Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada - January 2017

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Despite a 5% drop in passenger car sales in January 2017, sales of many entry-luxury and small luxury sports sedans ticked up markedly last month.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - January 2017
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - January 2017

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Year-over-year, the Audi A3 and Audi A4, BMW 2-Series, Infiniti Q60, Lexus CT and Lexus IS, and Mercedes-Benz's B-Class, C-Class, and CLA-Class all improved. 

The Audi A4 added 377 sales to Audi's ledger, nearly tripling its January 2016 volume to 570 units in January 2017, good enough for the A4 to be Canada's second-best-selling luxury car last month. 

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With an 81% improvement to 472 sales, the Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class jumped into third spot overall among luxury cars, 13 sales ahead of the declining BMW 3-Series.

And the leader of the pack, Mercedes-Benz's C-Class, was up 69% to 664 units. January marked the C-Class's ninth consecutive month of year-over-year improvement.

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 now sortable, so you can rank luxury cars any which way you like. Mobile users can now thumb across the 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 • February 2017 • December 2016 • January 2016

Small/Entry  Luxury Car	Jan. 2017	Jan. 2016	% Change	2017 YTD	2016 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	105	126	-16.7%	105	126	-16.7%
Acura TLX	207	232	-10.8%	207	232	-10.8%
Audi A3	216	206	4.9%	216	206	4.9%
Audi A4  ^	570	193	195%	570	193	195%
Audi A5 *	27	57	-52.6%	27	57	-52.6%
BMW 2-Series *	98	91	7.7%	98	91	7.7%
BMW 3-Series	459	507	-9.5%	459	507	-9.5%
BMW 4-Series	146	372	-60.8%	146	372	-60.8%
Cadillac ATS	99	259	-61.8%	99	259	-61.8%
Infiniti Q50	83	209	-60.3%	83	209	-60.3%
Infiniti Q60 *	52	7	643%	52	7	643%
Jaguar XE	28	---	---	28	---	---
Lexus CT200h	26	23	13.0%	26	23	13.0%
Lexus IS	140	131	6.9%	140	131	6.9%
Lexus RC	13	32	-59.4%	13	32	-59.4%
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	171	134	27.6%	171	134	27.6%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	664	394	68.5%	664	394	68.5%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	472	261	80.8%	472	261	80.8%
Volvo S60	22	54	-59.3%	22	54	-59.3%
Volvo V60	34	33	3.0%	34	33	3.0%
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Total	3632	3321	9.4%	3632	3321	9.4%

Midsize Luxury Car	Jan. 2017	Jan. 2016	% Change	2017 YTD	2016 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	3	7	-57.1%	3	7	-57.1%
Audi A6	50	44	13.6%	50	44	13.6%
Audi A7	39	40	-2.5%	39	40	-2.5%
BMW 5-Series	4	42	-90.5%	4	42	-90.5%
Cadillac CT6 ‡	21	---	---	21	---	---
Cadillac CTS	31	78	-60.3%	31	78	-60.3%
Cadillac XTS ‡	31	36	-13.9%	31	36	-13.9%
Genesis G80	8	---	---	8	---	---
Genesis G90	14	---	---	14	---	---
Hyundai Genesis ‡*	1	53	-98.1%	1	53	-98.1%
Infiniti Q70	13	28	-53.6%	13	28	-53.6%
Jaguar XF	18	16	12.5%	18	16	12.5%
Kia K900 ‡	2	1	100%	2	1	100%
Lexus ES	87	141	-38.3%	87	141	-38.3%
Lexus GS	15	30	-50.0%	15	30	-50.0%
Lincoln Continental	46	---	---	46	---	---
Lincoln MKS	2	13	-84.6%	2	13	-84.6%
Lincoln MKZ	62	48	29.2%	62	48	29.2%
Maserati Ghibli	11	11	0.0%	11	11	0.0%
Mercedes-Benz  E-Class & CLS-Class *^	152	231	-34.2%	152	231	-34.2%
Volvo S80	---	17	-100%	---	17	-100%
Volvo S90	14	---	---	14	---	---
Volvo XC70 *	1	20	-95.0%	1	20	-95.0%
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Total	563	856	-34.2%	563	856	-34.2%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
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 XC70 listed with luxury SUVs and the Acura ILX with mainstream cars... 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.
^ Mercedes-Benz's Canadian sales figures combine the E-Class with the CLS-Class. Audi Canada's A4 sales figures include sales of the Allroad.
‡ The XTS, CT6, K900, and Continental aren't listed here because they're not massive - they are - but because their price points position them much more closely to, for example, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class than the S-Class. Genesis sales figures here do not include sales of the Genesis Coupe (as Hyundai's U.S. Genesis sales figures do), making the comparison with premium brand vehicles much more valid.

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