Small And Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In Canada - March 2016 YTD

Canadian sales of small luxury SUVs and crossovers jumped 26% to 5491 units in March 2016 and rose 20% to more than 12,000 units in the first-quarter of 2016.

The small, entry-level German trio – Q3, X1, GLA-Class – improved their share of the overall "small premium" sector by five percentage points to 23% during 2016's first three months. All three entry-level rivals are selling far more often this year than last. Mercedes-Benz's March was the GLA's second-best month yet. 

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - March 2016 YTD
Canada SUV/Crossover Sales  By Model - March 2016 YTD

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Since inception, a 19-month period, Mercedes-Benz Canada has sold  5799 GLA crossovers. The Audi Q3 generated 5994 Canadian sales in its first 20 months on the market. BMW's X1, now in its second-generation, arrived in Canada in 2011 and has attracted 17,233 sales so far. 

Their slightly larger brethren typically remain far more popular. 

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At Audi, the Q5 was Canada's best-selling premium utility vehicle last year – Q5 sales are up 10% in early 2016. BMW's X3 and X4 are up 19% to 1414 units so far this year. The Mercedes-Benz GLC, taking over from the GLK, is only just getting going, but it's difficult to see the GLA continuing to outperform its big brother. 

And certainly not its much bigger GLE-Class brother. In 2016's first three months, sales of the M-Class-replacing GLE are up 47% to 1927 units, tops among premium brand utility vehicles.

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 SUVs and crossovers 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 • April 2016 • February 2016 • March 2015

Compact Luxury SUV	March 2016	March 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Audi Q3	415	240	72.9%	832	676	23.1%
BMW X1	392	251	56.2%	890	557	59.8%
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	440	199	121%	1116	605	84.5%
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Total	1247	690	80.7%	2838	1838	54.4%

Small Luxury SUV	March 2016	March 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura RDX	694	492	41.1%	1379	1261	9.4%
Audi Q5	694	574	20.9%	1503	1370	9.7%
BMW X3	500	378	32.3%	1137	951	19.6%
BMW X4	117	96	21.9%	277	238	16.4%
Infiniti QX50	252	209	20.6%	588	473	24.3%
Land Rover Discovery Sport	429	---	---	753	---	---
Land Rover LR2	---	19	-100%	---	42	-100%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	272	353	-22.9%	476	694	-31.3%
Lexus NX	519	444	16.9%	1169	1079	8.3%
Lincoln MKC	208	254	-18.1%	517	545	-5.1%
Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class/GLK-Class	304	565	-46.2%	825	1065	-22.5%
Porsche Macan	164	143	14.7%	410	251	63.3%
Volvo XC60	91	129	-29.5%	277	343	-19.2%
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Total	4244	3656	16.1%	9311	8312	12.0%

Midsize Luxury SUV	March 2016	March 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura MDX	431	421	2.4%	1111	998	11.3%
Acura ZDX	---	---	---	1	---	---
Audi Q7	382	119	221%	1058	275	285%
BMW X5	535	505	5.9%	1338	1062	26.0%
BMW X6	97	102	-4.9%	275	260	5.8%
Cadillac SRX	369	339	8.8%	897	694	29.3%
Infiniti QX60	419	320	30.9%	954	824	15.8%
Infiniti QX70	52	53	-1.9%	144	109	32.1%
Land Rover LR4	135	38	255%	225	122	84.4%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	419	223	87.9%	907	598	51.7%
Lexus GX460	40	73	-45.2%	122	179	-31.8%
Lexus RX	662	587	12.8%	1583	1395	13.5%
Lincoln MKT	9	15	-40.0%	30	47	-36.2%
Lincoln MKX	319	181	76.2%	752	425	76.9%
Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class/M-Class	797	594	34.2%	1927	1309	47.2%
Porsche Cayenne	244	176	38.6%	420	358	17.3%
Volkswagen Touareg *	111	140	-20.7%	274	517	-47.0%
Volvo XC70 *	13	30	-56.7%	58	86	-32.6%
Volvo XC90	391	---	---	596	---	---
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Total	5425	3916	38.5%	12,672	9258	36.9%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
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 you'll see the XC70 listed with luxury cars as well as with SUVs and crossovers and the Touareg with luxury SUVs and mainstream SUVs... 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.

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