Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America - July 2016 YTD

New launched at Audi, Jaguar, Cadillac, and Jaguar helped buck up luxury car sales figures in the United States in July 2016, but not so much that Americans purchased and leased more luxury cars this July than last. 

Rather, the numbers would have been far worse if not for an 19% increase in Audi A4 sedan sales and 1727 sales from the Jaguar XE, Cadillac CT6, and Volvo S90, none of which were on sale at this stage of 2015.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - July 2016 YTD
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - July 2016 YTD

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America's top-selling luxury car through the first seven months of 2016 was the Mercedes-Benz C-Class. But while C-Class volume slid 1% in July and sales of the BMW 3-Series plunged 12%, the 3-Series laid claim to top volume honours in July, outselling the C-Class by 495 units last month. 

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The 3-Series' big brother, BMW's 5-Series, posted a 50% increase to 3303 sales. Mercedes-Benz, which is now combing sales of its E-Class and the E's CLS offshoot, fell 15% to 5225. 

Meanwhile, the BMW 2-Series continues to stand out as an exception to the rule at BMW. Sales of the 2er jumped 69% in the first seven months of 2016, a gain of 4395 sales for the two-door-only entry-level model.

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 sortable, so you can rank luxury brand cars any which way you like. Mobile users can now thumb across tables for full-width access. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

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Small/Entry  Luxury Car	July 2016	July 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	1201	1613	-25.5%	9659	10,084	-4.2%
Acura TLX	3124	3530	-11.5%	22,037	25,702	-14.3%
Acura TSX	---	2	-100%	3	30	-90.0%
Audi A3	3038	3167	-4.1%	19,622	21,072	-6.9%
Audi A4  ^	2743	2433	12.7%	18,499	17,305	6.9%
Audi A5 *	744	1105	-32.7%	5078	7824	-35.1%
BMW 2-Series *	1708	1028	66.1%	10,765	6370	69.0%
BMW 3-Series	6799	7729	-12.0%	39,775	50,525	-21.3%
BMW 4-Series	2186	3190	-31.5%	21,462	28,083	-23.6%
BMW i3	1479	935	58.2%	4359	5391	-19.1%
Cadillac ATS	2119	1588	33.4%	11,883	14,095	-15.7%
Infiniti Q40	1	407	-99.8%	59	8084	-99.3%
Infiniti Q50	2805	3807	-26.3%	23,059	24,207	-4.7%
Infiniti Q60 *	62	319	-80.6%	747	2611	-71.4%
Jaguar XE	641	---	---	1872	---	---
Lexus CT200h	849	1374	-38.2%	5364	8497	-36.9%
Lexus IS	3461	4280	-19.1%	20,560	27,700	-25.8%
Lexus RC	977	1232	-20.7%	6269	7962	-21.3%
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	50	196	-74.5%	360	1368	-73.7%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	6304	6384	-1.3%	43,609	49,721	-12.3%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	2284	2439	-6.4%	15,895	18,542	-14.3%
Volvo S60	1864	1052	77.2%	7649	9810	-22.0%
Volvo S60 Cross Country	42	---	---	362	---	---
Volvo V60	384	573	-33.0%	2119	2868	-26.1%
Volvo V60 Cross Country	339	232	46.1%	1464	1493	-1.9%
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Total	45,204	48,615	-7.0%	292,530	349,344	-16.3%

Midsize Luxury Car	July 2016	July 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	106	213	-50.2%	833	1413	-41.0%
Acura TL	---	3	-100%	---	84	-100%
Audi A6	1822	1928	-5.5%	10,150	13,337	-23.9%
Audi A7	417	749	-44.3%	3473	4125	-15.8%
BMW 5-Series	3303	2186	51.1%	23,578	25,767	-8.5%
Cadillac CT6	827	---	---	2806	---	---
Cadillac CTS	1313	1515	-13.3%	9219	11,204	-17.7%
Cadillac XTS	926	1302	-28.9%	10,713	12,892	-16.9%
Hyundai Equus	119	174	-31.6%	1154	1333	-13.4%
Infiniti Q70	507	572	-11.4%	3654	5056	-27.7%
Jaguar XF	533	470	13.4%	4610	4060	13.5%
Kia K900	61	480	-87.3%	500	1190	-58.0%
Lexus ES	5497	5440	1.0%	33,390	34,481	-3.2%
Lexus GS	1218	1701	-28.4%	8670	12,843	-32.5%
Lincoln MKS	313	544	-42.5%	3758	4373	-14.1%
Lincoln MKZ	2968	2642	12.3%	17,661	17,902	-1.3%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class	5225	6131	-14.8%	27,683	31,184	-11.2%
Volvo S80	79	35	126%	403	958	-57.9%
Volvo S90	259	---	---	267	---	---
Volvo XC70 *	632	405	56.0%	3141	3052	2.9%
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Total	26,125	26,490	-1.4%	165,663	185,254	-10.6%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ A4 includes Allroad, without which A4 sales were up 18% to 2612 in July; up 11% to 17,531 YTD.
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 Acura ILX here but also with mainstream cars like the Buick Verano, too, and the Audi A5 is also displayed with coupes and convertibles... because readers have wanted it both ways. Hyundai USA, not GoodCarBadCar, chooses to combine sales figures for the Genesis sedan and Genesis Coupe, forcing us to include the Genesis with volume-brand cars on pricing grounds before we even get to the "brand status" issue. The K900, Equus, CT6, and XTS are here not because of their size but because of their price points, their lack of direct comparability with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. 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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