Small And Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In Canada - December 2016 & 2016 Year End

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The Audi Q5 was Canada's top-selling luxury utility vehicle in 2016, the second consecutive year of Audi leadership among premium brand utility vehicles. 

At the end of the long-running first-gen Q5's tenure – a new model is arriving for MY2017 – sales rose 1% even as Audi boosted Q3 sales by 7% and saw Q7 sales nearly triple.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - 2016 Year End
Canada SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - 2016 Year End

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Sales of numerous Audi Q5 rivals grew at a far faster rate. The Acura RDX, BMW X3, Land Rover Discovery Sport (new in 2015), and Porsche Macan reported superior percentage growth. Jaguar also added 1289 F-Pace sales to help make 2016 the best year ever for Jaguar Canada, which grew faster on year-over-year terms than any other multi-vehicle brand in Canada.

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Up a notch in size and/or price, the Lexus RX jumped 15% to 8147 units, only 166 sales behind the Audi Q5.

Just as BMW's X models and Mercedes G, GLA, GLC, GLE, and GLS models and Audi's Q models helped those brands set Canadian sales records in 2016, Lexus relied on the RX and smaller NX for nearly two-thirds of the brand's sales. 

With record annual volume, Lexus was Canada's fourth-ranked premium brand for a second year running. 

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 sortable, so you can rank luxury SUVs and crossovers 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 • January 2017 • November 2016 • December 2015

Subcompact Luxury SUV	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016	2015	% Change
Audi Q3	243	331	-26.6%	3860	3596	7.3%
BMW X1	567	255	122%	5205	2942	76.9%
Infiniti QX30	88	---	---	439	---	---
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	281	248	13.3%	4400	3719	18.3%
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Total	1179	834	41.4%	13,904	10,257	35.6%

Compact Luxury SUV	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016	2015	% Change
Acura RDX	601	467	28.7%	8047	7380	9.0%
Audi Q5	636	633	0.5%	8313	8203	1.3%
BMW X3	475	320	48.4%	5417	4527	19.7%
BMW X4	66	79	-16.5%	1236	1144	8.0%
Buick Envision	125	---	---	1018	---	---
Infiniti QX50	126	188	-33.0%	2326	2283	1.9%
Jaguar F-Pace	180	---	---	1289	---	---
Land Rover Discovery Sport	172	295	-41.7%	2354	991	138%
Land Rover LR2	---	---	---	---	80	-100%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	136	131	3.8%	1704	2162	-21.2%
Lexus NX	501	383	30.8%	6295	6127	2.7%
Lincoln MKC	155	247	-37.2%	2618	2970	-11.9%
Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class & GLK-Class	487	587	-17.0%	4774	5304	-10.0%
Porsche Macan	213	146	45.9%	2800	2121	32.0%
Volvo XC60	96	111	-13.5%	1526	1646	-7.3%
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Total	3969	3587	10.6%	49,717	44,938	10.6%

Midsize Luxury SUV	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016	2015	% Change
Acura MDX	405	552	-26.6%	5425	5814	-6.7%
Acura ZDX	---	---	---	2	1	100%
Audi Q7	216	21	929%	4335	1658	162%
BMW X5	636	422	50.7%	6942	5381	29.0%
BMW X6	108	78	38.5%	1178	1274	-7.5%
Cadillac SRX	3	256	-98.8%	2315	4886	-52.6%
Cadillac XT5	421	---	---	2789	---	---
Infiniti QX60	360	312	15.4%	4238	3863	9.7%
Infiniti QX70	21	39	-46.2%	481	528	-8.9%
Land Rover LR4	7	57	-87.7%	764	706	8.2%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	414	294	40.8%	3151	2680	17.6%
Lexus GX460	48	51	-5.9%	551	662	-16.8%
Lexus RX	697	711	-2.0%	8147	7063	15.3%
Lincoln MKT	5	13	-61.5%	102	217	-53.0%
Lincoln MKX	247	437	-43.5%	3551	2900	22.4%
Maserati Levante	83	---	---	187	---	---
Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class	434	457	-5.0%	7281	6008	21.2%
Porsche Cayenne	211	175	20.6%	2325	2389	-2.7%
Volkswagen Touareg *	84	64	31.3%	1390	2028	-31.5%
Volvo XC70 *	---	32	-100%	218	426	-48.8%
Volvo XC90	239	94	154%	2951	957	208%
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Total	4639	4065	14.1%	58,323	49,441	18.0%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* 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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