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

Historically Canada's preeminent luxury car, the BMW 3-Series has faded in recent months in concert with the latest Mercedes-Benz C-Class's rise. The C-Class, for example, was Canada's top-selling luxury car in 2015 and leads through the first ten months of 2016 by 1612 units.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - October 2016 YTD

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But year-over-year, the BMW 3-Series reported a 37% Canadian sales increase in October 2016, driving into four-digit territory for the first time since November of last year. The 3-Series outsold the C-Class by 334 units in October. 

Lexus's RX was the top-selling premium brand utility vehicle; the top-selling $50K+ vehicle overall.

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Among the top 15 most popular premium brand autos in Canada in October, 12 were utility vehicles. Only the top two and their direct rival, the surging Audi A4, broke up the SUV/crossover dominance. 

Among the 15 most popular $50K+ vehicles, 14 were SUVs/crossovers. The Mercedes-Benz E-Class (including its CLS offshoot) ranked 14th as the only car. We reviewed the new Mercedes-Benz E300 last month.

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.

November 2016 • September 2016 • October 2015

Rank	Premium Brand Vehicle	October 2016	October 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	BMW 3-Series	1,199	873	37.3%	6,461	7,964	-18.9%
#2	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	865	809	6.9%	8,073	8,650	-6.7%
#3	Lexus RX	853	654	30.4%	6,798	5,681	19.7%
#4	Acura RDX	829	624	32.9%	6,711	6,300	6.5%
#5	Audi Q5	815	852	-4.3%	6,904	6,782	1.8%
#6	Lexus NX	736	840	-12.4%	5,220	5,224	-0.1%
#7	Audi A4	720	548	31.4%	5,115	4,768	7.3%
#8	Acura MDX	596	513	16.2%	4,585	4,697	-2.4%
#9	Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class & GLK-Class	581	351	65.5%	3,704	4,461	-17.0%
#10	BMW X5	551	328	68.0%	5,656	4,547	24.4%
#11	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class	481	477	0.8%	6,403	5,095	25.7%
#12	Infiniti QX60	441	424	4.0%	3,496	3,208	9.0%
#13	Cadillac XT5	435	---	---	1,891	---	---
#14	BMW X1	428	121	254%	4,118	2,417	70.4%
#15	Audi Q7	386	125	209%	3,779	1,590	138%

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	October 2016	October 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Lexus RX	853	654	30.4%	6,798	5,681	19.7%
#2	Ford Expedition	713	191	273%	3,029	1,867	62.2%
#3	Acura MDX	596	513	16.2%	4,585	4,697	-2.4%
#4	BMW X5	551	328	68.0%	5,656	4,547	24.4%
#5	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class	481	477	0.8%	6,403	5,095	25.7%
#6	Audi Q7	386	125	209%	3,779	1,590	138%
#7	Porsche Macan	323	206	56.8%	2,323	1,845	25.9%
#8	GMC Yukon XL	263	219	20.1%	1,827	1,278	43.0%
#9	GMC Yukon	257	193	33.2%	2,111	1,413	49.4%
#10	Volvo XC90	238	180	32.2%	2,432	702	246%
#11	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	220	269	-18.2%	2,440	2,100	16.2%
#12	Jaguar F-Pace	203	---	---	914	---	---
#13	Chevrolet Tahoe	196	191	2.6%	2,277	1,957	16.4%
#14	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class	188	276	-31.9%	2,596	2,614	-0.7%
#15	Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class & GL-Class	185	241	-23.2%	1,989	1,889	5.3%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* A4 sales include sales of the unreported Allroad.
^ Mercedes-Benz Canada's figures combine the E-Class with the CLS and the S-Class with the CL.
$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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Romania October 2016

BMW i3 Shines in Developing Market

These last few months have witnessed a stark increase in sales, with October signaling another record month for plug-ins in Romania, with 19 units, with YTD sales at 110 now, this market is growing 86% YoY. True, the starting base is small, but growth is always good, right?

With the EV Share now at a record 0.15%, the needle is starting to move and it is becoming one of the most interesting markets in this part of Europe.

Regarding the latest post, in July, if the BMW X5 PHEV continues in Numero Uno, this being the only market where it leads, the BMW i3 jumped to Second Place, thanks to a record 8 units sold last month, a new record for a single model, followed by the Mercedes GLE500e, climbing to its first podium position anywhere.

In a market strongly driven by SUV's, it is telling that it took the Tesla Model X just a couple of months to surpass its Model S sibling in this ranking, meaning that Tesla driving force for growth in this market will be its newest addition.

In the manufacturers ranking, BMW and Mercedes are the only two relevant brands, with the first having a mammoth 45% share, while the second has 24%. The distant Third Placed is Renault, with only 8% share.

Hopefully, Nissan and Volkswagen local importers will wake up soon to this new reality and join the bandwagon, or else they will lose it to their competitors. 

Pl	Romania	October	2016	%	Pl '15
1	BMW X5 40e		21	19	1
2 3	BMW i3 Mercedes GLE500e	8 3	15 14	14 13	4 6
4	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV		10	9	3
5	BMW i8		9	8	6
6	Mercedes C350e	1	8	7	8
6 7 8 9 9 11 11 11 14 14 14 14	Volvo XC90 T8 Renault Zoe Renault Twizy Tesla Model X Mercedes GLC350e Porsche Cayenne Plug-In BMW 740e Tesla Model S Audi A3 e-Tron BMW 225xe Active Tourer BMW 330e Mercedes B250e	2 2 1 1 1	8 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1	7 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1	2 5 8 N/A N/A 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
	TOTAL	19	110	100

Source: http://www.drpciv..ro/

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