U.S. sales of full-size flagship luxury cars dipped precipitously during the first one-sixth of 2017 but recovered nicely with an 8% uptick in March 2017.
U.S. Vehicle Sales By Model - April 2017 YTDU.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - March 2017 YTD
Thanks to the Mercedes-Benz S-Class's 8% rise to 1434 units, the arrival of the new Porsche Panamera, and more growth from the new BMW 7-Series, and the inclusion of the Genesis G90 (the Hyundai Equus in a former life), sales across the category rose by roughly 330 units. |
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Tesla estimates from HybridCars.com suggests Tesla sold 3100 copies of the Model S in March, more than enough to outsell the S-Class, 7-Series, and Panamera combined.
That 3100-unit result for the Model S represents a three-month high but a 9% year-over-year decline.
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. This table is sortable, so you can rank large luxury cars any which way you like. Mobile users can thumb across the table 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 • March 2016 Large Luxury Car | March
2017 | March
2016 | %
Change | 2017
YTD | 2016
YTD | %
Change |
| 288 | 422 | -31.8% | 793 | 985 | -19.5% |
| 330 | 389 | -15.2% | 789 | 839 | -6.0% |
| 935 | 850 | 10.0% | 2103 | 2313 | -9.1% |
| 408 | --- | --- | 1203 | --- | --- |
| 260 | 441 | -41.0% | 662 | 1089 | -39.2% |
| 370 | 469 | -21.1% | 944 | 1240 | -23.9% |
| 141 | 153 | -7.8% | 378 | 424 | -10.8% |
| 1434 | 1332 | 7.7% | 3648 | 4167 | -12.5% |
| 554 | 334 | 65.9% | 617 | 963 | -35.9% |
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Total | 4720 | 4390 | 7.5% | 11,137 | 12,020 | -7.3% |
Source: Automakers & ANDCGCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The BMW 6-Series is listed here as it now features a "mainstream" sedan bodystyle in addition to its two-door variants, just like the larger S-Class. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts. Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model. Tesla, unfortunately, doesn't release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but HybridCars.com estimates 3100 March Tesla Model S sales, 6000 YTD.
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After a strong January, February 2017's sales of full-size luxury flagships declined 8%, sliding in large part because of a decline in sales of the top-selling Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - February 2017 YTDCanada Car Sales By Model - February 2017 YTD
S-Class volume slid 30%, a loss of 28 sales in a category that lost 18 sales. The BMW 7-Series, with 41 sales, tied the Jaguar XJ as the second-ranked models in the class. XJ sales slid to a four-year low in 2016, but if growth continues at this pace, more than 600 XJs will be sold in Canada in 2017. |
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Sales of the new BMW 7-Series, meanwhile, rose to a four-year high in 2016 and, at the current pace, sales would rise to a five-year high in 2017.
Audi A8 and Maserati Quattroporte sales are higher this year than last, at least through the first one-sixth of 2017, and while S-Class sales tumbled in February, the big Benz is up marginally year-to-date.
Genesis, meanwhile, has contributed 25 sales of the new G90 to the ledger in 2017. Is Hyundai's launch of the Genesis brand going as planned? There's more on that story at Autofocus.ca.
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. This table is sortable, so you can rank large luxury cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page. Mobile users can now thumb across the table for full-width access.
Click Column Headers To Sort • January 2017 • February 2016 Large Luxury Car | Feb.
2017 | Feb.
2016 | %
Change | 2017
YTD | 2016
YTD | %
Change |
| 13 | 8 | 62.5% | 26 | 18 | 44.4% |
| 13 | 38 | -65.8% | 32 | 65 | -50.8% |
| 41 | 40 | 2.5% | 81 | 74 | 9.5% |
| 11 | --- | --- | 25 | --- | --- |
| 41 | 14 | 193% | 71 | 38 | 86.8% |
| 7 | 8 | -12.5% | 13 | 25 | -48.0% |
| 6 | 4 | 50.0% | 13 | 9 | 44.4% |
| 66 | 94 | -29.8% | 136 | 134 | 1.5% |
| 2 | 12 | -83.3% | 8 | 21 | -61.9% |
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Total | 200 | 218 | -8.3% | 405 | 384 | 5.5% |
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The Mercedes-Benz S-Class continued to lead America's core full-size luxury limo class in February 2017, but sales were down 36% in a category which tumbled 20%.
It was a nearly universal problem. HybridCars.com says sales of the Tesla Model S – an indirect rival – slid 11%, as well. The Audi A8 stood out because of a 15% uptick. Sales of the new BMW 7-Series rose 1%. But those gains added only 40 sales to the ledger.
U.S. Vehicle Sales By Model - February 2017 YTDU.S. Car Sales By Model - February 2017 YTD
The Genesis G90, not included in this group by GCBC when it was previously the Hyundai Equus, also added 327 sales to the mix, with the G90 outperforming the A8, Jaguar XJ, Lexus LS, and much more costly Maserati Quattroporte. |
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Down a notch or two in terms of base MSRP, Cadillac sold 802 CT6s in February, the second consecutive three-digit sales month for the CT6 after Cadillac averaged nearly 1300 sales in each of the five previous months. Lincoln Continental sales fell to 1079 units in February, a five-month low.
