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

In a market that now regularly registers more SUVs and crossovers than cars, there sure were a bunch of new cars introduced to the U.S. market in September 2016.

The second vehicle to go on sale in Hyundai's new Genesis brand is the second-generation Hyundai Equus, now known and marketed as the Genesis G90 and now shown on GCBC with large luxury cars.

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

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Lincoln launched its replacement for the MKS in Septmeber by bringing back the Continental nameplate. 775 were sold in September. Together with the MKS, Lincoln full-size sedan sales hit a 30-month high. 

Alfa Romeo, meanwhile, sold its first 7 copies of the Giulia sedan at the tail end of September 2016. As a rival for the BMW 3-Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and Audi A4, the Giulia will stand out from the pack in no small way.

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Other new luxury cars made an impact in September as well. For the first time since arriving in May, the Jaguar XE was Jaguar's best-selling model. 

Audi, now launching the fifth-generation A4 and its Allroad stablemate, saw total A4 sales jump 39%, year-over-year, to the highest A4 total since December 2014. 

Infiniti is also launching the new Q60 coupe, a two-door partner to the Q50 sedan. Sales jumped 93% to the highest Q60 total since December 2014.

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 • October 2016 • August 2016 • September 2015

Small/Entry  Luxury Car	September 2016	September 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	916	1614	-43.2%	11,747	13,358	-12.1%
Acura TLX	2908	4753	-38.8%	28,540	34,808	-18.0%
Acura TSX	---	1	-100%	4	32	-87.5%
Alfa Romeo Giulia	7	---	---	7	---	---
Audi A3	2209	2712	-18.5%	24,863	26,972	-7.8%
Audi A4  ^	3457	2482	39.3%	25,077	22,530	11.3%
Audi A5 *	746	945	-21.1%	6672	9812	-32.0%
BMW 2-Series *	977	1078	-9.4%	12,470	8472	47.2%
BMW 3-Series	7432	9145	-18.7%	53,092	69,833	-24.0%
BMW 4-Series	2289	2726	-16.0%	26,036	33,749	-22.9%
BMW i3	391	1710	-77.1%	5763	7893	-27.0%
Cadillac ATS	1770	2295	-22.9%	16,130	18,839	-14.4%
Infiniti Q40	---	155	-100%	59	8503	-99.3%
Infiniti Q50	4359	3557	22.5%	31,163	31,603	-1.4%
Infiniti Q60 *	497	258	92.6%	1413	3180	-55.6%
Jaguar XE	829	---	---	3602	---	---
Lexus CT200h	638	1131	-43.6%	6821	11,132	-38.7%
Lexus IS	2678	3152	-15.0%	26,763	35,389	-24.4%
Lexus RC	827	1159	-28.6%	8161	10,458	-22.0%
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	51	147	-65.3%	468	1687	-72.3%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	6600	7660	-13.8%	56,334	64,535	-12.7%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	1845	2089	-11.7%	19,551	23,253	-15.9%
Volvo S60	927	1294	-28.4%	10,088	12,627	-20.1%
Volvo V60	376	306	22.9%	4713	5229	-9.9%
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Total	42,729	50,369	-15.2%	379,537	453,894	-16.4%

Midsize Luxury Car	September 2016	September 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	102	174	-41.4%	1053	1774	-40.6%
Acura TL	---	1	-100%	---	86	-100%
Audi A6	1599	1713	-6.7%	13,709	17,072	-19.7%
Audi A7	541	626	-13.6%	4588	5508	-16.7%
BMW 5-Series	1521	4059	-62.5%	27,705	33,838	-18.1%
Cadillac CT6	1343	---	---	5391	---	---
Cadillac CTS	1503	1319	14.0%	12,148	14,253	-14.8%
Cadillac XTS	1948	1600	21.8%	14,925	16,023	-6.9%
Genesis G80	1201	---	---	2698	---	---
Hyundai Equus	60	212	-71.7%	1297	1730	-25.0%
Infiniti Q70	402	622	-35.4%	4495	6304	-28.7%
Jaguar XF	415	266	56.0%	5508	4647	18.5%
Kia K900	68	329	-79.3%	621	1905	-67.4%
Lexus ES	4543	5195	-12.6%	43,773	46,962	-6.8%
Lexus GS	1066	1595	-33.2%	10,964	16,233	-32.5%
Lincoln Continental	775	---	---	775	---	---
Lincoln MKS	239	503	-52.5%	4322	5428	-20.4%
Lincoln MKZ	2447	2490	-1.7%	22,862	22,963	-0.4%
Maserati Ghibli	511	643	-20.5%	4984	5730	-13.0%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class	4824	4472	7.9%	37,576	39,941	-5.9%
Volvo S80	58	65	-10.8%	559	1083	-48.4%
Volvo S90	147	---	---	608	---	---
Volvo XC70 *	485	463	4.8%	4404	3967	11.0%
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Total	25,798	26,347	-2.1%	224,965	245,447	-8.3%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ A4 includes Allroad, without which A4 sales were +43% to 3175 in September; +15% to 23,671 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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