Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada - January 2016

As GM Canada reported the best calendar year of Cadillac sales since 1979, Cadillac's cars slid 5% in 2015. 

2016 begins on a much better note. Cadillac's cars jumped 45% in an admittedly low-volume January, an increase of 250 units thanks to a doubling of Cadillac ATS sales, a 73% CTS increase, and a 44% XTS uptick.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - January 2016
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - January 2016

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This comes as Cadillac's cars plunged in the United States, a story we covered late last week.

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For the ATS, 259 sales represented the fifth-best total among small and entry luxury cars. Only two Mercedes-Benzes and two closely related BMWs sold more often.

For the Cadillac CTS, sales remained rather low in this increasingly unpopular category. But the CTS outsold the Hyundai Genesis, Audi A6, BMW 5-Series, and numerous other potential rivals in January. 

The Genesis, A6, and 5-Series all outsold the CTS in calendar year 2015. The Genesis, A6, 5-Series all declined in January. Mercedes-Benz's E-Class and its CLS-Class offshoot jumped 44% to 231 units last month.

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 • February 2016 • December 2015 • January 2015

Small/Entry  Luxury Car	January 2016	January 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	126	60	110%	126	60	110%
Acura TLX	232	235	-1.3%	232	235	-1.3%
Audi A3	206	219	-5.9%	206	219	-5.9%
Audi A4  ^	193	275	-29.8%	193	275	-29.8%
Audi A5 *	57	79	-27.8%	57	79	-27.8%
BMW 2-Series *	91	32	184%	91	32	184%
BMW 3-Series	507	512	-1.0%	507	512	-1.0%
BMW 4-Series *	372	222	67.6%	372	222	67.6%
Cadillac ATS	259	120	116%	259	120	116%
Infiniti Q50	209	210	-0.5%	209	210	-0.5%
Infiniti Q60 *	7	12	-41.7%	7	12	-41.7%
Lexus CT200h	23	51	-54.9%	23	51	-54.9%
Lexus IS	131	152	-13.8%	131	152	-13.8%
Lexus RC	32	24	33.3%	32	24	33.3%
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	134	145	-7.6%	134	145	-7.6%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	394	566	-30.4%	394	566	-30.4%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	261	191	36.6%	261	191	36.6%
Volvo S60	54	56	-3.6%	54	56	-3.6%
Volvo V60	33	59	-44.1%	33	59	-44.1%
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Total	3321	3220	3.1%	3321	3220	3.1%

Midsize Luxury Car	January 2016	January 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	7	12	-41.7%	7	12	-41.7%
Audi A6	44	56	-21.4%	44	56	-21.4%
Audi A7	40	17	135%	40	17	135%
BMW 5-Series	42	110	-61.8%	42	110	-61.8%
Cadillac CTS	78	45	73.3%	78	45	73.3%
Cadillac XTS ‡	36	25	44.0%	36	25	44.0%
Hyundai Equus ‡	---	1	-100%	---	1	-100%
Hyundai Genesis ‡*	53	63	-15.9%	53	63	-15.9%
Infiniti Q70	28	11	155%	28	11	155%
Jaguar XF	16	38	-57.9%	16	38	-57.9%
Kia K900 ‡	1	5	-80.0%	1	5	-80.0%
Lexus ES	141	120	17.5%	141	120	17.%
Lexus GS	30	29	3.4%	30	29	3.4%
Lincoln MKS	13	9	44.4%	13	9	44.4%
Lincoln MKZ	48	36	33.3%	48	36	33.3%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class *^	231	161	43.5%	231	161	43.5%
Volvo S80	17	20	-15.0%	17	20	-15.0%
Volvo XC70 *	20	25	-20.0%	20	25	-20.0%
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Total	845	783	7.9%	845	783	7.9%

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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