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

U.S. sales of subcompact luxury crossovers jumped 62% in September 2016 thanks to massive year-over-year gains from the Audi Q3 and top-selling BMW X1. 

Despite a 4% drop in sales of the Mercedes-Benz GLA, the leader of the pack through the first seven months of 2016, total sales off the GLA's CUV platform increased. GLA sales were down by 93 units, but the Infiniti QX30 – based on the GLA – added 249 sales in September, the baby Infiniti's first full month on the record.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - September 2016 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - September 2016 YTD

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Subcompact luxury crossovers remain small players in the overall SUV/crossovers spectrum. Their slightly larger compact brethren posted 27% gains in September, however, and outsold the baby lux SUVs by nearly five to one. 

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Led in September by the Lexus NX, the compact luxury crossover spectrum added more September sales than the whole subcompact luxury crossover spectrum managed in total.

Another rung up the ladder, the Lexus RX is America's top-selling premium utility vehicle by a wide margin. Combined, the Cadillac XT5 and its SRX predecessor trail the Lexus by roughly 33,000 sales through the first three quarters of 2016. The Acura MDX is nearly 347,000 sales abaft.

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Subcompact Luxury SUV	September 2016	September 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Audi Q3	1919	1130	69.8%	14,444	9732	48.4%
BMW X1	2463	847	191%	18,172	10,258	77.2%
Infiniti QX30	249	---	---	323	---	---
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	2032	2125	-4.4%	17,407	18,647	-6.7%
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Total	6663	4102	62.4%	50,346	38,637	30.3%

Compact Luxury SUV	September 2016	September 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura RDX	3919	3848	1.8%	38,722	38,502	0.6%
Audi Q5	3957	5149	-23.2%	35,195	36,566	-3.7%
BMW X3	3829	3033	26.2%	31,003	20,783	49.2%
BMW X4	400	475	-15.8%	3776	4481	-15.7%
Buick Envision	1648	---	---	6126	---	---
Infiniti QX50	1215	263	362%	12,399	2118	485%
Jaguar F-Pace	809	---	---	5429	---	---
Land Rover Discovery Sport	1201	1140	5.4%	10,346	3401	204%
Land Rover LR2	---	2	-100%	3	74	-95.9%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	965	1319	-26.8%	8039	10,892	-26.2%
Lexus NX	4729	3113	51.9%	38,115	31,947	19.3%
Lincoln MKC	2086	2039	2.3%	18,786	18,237	3.0%
Mercedes-Benz  GLC-Class & GLK-Class	4873	2056	137%	36,390	20,377	78.6%
Porsche Macan	1998	1160	72.2%	13,362	10,281	30.0%
Volvo XC60	1157	2217	-47.8%	13,931	18,634	-25.2%
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Total	32,786	25,814	27.0%	271,622	216,293	25.6%

Midsize Luxury SUV	September 2016	September 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura MDX	4930	4313	14.3%	39,578	43,457	-8.9%
Acura ZDX	---	---	---	---	2	-100%
Audi Q7	2475	1941	27.5%	21,885	14,421	51.8%
BMW X5	3749	2525	48.5%	32,818	40,490	-18.9%
BMW X6	604	333	81.4%	5124	5127	-0.1%
Cadillac SRX	440	6849	-93.6%	21,786	50,712	-57.0%
Cadillac XT5	4608	---	---	21,696	---	---
Infiniti QX60	3126	3845	-18.7%	31,067	29,378	5.7%
Infiniti QX70	363	476	-23.7%	4062	3950	2.8%
Land Rover LR4	933	400	133%	9133	5920	54.3%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	1532	1633	-6.2%	15,345	15,531	-1.2%
Lexus GX460	1984	1611	23.2%	17,545	17,860	-1.8%
Lexus RX	8605	7759	10.9%	76,240	69,922	9.0%
Lincoln MKT	254	430	-40.9%	2944	3409	-13.6%
Lincoln MKX	2322	2136	8.7%	22,710	15,167	49.7%
Maserati Levante	387	---	---	478	---	---
Mercedes-Benz  GLE-Class & M-Class	4127	5151	-19.9%	37,481	36,447	2.8%
Porsche Cayenne	1239	1323	-6.3%	11,506	12,267	-6.2%
Volkswagen Touareg *	330	638	-48.3%	3208	5314	-39.6%
Volvo XC70 *	485	463	4.8%	4404	3967	11.0%
Volvo XC90	2465	1182	109%	24,229	4841	400%
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Total	44,958	43,008	4.5%	403,239	378,182	6.6%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
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 you'll see the XC70 listed with luxury cars as well as with SUVs and crossovers and the Touareg with luxury SUVs and mainstream SUVs... 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.

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