Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada - February 2016 YTD

As Canadians become increasingly fond of sitting just a little bit higher, gaining some tailgate flexibility, and losing just a smidgen or two of on-road dynamic mastery, Canadians become increasingly less fond of entry-level luxury sports sedans.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - February 2016 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - February 2016 YTD

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The Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Canada's top-selling premium brand vehicle in calendar year 2015, tumbled 24% during the first two months of 2016 to 991 sales. That decline, married to the Mercedes-Benz GLE's 58% increase, means the GLE, Mercedes-Benz's middle SUV, is now Canada's top-selling premium brand auto.

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And the C-Class is by no means the only formerly hot-selling luxury car to post sharp Canadian sales declines in the first one-sixth of 2016. The Acura TLX, Audi A4, BMW 3-Series, and Lexus IS all joined the C-Class in posting double-digit percentage losses. 

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 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	February 2016	February 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	147	136	8.1%	273	196	39.3%
Acura TLX	211	309	-31.7%	443	544	-18.6%
Audi A3	181	174	4.0%	387	393	-1.5%
Audi A4  ^	180	330	-45.5%	373	605	-38.3%
Audi A5 *	73	58	25.9%	130	137	-5.1%
BMW 2-Series *	136	40	240%	227	72	215%
BMW 3-Series	429	765	-43.9%	936	1277	-26.7%
BMW 4-Series	346	417	-17.0%	718	639	12.4%
Cadillac ATS	172	128	34.4%	431	248	73.8%
Infiniti Q50	239	194	23.2%	448	404	10.9%
Infiniti Q60 *	5	20	-75.0%	12	32	-62.5%
Lexus CT200h	35	67	-47.8%	58	118	-50.8%
Lexus IS	155	174	-10.9%	286	326	-12.3%
Lexus RC	10	36	-72.2%	42	60	-30.0%
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	168	109	54.1%	302	254	18.9%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	597	742	-19.5%	991	1308	-24.2%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	326	312	4.5%	587	503	16.7%
Volvo S60	75	27	178%	129	83	55.4%
Volvo V60	71	54	31.5%	104	113	-8.0%
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Total	3556	4092	-13.1%	6877	7312	-5.9%

Midsize Luxury Car	February 2016	February 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	7	16	-56.3%	14	28	-50.0%
Audi A6	48	50	-4.0%	92	106	-13.2%
Audi A7	42	14	200%	82	31	165%
BMW 5-Series	169	160	5.6%	211	270	-21.9%
Cadillac CTS	55	45	22.2%	133	90	47.8%
Cadillac XTS ‡	40	45	-11.1%	76	70	8.6%
Hyundai Equus ‡	---	2	-100%	---	3	-100%
Hyundai Genesis ‡*	97	111	-12.6%	150	174	-13.8%
Infiniti Q70	26	14	85.7%	54	25	116%
Jaguar XF	46	49	-6.1%	62	87	-28.7%
Kia K900 ‡	4	---	---	5	5	0.0%
Lexus ES	91	115	-20.9%	232	235	-1.3%
Lexus GS	34	23	47.8%	64	52	23.1%
Lincoln MKS	5	9	-44.4%	18	18	0.0%
Lincoln MKZ	50	101	-50.5%	98	137	-28.5%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class *^	319	149	114%	550	310	77.4%
Volvo S80	2	4	-50.0%	19	24	-20.8%
Volvo XC70 *	25	31	-19.4%	45	56	-19.6%
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Total	1010	938	7.7%	1905	1721	10.7%

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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