Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada - September 2016 YTD

Canadian sales of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class jumped 11% to 907 units in September 2016, a year-over-year increase of 91 units for Canada's top-selling premium brand car.

The C-Class, Canada's 19th-best-selling car overall, has now posted sales improvements in five consecutive months after beginning the year with a 27% drop through the first four months of 2016. 

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - September 2016 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - September 2016 YTD

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The next-best-selling premium brand car, BMW's 3-Series, is 1946 sales behind the C-Class. 

It's worth noting that C-Class volume takes into account a sedan and coupe. 

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3-Series sales include a sedan and wagon. 3-Series coupe, convertible, and four-door liftback sales are tallied under the 4-Series banner. Together, the 3-Series and 4-Series have outsold the C-Class — a wagon derivative of which should go on sale by early next year — by 1788 units so far this year.

September 2016 hosted the arrival of one new car in Canada's luxury fleet. Gone is the Lincoln MKS, in is the new Lincoln Continental. 17 Continentals were reported as sold by Ford Motor Company in September.

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. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank luxury cars any which way you like. Mobile users can now thumb across the 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 • October 2016 • August 2016 • September 2015

Small/Entry  Luxury Car	September 2016	September 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	265	250	6.0%	1818	1883	-3.5%
Acura TLX	337	647	-47.9%	3125	3997	-21.8%
Audi A3	223	260	-14.2%	3059	2979	2.7%
Audi A4  ^	657	392	67.6%	4395	4220	4.1%
Audi A5 *	122	152	-19.7%	1228	1347	-8.8%
BMW 1-Series	---	---	---	---	3	-100%
BMW 2-Series *	149	143	4.2%	1645	1186	38.7%
BMW 3-Series	725	876	-17.2%	5262	7091	-25.8%
BMW 4-Series	441	374	17.9%	3734	3877	-3.7%
Cadillac ATS	318	319	-0.3%	1871	2408	-22.3%
Infiniti Q50	247	337	-26.7%	2138	2468	-13.4%
Infiniti Q60 *	106	54	96.3%	136	364	-62.6%
Jaguar XE	73	---	---	196	---	---
Lexus CT200h	55	60	-8.3%	398	646	-38.4%
Lexus IS	333	299	11.4%	2337	2617	-10.7%
Lexus RC	59	72	-18.1%	421	694	-39.3%
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	194	265	-26.8%	1959	1733	13.0%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	907	816	11.2%	7208	7841	-8.1%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	330	332	-0.6%	3352	2931	14.4%
Volvo S60	51	57	-10.5%	572	546	4.8%
Volvo V60	72	59	22.0%	451	798	-43.5%
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Total	5664	5764	-1.7%	45,305	49,629	-8.7%

Midsize Luxury Car	September 2016	September 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	6	14	-57.1%	85	142	-40.1%
Acura TLX	337	647	-47.9%	3125	3997	-21.8%
Audi A6	45	64	-29.7%	701	682	2.8%
Audi A7	68	53	28.3%	663	585	13.3%
BMW 5-Series	199	175	13.7%	1528	1374	11.2%
Cadillac CT6	23	---	---	123	---	---
Cadillac CTS	97	58	67.2%	648	537	20.7%
Cadillac XTS ‡	172	123	39.8%	453	566	-20.0%
Hyundai Equus ‡	3	3	0.0%	8	28	-71.4%
Hyundai Genesis ‡*	43	145	-70.3%	943	1131	-16.6%
Infiniti Q70	6	19	-68.4%	129	159	-18.9%
Jaguar XF	69	44	56.8%	465	389	19.5%
Kia K900 ‡	---	4	-100%	25	25	0.0%
Lexus ES	179	230	-22.2%	1589	1777	-10.6%
Lexus GS	35	40	-12.5%	315	319	-1.3%
Lincoln Continental	17	---	---	17	---	---
Lincoln MKS	1	15	-93.3%	192	148	29.7%
Lincoln MKZ	144	106	35.8%	816	863	-5.4%
Maserati Ghibli	20	37	-45.9%	241	246	-2.0%
Mercedes-Benz  E-Class & CLS-Class *^	298	273	9.2%	2408	2338	3.0%
Volvo S80	---	1	-100%	23	62	-62.9%
Volvo S90	18	---	---	56	---	---
Volvo XC70 *	24	28	-14.3%	209	335	-37.6%
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Total	1660	2079	-20.2%	14,762	15,703	-6.0%

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. This explains why you'll see the XC70 listed with luxury SUVs and the Acura ILX with mainstream cars... because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.
^ Mercedes-Benz's Canadian sales figures combine the E-Class with the CLS-Class. Audi Canada's A4 sales figures include sales of the Allroad.
‡ The XTS, CT6, K900, and Equus aren't listed here because they're not massive - they are - but because their price points position them much more closely to, for example, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class than the S-Class. Genesis sales figures here do not include sales of the Genesis Coupe (as Hyundai's U.S. Genesis sales figures do), making the comparison with premium brand vehicles much more valid.

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