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

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America's most popular luxury utility vehicle, the top-selling premium brand vehicle overall, sold more often in the U.S. in 2016 than at any point in its history. Year-over-year, Lexus RX volume jumped 9% to 109,435 units.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - 2016 Year End
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - 2016 Year End

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That made the RX America's 21st-best-selling SUV/crossover overall and accountable for one-third of all Lexus sales.

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It's not as though the RX was light on competition. Lexus's own NX, not that much smaller than the RX, outsold all small luxury utility vehicles in 2016, narrowly edging the Acura RDX by 2523 sales. 

The RX also faced a new competitor from the typical top challenger: Cadillac. The SRX was replaced in 2016 by the Cadillac XT5. Combined sales of the SRX/XT5 fell 10% to 61,624 units. 

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 now 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 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Audi Q3	2047	1501	36.4%	20,048	13,229	51.5%
BMW X1	4185	1769	137%	27,812	14,420	92.9%
Infiniti QX30	740	---	---	2259	---	---
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	2351	2200	6.9%	24,545	25,593	-4.1%
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Total	9323	5470	70.4%	74,664	53,242	40.2%

Compact Luxury SUV	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura RDX	5945	4942	20.3%	52,361	51,026	2.6%
Audi Q5	6396	6057	5.6%	49,550	52,006	-4.7%
BMW X3	4978	3126	59.2%	44,196	31,924	38.4%
BMW X4	399	884	-54.9%	4989	6429	-22.4%
Buick Envision	3931	---	---	14,193	---	---
Infiniti QX50	2026	1453	39.4%	16,973	5468	210%
Jaguar F-Pace	1822	---	---	10,016	---	---
Land Rover Discovery Sport	1659	1674	-0.9%	14,243	7611	87.1%
Land Rover LR2	---	1	-100%	3	77	-96.1%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	1273	1370	-7.1%	11,076	14,583	-24.0%
Lexus NX	7375	5134	43.7%	54,884	43,764	25.4%
Lincoln MKC	2795	2566	8.9%	25,562	24,590	4.0%
Mercedes-Benz  GLC-Class & GLK-Class	4018	4366	-8.0%	47,872	27,902	71.6%
Porsche Macan	1796	1382	30.0%	19,332	13,533	42.9%
Volvo XC60	2783	3510	-20.7%	20,452	26,134	-21.7%
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Total	47,196	36,465	29.4%	385,702	305,047	26.4%

Midsize Luxury SUV	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura MDX	6243	6254	-0.2%	55,495	58,208	-4.7%
Acura ZDX	---	---	---	---	2	-100%
Audi Q7	3275	1189	175%	30,563	18,995	60.9%
BMW X5	6245	6250	-0.1%	47,641	54,997	-13.4%
BMW X6	794	1547	-48.7%	7117	7906	-10.0%
Cadillac SRX	124	7031	-98.2%	22,139	68,850	-67.8%
Cadillac XT5	7436	---	---	39,485	---	---
Infiniti QX60	4928	4987	-1.2%	42,120	41,770	0.8%
Infiniti QX70	1086	697	55.8%	6261	5737	9.1%
Land Rover LR4	380	1315	-71.1%	10,772	9031	19.3%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	2802	2246	24.8%	21,612	21,459	0.7%
Lexus GX460	3474	3118	11.4%	25,148	25,212	-0.3%
Lexus RX	14,882	11,899	25.1%	109,435	100,610	8.8%
Lincoln MKT	649	406	59.9%	4028	4696	-14.2%
Lincoln MKX	3527	2960	19.2%	30,967	22,199	39.5%
Maserati Levante	607	---	---	1917	---	---
Mercedes-Benz  GLE-Class & M-Class	5574	6640	-16.1%	51,791	53,217	-2.7%
Porsche Cayenne	1099	1229	-10.6%	15,383	16,473	-6.6%
Volkswagen Touareg *	396	486	-18.5%	4223	7037	-40.0%
Volvo XC70 *	232	432	-46.3%	5425	5118	6.0%
Volvo XC90	3308	3135	5.5%	32,526	12,777	155%
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Total	67,061	61,821	8.5%	564,048	534,294	5.6%

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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