Large Luxury SUV Sales In Canada - August 2016 YTD

Canadian sales of full-size flagship luxury SUVs exploded with a 57% year-over-year increase in August 2016, propelled along by huge gains from the two top-selling big luxury SUVs.

Total Cadillac Escalade volume jumped 58%, a gain of 86 units, while Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class/GL-Class volume nearly doubled to 229 units.

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

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In the meantime, Bentley began selling the Bentayga – it attracted nearly as many buyers in its first month on the market as the Mercedes-Benz G-Class. Infiniti QX80 sales improved by 12 units, Lexus LX570 sales nearly quintupled, and Lincoln Navigator volume increased by 20 units.

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They're rare vehicles, these big luxury SUVs. Even combined, the 770 sales they collectively managed in August would not have been enough to crack the top 20 list of SUVs/crossovers in Canada.

But all of these vehicles are more common this year than last.

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. This table is sortable, so you can rank large luxury SUVs any which way you like. Mobile users can now 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 SUV	August 2016	August 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Bentley Bentayga	18	---	---	18	---	---
Cadillac Escalade & Escalade ESV	235	149	57.7%	1689	1366	23.6%
Infiniti QX80	82	70	17.1%	715	433	65.1%
Land Rover Range Rover	82	97	-15.5%	727	677	7.4%
Lexus LX570	57	12	375%	456	198	130%
Lincoln Navigator	48	28	71.4%	342	328	4.3%
Mercedes-Benz G-Class	19	17	11.8%	281	182	54.4%
Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class	229	119	92.4%	1530	1517	0.9%
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Total	770	492	56.5%	5758	4701	22.5%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
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. 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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