Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada - September 2016

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class led a crop of surging premium brand automobiles in Canada in September 2016, rising 11% to 907 units, the C-Class's best month of the third-quarter.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - September 2016 YTD

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Each of Canada's four best-selling premium brand autos posted improved Canadian sales in September 2016, year-over-year gains between 11% for the C-Class and 36% for the Lexus RX. 

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The Audi A4, newly launched this year after a long run for the fourth-generation car, jumped 68% to 657 units for an eighth-place finish in September. The BMW X1, BMW 4-Series, and soaring Audi Q7 also posted big gains. 

Among the 15 top-selling premium brand autos in September, 11 were SUVs/crossovers. Among vehicles with base prices above $50,000, 13 were SUVs/crossovers.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these top-selling luxury vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well. Mobile users can now thumb across the table for full-width access.

October 2016 • August 2016 • September 2015

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	Sept. 2016	Sept. 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	907	816	11.2%	7,208	7,841	-8.1%
#2	Acura RDX	856	637	34.4%	5,882	5,676	3.6%
#3	Audi Q5	842	730	15.3%	6,089	5,930	2.7%
#4	Lexus RX	796	587	35.6%	5,945	5,027	18.3%
#5	BMW X5	773	829	-6.8%	5,105	4,219	21.0%
#6	BMW 3-Series	725	876	-17.2%	5,262	7,091	-25.8%
#7	Mercedes-Benz  GLE-Class & M-Class	667	689	-3.2%	5,922	4,618	28.2%
#8	Audi A4	657	392	67.6%	4,395	4,220	4.1%
#9	Lexus NX	601	815	-26.3%	4,484	4,384	2.3%
#10	BMW X1	537	363	47.9%	3,690	2,296	60.7%
#11	Acura MDX	516	692	-25.4%	3,989	4,184	-4.7%
#12	BMW 4-Series	441	374	17.9%	3,734	3,877	-3.7%
#13	Audi Q7	418	180	132%	3,393	1,465	132%
#14	Mercedes-Benz  GLC-Class & GLK-Class	407	529	-23.1%	3,123	4,110	-24.0%
#15	Cadillac XT5	400	---	---	1,456	---	---

For the purposes of the above list, premium brands include Acura, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volvo. Brands like Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lotus don't report specific monthly sales data.

Rank	Vehicles With Base Prices Above $50K	Sept. 2016	Sept. 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Lexus RX	796	587	35.6%	5,945	5,027	18.3%
#2	BMW X5	773	829	-6.8%	5,105	4,219	21.0%
#3	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class	667	689	-3.2%	5,922	4,618	28.2%
#4	Acura MDX	516	692	-25.4%	3,989	4,184	-4.7%
#5	Audi Q7	418	180	132%	3,393	1,465	132%
#6	Porsche Macan	356	207	72.0%	2,000	1,639	22.0%
#7	GMC Yukon	332	164	102%	1,854	1,220	52.0%
#8	Chevrolet Tahoe	321	232	38.4%	2,081	1,766	17.8%
#9	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class	298	273	9.2%	2,408	2,338	3.0%
#10	Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class & GL-Class	274	131	109.2%	1,804	1,648	9.5%
#11	Ford Expedition	259	220	17.7%	2,316	1,676	38.2%
#12	Chevrolet Corvette	248	96	158%	1,491	1,555	-4.1%
#13	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	227	227	0.0%	2,220	1,831	21.2%
#14	GMC Yukon XL	219	187	17.1%	1,564	1,059	47.7%
#15	Cadillac Escalade	210	176	19.3%	1,899	1,542	23.2%
	Cadillac Escalade °	127	135	-5.9%	1,161	1,182	-1.8%
	Cadillac Escalade ESV °	83	41	102%	738	360	105%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad.
° Escalade breakdown by variant
^ Mercedes-Benz Canada's figures combine the E-Class with the CLS.
$50,000 CDN (before delivery) is an arbitrary borderline, but if GCBC was to follow this new system of designating only expensive vehicles as luxury vehicles, $50K seemed like a safe place to begin - it equals the approximate average U.S. new car transaction price plus $15,000, plus another $5000 to account for Canadian increases. Plenty of less expensive vehicles with specific models feature prices above $50,000 - M, RS, and AMG models come to mind, specifically - but in the case of this list, we know that none of the registrations were of cars priced below $50,000.

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