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. This table is sortable, so you can rank large luxury cars any which way you like. Mobile users can thumb across the table 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 • March 2017 • January 2017 • February 2016 Large Luxury Car | Feb.
2017 | Feb.
2016 | %
Change | 2017
YTD | 2016
YTD | %
Change |
| 251 | 218 | 15.1% | 505 | 563 | -10.3% |
| 201 | 265 | -24.2% | 459 | 450 | 2.0% |
| 623 | 616 | 1.1% | 1168 | 1463 | -20.2% |
| 327
| --- | --- | 795 | --- | --- |
| 234 | 356 | -34.3% | 402 | 648 | -38.0% |
| 294 | 374 | -21.4% | 574 | 771 | -25.6% |
| 115 | 142 | -19.0% | 237 | 271 | -12.5% |
| 1002 | 1558 | -35.7% | 2214 | 2835 | -21.9% |
| 28 | 293 | -90.4% | 63 | 629 | -90.0% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 3075 | 3822 | -19.5% | 6417 | 7630 | -15.9% |
Source: Automakers & ANDCGCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The BMW 6-Series is listed here as it now features a "mainstream" sedan bodystyle in addition to its two-door variants, just like the larger S-Class. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts. Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model. Tesla, unfortunately, doesn't release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but HybridCars.com estimates 1700 February Tesla Model S sales, 2900 YTD, down 11% and 9%, respectively.
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While Canadian sales of passenger cars slid 5% in January 2017, the biggest, boldest, flagship luxury limos posted a 24% year-over-year improvement.
Led by the Mercedes-Benz S-Class's 75% uptick to 70 January sales, sales across the category grew by 39 units. Sales of the Audi A8, BMW 7-Series, Jaguar XJ, and Maserati Quattroporte also increased. |
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Granted, January is an exceptionally low-volume month for the Canadian auto industry even when, as in January 2017, sales climbed to the highest January level ever.
Assuming January's results point to a trend for the 2017 calendar year would be foolhardy.
Yet there will be a new Lexus LS. And if that car can turn around Lexus' fortunes in a category where Canadians have traditionally rejected Lexus, perhaps the category as a whole could be boosted.
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. This table is sortable, so you can rank large luxury cars any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page. Mobile users can now thumb across the table for full-width access.
Click Column Headers To Sort • February 2017 • December 2016 • January 2016 Large Luxury Car | Jan.
2017 | Jan.
2016 | %
Change | 2017
YTD | 2016
YTD | %
Change |
| 13 | 10 | 30.0% | 13 | 10 | 30.0% |
| 19 | 27 | -29.6% | 19 | 27 | -29.6% |
| 40 | 34 | 17.6% | 40 | 34 | 17.6% |
| 14 | --- | --- | 14 | --- | --- |
| 30 | 24 | 25.0% | 30 | 24 | 25.0% |
| 6 | 17 | -64.7% | 6 | 17 | -64.7% |
| 7 | 5 | 40.0% | 7 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 70 | 40 | 75.0% | 70 | 40 | 75.0% |
| 6 | 9 | -33.3% | 6 | 9 | -33.3% |
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Total | 205 | 166 | 23.5% | 205 | 166 | 23.5% |
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U.S. sales of full-size flagship luxury cars slid 12% in January 2017, a rate of decline in line with the drop reported by the American passenger car market overall.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - January 2017U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - January 2017
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class, America's top-selling large luxury car, fell just 5%. The much lower-volume Maserati Quattroporte was likewise down only 5%. The BMW 7-Series, a new candidate that until recently was surging, tumbled 36% to only 545 units. |
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The replacement for Lexus' long-lived fourth-generation LS sedan was introduced at Detroit's North American International Auto Show last month. Far from a major player now, the LS was a top-selling luxury limo as recently as 2009.
Could the next LS breathe new life into the segment?
Probably not.
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. This table is sortable, so you can rank large luxury cars any which way you like. Mobile users can thumb across the table 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 Large Luxury Car | Jan.
2017 | Jan.
2016 | %
Change | 2017
YTD | 2016
YTD | %
Change |
| 254 | 345 | -26.4% | 254 | 345 | -26.4% |
| 258 | 185 | 39.5% | 258 | 185 | 39.5% |
| 545 | 847 | -35.7% | 545 | 847 | -35.7% |
| 468 | --- | --- | 468 | --- | --- |
| 168 | 292 | -42.5% | 168 | 292 | -42.5% |
| 280 | 397 | -29.5% | 280 | 397 | -29.5% |
| 122 | 129 | -5.4% | 122 | 129 | -5.4% |
| 1212 | 1277 | -5.1% | 1212 | 1277 | -5.1% |
| 35 | 336 | -89.6% | 35 | 336 | -89.6% |
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Total | 3342 | 3808 | -12.2% | 3342 | 3808 | -12.2% |
Source: Automakers & ANDCGCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The BMW 6-Series is listed here as it now features a "mainstream" sedan bodystyle in addition to its two-door variants, just like the larger S-Class. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts. Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model. ANDC estimates say sales for those brands in the first month of 2017 were 87 and 15, respectively. Tesla, unfortunately, doesn't release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but HybridCars.com estimates 1200 January Tesla Model S sales. Not lacking dimensions, the Cadillac CT6, Lincoln Continental, and Kia K900 are not listed here because of distinctly lower price spectrums.
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