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

U.S. sales of small luxury SUVs soared 40% in March 2016 as Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Infiniti, BMW, and Acura all contributed massive year-over-year gains. The GLC nearly doubled Mercedes-Benz's GLK volume from a year ago, Lexus added 900 NX sales, Infiniti's aged but updated QX50 septupled, and BMW X3 sales nearly tripled. 

Plus, Land Rover added 2002 sales of the Discovery Sport, which wasn't on sale a year ago.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - March 2016 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - March 2016 YTD

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The recent decline of premium brand cars is well recorded both on GCBC and elsewhere, but luxury automakers are fortunate that these profit-driving SUVs and crossovers are easily outdoing their 2015 achievements. 

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Up a notch in size and price, big first-quarter gains were also routine. The new Audi Q7 and Volvo XC90 combined for an additional 11,277 sales. Lincoln's MKX is up 81% this year. Land Rover LR4 volume is up 68%. 

Through the end of 2016's first-quarter, America's leading premium brand utility vehicle is the Lexus RX, sales of which jumped 7% to 23,796 units. The second-ranked Cadillac SRX is nearly 11,000 sales behind.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. 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 SUVs and crossovers 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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Compact Luxury SUV	March 2016	March 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Audi Q3	1505	1268	18.7%	3395	3187	6.5%
BMW X1	3145	1358	132%	6500	2761	135%
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	2205	1918	15.0%	6843	5669	20.7%
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Total	6855	4544	50.9%	16,738	11,617	44.1%

Small Luxury SUV	March 2016	March 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura RDX	5310	3963	34.0%	12,212	11,342	7.7%
Audi Q5	3728	3934	-5.2%	8840	9354	-5.5%
BMW X3	4476	1541	190%	10,211	6006	70.0%
BMW X4	689	599	15.0%	1473	1461	0.8%
Infiniti QX50	1512	217	597%	3902	582	570%
Land Rover Discovery Sport	2002	---	---	4366	---	---
Land Rover LR2	1	11	-90.9%	2	57	-96.5%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	862	1284	-32.9%	2618	3794	-31.0%
Lexus NX	4533	3633	24.8%	11,375	9111	24.8%
Lincoln MKC	1956	2070	-5.5%	5138	5230	-1.8%
Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class/GLK-Class	4871	2478	96.6%	10,998	5657	94.4%
Porsche Macan	1123	1180	-4.8%	3604	2600	38.6%
Volvo XC60	1599	2464	-35.1%	3646	5935	-38.6%
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Total	32,662	23,374	39.7%	78,385	61,129	28.2%

Midsize Luxury SUV	March 2016	March 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura MDX	4088	5503	-25.7%	11,956	14,437	-17.2%
Acura ZDX	---	1	-100%	---	1	-100%
Audi Q7	3004	1560	92.6%	6993	3452	103%
BMW X5	3617	4388	-17.6%	10,043	11,751	-14.5%
BMW X6	635	587	8.2%	1644	1423	15.5%
Cadillac SRX	4071	5000	-18.6%	12,866	12,294	4.7%
Infiniti QX60	3905	3243	20.4%	9007	8805	2.3%
Infiniti QX70	661	575	15.0%	1809	1701	6.3%
Land Rover LR4	1569	841	86.6%	3462	2065	67.7%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	2507	2646	-5.3%	5552	6225	-10.8%
Lexus GX460	1961	2024	-3.1%	5219	5480	-4.8%
Lexus RX	9648	9177	5.1%	23,796	22,236	7.0%
Lincoln MKT	390	373	4.6%	1129	857	31.7%
Lincoln MKX	2771	1475	87.9%	7198	3968	81.4%
Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class/M-Class	4730	4023	17.6%	12,341	10,483	17.7%
Porsche Cayenne	1294	1364	-5.1%	4017	3526	13.9%
Volkswagen Touareg *	394	535	-26.4%	1151	1430	-19.5%
Volvo XC70 *	420	563	-25.4%	959	1209	-20.7%
Volvo XC90	3000	13	22,977%	7847	111	6969%
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Total	48,665	43,891	10.9%	126,989	111,454	13.9%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* 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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