Large Luxury Car Sales In Canada - March 2016 YTD

Rising sales of the class-leading Mercedes-Benz S-Class did not stop numerous S-Class rivals from likewise attracting larger numbers of Canadian car buyers in March 2016. 

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

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The Audi A8 rose to a four-month high, climbing 19%, year-over-year. BMW's new 7-Series jumped 52%, a gain of 11 units, to 32 units. BMW's 6-Series, a less direct rival for the S-Class but priced alongside the traditional BMW 7-Series luxury limo, increased its March tally by 12 units to 50.

Even with the S-Class's 11% uptick and a segment-wide improvement of 6%, Canadians are nevertheless far more likely to purchase or lease a full-size luxury SUV than a full-size luxury car. 

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Lexus sold 31 LS sedans in the first-quarter of 2015; 121 LX570 SUVs. The Jaguar XJ's 74-unit tally in Q1 pales in comparison to its Range Rover cousin's 298-unit figure. In a rough first-quarter as the GL becomes the GLS, Mercedes-Benz's 224-unit S-Class total looks small compared with the 468-unit GL total.

Cadillac has already sold 534 Escalades and Escalade ESVs in Canada this year. That figure measures up quite nicely against the whole large luxury car category.

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. This table is sortable, so you can rank large 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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Large Luxury Car	March 2016	March 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	%  Change
Audi A8	19	16	18.8%	37	42	-11.9%
BMW 6-Series *	50	38	31.6%	115	91	26.4%
BMW 7-Series	32	21	52.4%	106	73	45.2%
Jaguar XJ	36	46	-21.7%	74	66	12.1%
Lexus LS	6	10	-40.0%	31	35	-11.4%
Mercedes-Benz S-Class	90	81	11.1%	224	178	25.8%
Porsche Panamera	20	26	-23.1%	41	63	-34.9%
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Total	253	238	6.3%	628	548	14.6%

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. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts. Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not made available in Canada. Tesla doesn't release a monthly Model S sales report, either. ANDC estimates for Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce were 13, 54, 42, and 21, respectively, in the first-quarter of 2016. Tesla sold 135 cars in the first two months of 2016. Total Maserati volume is reported, but not by specific models. GCBC shows the Cadillac XTS, Hyundai Equus, and Kia K900 with midsize luxury cars not because of their size, but because the price points are much more directly comparable.

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