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

U.S. sales of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class fell 14% in August 2016, but the top-selling Mercedes-Benz in America held on to its status as America's top-selling premium brand car. The C-Class's next-best-selling rival, BMW's 3-Series, plunged 42%, a loss of 4278 sales.

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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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The premium passenger car market is undeniably taking a hit, not an unexpected occurrence given the general downturn in the overall market. Passenger car volume is down 9% in America this year. But the steepness with which some cars are falling off a cliff is noteworthy. 

The 3-Series and 4-Series at BMW, for example, combined to lose 22,304 sales in the first two-thirds of 2016. 

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Lexus' IS and RC are down by 10,117 sales. Cadillac's whole car line, even with new vehicle launches, is down by 4815 sales. Entry-level sedans from Mercedes-Benz and audi, the CLA and A3, are down by more than 5,000 sales.

The bright spots aren't hard to find. While Jaguar is re-making a name for itself with the F-Pace, the company's first utility vehicle, the second-generation XF is on track to rise to a three-year high. 

And long after the X-Type died, Jaguar's new entry-level XE sedan has helped Jaguar grow its car sales by 28% so far this year, and by 82% in August. 

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.

Click Column Headers To Sort • September 2016 • July 2016 • August 2015

Small/Entry  Luxury Car	August 2016	August 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	1172	1660	-29.4%	10,831	11,744	-7.8%
Acura TLX	3595	4353	-17.4%	25,632	30,055	-14.7%
Acura TSX	1	1	0.0%	4	31	-87.1%
Audi A3	3032	3188	-4.9%	22,654	24,260	-6.6%
Audi A4  ^	3121	2743	13.8%	21,620	20,048	7.8%
Audi A5 *	848	1043	-18.7%	5926	8867	-33.2%
BMW 2-Series *	728	1024	-28.9%	11,493	7394	55.4%
BMW 3-Series	5885	10,163	-42.1%	45,660	60,688	-24.8%
BMW 4-Series	2285	2940	-22.3%	23,747	31,023	-23.5%
BMW i3	1013	792	27.9%	5372	6183	13.1%
Cadillac ATS	2477	2449	1.1%	14,360	16,544	-13.2%
Infiniti Q40	---	264	-100%	59	8348	-99.3%
Infiniti Q50	3745	3839	-2.4%	26,804	28,046	-4.4%
Infiniti Q60 *	169	311	-45.7%	916	2922	-68.7%
Jaguar XE	901	---	---	2773	---	---
Lexus CT200h	819	1504	-45.5%	6183	10,001	-38.2%
Lexus IS	3525	4537	-22.3%	24,085	32,237	-25.3%
Lexus RC	1065	1337	-20.3%	7334	9299	-21.1%
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	57	172	-66.9%	417	1540	-72.9%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	6125	7154	-14.4%	49,734	56,875	-12.6%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	1811	2622	-30.9%	17,706	21,164	-16.3%
Volvo S60	1109	1473	-25.0%	8755	11,283	-22.0%
Volvo S60 Cross Country	40	50	-20.0%	400	50	700%
Volvo V60	342	289	18.3%	2459	3157	-22.1%
Volvo V60 Cross Country	414	273	51.6%	1878	1766	6.3%
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Total	44,279	54,181	-18.3%	336,802	403,525	-16.5%

Midsize Luxury Car	August 2016	August 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	118	187	-36.9%	951	1600	-40.6%
Acura TL	---	1	-100%	---	85	-100%
Audi A6	1960	2022	-3.1%	5926	8867	-33.2%
Audi A7	574	757	-24.2%	4047	4882	-17.1%
BMW 5-Series	2606	4012	-35.0%	26,184	29,779	-12.1%
Cadillac CT6	1242	---	---	4048	---	---
Cadillac CTS	1426	1730	-17.6%	10,645	12,934	-17.7%
Cadillac XTS	2264	1531	47.9%	12,977	14,423	-10.0%
Genesis G80	1497	---	---	1497	---	---
Hyundai Equus	83	185	-55.1%	1237	1518	-18.5%
Infiniti Q70	439	626	-29.9%	4093	5682	-28.0%
Jaguar XF	483	321	50.5%	5093	4381	16.3%
Kia K900	53	386	-86.3%	553	1576	-64.9%
Lexus ES	5840	7286	-19.8%	39,230	41,767	-6.1%
Lexus GS	1228	1795	-31.6%	9898	14,638	-32.4%
Lincoln MKS	325	552	-41.1%	4083	4925	-17.1%
Lincoln MKZ	2754	2571	7.1%	20,415	20,473	-0.3%
Maserati Ghibli	516	1044	-50.6%	4473	5086	-12.1%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class	446	278	60.4%	3426	4317	-20.6%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class	4623	4006	15.4%	29,326	31,152	-5.9%
Volvo S80	99	60	65.0%	500	1018	-50.9%
Volvo S90	194	---	---	451	---	---
Volvo XC70 *	778	445	74.8%	3919	3497	12.1%
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Total	29,548	29,795	-0.8%	192,972	212,600	-9.2%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ A4 includes Allroad, without which A4 sales were up 17% to 2965 in August; up 8% to 21,620 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, 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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