Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In America - July 2016

The Lexus RX further secured its position as America's best-selling luxury vehicle in 2016 by outselling its closest challenger by 1723 units in July 2016. 

Indeed, the next-best-selling premium utility, the SRX-replacing Cadillac XT5, was 3571 sales abaft of the RX, which posted a 3% year-over-year increase. 

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

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Lexus was America's second-best-selling premium brand in July and through the first seven months of 2016. Four of the 13 top-selling premium brand autos in July were sold in Lexus showrooms: RX, ES, NX, and IS. 

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Likewise, there were four Mercedes-Benzes on the list of America's 15 best-selling luxury autos in July. 

As U.S. auto sales grew by less than 1% in July, the Lexus brand slid 6.5% because of fast-falling CT, GS, IS, LS, RC, and GX sales. 

The RX and NX accounted for 47% of the brand's July volume.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling luxury vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well. Mobile users can now thumb across the tables for full-width access.

August 2016 • June 2016 • July 2015

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	July 2016	July 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Lexus RX	8,522	8,264	3.1%	57,934	52,543	10.3%
#2	BMW 3-Series	6,799	7,729	-12.0%	39,775	50,525	-21.3%
#3	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	6,304	6,384	-1.3%	43,609	49,721	-12.3%
#4	Lexus ES	5,497	5,440	1.0%	33,390	34,481	-3.2%
#5	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class °	5,225	6,131	-14.8%	27,683	31,184	-11.2%
#6	Cadillac XT5	4,951	---	---	12,159	---	---
#7	Acura MDX	4,902	4,977	-1.5%	29,517	34,397	-14.2%
#8	Audi Q5	4,833	4,700	2.8%	26,819	26,366	1.7%
#9	Lexus NX	4,689	4,337	8.1%	27,979	24,386	14.7%
#10	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class	4,412	3,851	14.6%	29,598	26,811	10.4%
#11	Acura RDX	4,320	4,577	-5.6%	30,596	30,290	1.0%
#12	Infiniti QX60	3,701	3,760	-1.6%	24,673	21,538	14.6%
#13	Lexus IS	3,461	4,280	-19.1%	20,560	27,700	-25.8%
#14	Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class & GLK-Class	3,411	2,318	47.2%	26,802	16,153	65.9%
#15	BMW 5-Series	3,303	2,186	51.1%	23,578	25,767	-8.5%

For the purposes of the above list, premium brands include Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volvo. Brands like Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus don't report specific monthly sales data. Bentley and Maserati only report brand totals. Buick has been excluded with a bunch of other automakers that don't sell vehicles with base prices higher than $40K.

Rank	Vehicles With Base Prices Above $50K	July 2016	July 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class	5,225	6,131	-14.8%	27,683	31,184	-11.2%
#2	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class	4,412	3,851	14.6%	29,598	26,811	10.4%
#3	BMW 5-Series	3,303	2,186	51.1%	23,578	25,767	-8.5%
#4	GMC Yukon XL	2,937	2,299	27.8%	17,135	15,737	8.9%
#5	Cadillac Escalade & ESV	2,883	2,930	-1.6%	19,900	19,243	3.4%
#6	BMW X5	2,744	6,011	-54.4%	24,948	35,162	-29.0%
#7	Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class & GL-Class	2,670	1,755	52.1%	15,550	14,693	5.8%
#8	Audi Q7	2,322	1,939	19.8%	17,063	10,464	63.1%
#9	Chevrolet Corvette	2,159	2,794	-22.7%	16,827	21,101	-20.3%
#10	Lexus GX460	1,918	2,337	-17.9%	13,068	14,028	-6.8%
#11	Mercedes-Benz S-Class	1,783	1,415	26.0%	10,276	11,995	-14.3%
#12	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	1,772	1,338	32.4%	12,146	12,511	-2.9%
#13	Infiniti QX80	1,267	1,076	17.8%	9,331	8,402	11.1%
#14	BMW 7-Series	1,203	916	31.3%	6,808	6,139	10.9%
#15	Land Rover Range Rover	1,164	1,000	16.4%	9,283	10,166	-8.7%

Source: Automakers & ANDC

° Mercedes-Benz USA, not GCBC, is now combining E-Class and CLS-Class sales.

$50,000 USD (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, upgraded in 2016 from $45K last year by $5K, but if GCBC was to follow this system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, adding approximately $20,000 to the average new car transaction price seemed like a fitting place to begin. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $50,000 - M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically - but in the case of the second list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced below that borderline.

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