%	3295	3242	1.6%
Infiniti Q60 *	9	21	-57.1%	408	424	-3.8%
Lexus CT200h	35	60	-41.7%	814	1035	-21.4%
Lexus IS	214	234	-8.5%	3401	3945	-13.8%
Lexus RC	27	22	22.7%	792	78	915%
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	169	181	-6.6%	2356	2695	-12.6%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	621	686	-9.5%	9992	7054	41.7%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	213	345	-38.3%	3870	3851	0.5%
Volvo S60	45	58	-22.4%	665	1063	-37.4%
Volvo V60	58	47	23.4%	1032	853	21.0%
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Total	4339	4886	-11.2%	64,924	57,940	12.0%

Midsize Luxury Car	December 2015	December 2014	% Change	2015	2014	% Change
Acura RLX	7	24	-70.8%	182	243	-25.1%
Acura TL	---	---	---	---	1376	-100%
Audi A6	82	63	30.2%	990	1113	-11.1%
Audi A7	65	23	183%	787	876	-10.2%
BMW 5-Series	225	184	22.3%	1996	2337	-14.6%
Cadillac CTS	154	139	10.8%	921	1076	-14.4%
Cadillac XTS ‡	148	105	41.0%	839	743	12.9%
Hyundai Equus ‡	1	---	---	37	65	-43.1%
Hyundai Genesis ‡*	70	79	-11.4%	1377	1513	-9.0%
Infiniti Q70	22	7	214%	217	128	69.5%
Jaguar XF	8	43	-81.4%	466	567	-17.8%
Kia K900 ‡	5	---	---	36	23	56.5%
Lexus ES	166	175	-5.1%	2305	2726	-15.4%
Lexus GS	28	37	-24.3%	390	480	-18.8%
Lincoln MKS	7	11	-36.4%	172	206	-16.5%
Lincoln MKZ	92	94	-2.1%	1130	1445	-21.8%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class *^	256	256	0.0%	3162	3789	-16.5%
Mercedes-Benz R-Class	---	---	---	1	---	---
Volvo S80	---	16	-100%	62	68	-8.8%
Volvo XC70 *	32	29	10.3%	426	512	-16.8%
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Total	1368	1285	6.5%	15,496	19,286	-19.6%

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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