Large Luxury Car Sales In America - August 2016 YTD

A huge uptick in U.S. sales of the BMW 7-Series, following an August 2015 in which 7-Series crumped in the lead-up to a new-model transition, and a doubling of Maserati Quattroporte sales powered America's high-end luxury limo segment to a 16% year-over-year increase in August 2016. 

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

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Despite the massive 1267% year-over-year uptick for the BMW and a 17% drop in sales of the class leader, Mercedes-Benz's S-Class remained atop the category in August. Year-to-date, S-Class sales are nearly 50% stronger than sales of the its main BMW rival. 

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With newly available figures for the Quattroporte also came newly available figures for a couple of Bentleys, cars that largely operate in another price spectrum. 

Bentley sold 240 Flying Spurs in the first two-thirds of 2016, a 43% drop, and 88 Mulsannes, a 25% decrease. Across its lineup, there were 594 Rolls-Royces sold in the first eight months of 2016.

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

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Large Luxury Car	August 2016	August 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	%  Change
Audi A8	348	441	-21.1%	2616	3376	-22.5%
BMW 6-Series *	297	258	15.1%	2695	5653	-52.3%
BMW 7-Series	1230	90	1267%	8038	6229	29.0%
Jaguar XJ	306	371	-17.5%	2452	2563	-4.3%
Lexus LS	457	532	-14.1%	3768	4864	-22.5%
Maserati Quattroporte	252	122	107%	1508	1448	4.1%
Mercedes-Benz S-Class	1698	2045	-17.0%	11,974	14,040	-14.7%
Porsche Panamera	445	466	-4.5%	2985	3328	-10.3%
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Total	5033	4325	16.4%	36,036	41,501	-13.2%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
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 BMW 6-Series is listed here as it now features a "mainstream" sedan bodystyle in addition to its two-door variants, just like the larger 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. Tesla, unfortunately, doesn't release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but HybridCars.com estimates 3200 August Tesla Model S sales; 17,300 YTD.

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