Finland October 2016

Bimmer Fest Edition

As of lately, Finland has become one of my favorite markets to report, because news are always good here, October confirmed that trend, with a total of 135 EV's were sold in Finland, up 155% YoY, with the EV Share up again to a record 1,1%.

Looking at the models ranking, the Volvo XC90 T8 is untouchable in the leadership, with 230 units, 19 of them last month.

The Second Placed VW Passat GTE is secure in its place, but the last place of the podium is still pretty much open to discussion between two BMW's, with the 330e (13 sales last month) surpassing its X5 relative (8 units), with only one unit separating them, it looks this will be a open race until the end .

The Audi Q7 e-Tron continues to deliver impressive numbers, having registered 17 units last month and jumping to #9 in the YTD chart, making it a serious contender for the 2017 title.

Underlining a positive month for BMW is the performance of its 740e flagship, that registered 6 units last month and now has only four units separating it from the class leader, the Mercedes S500e.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, BMW (22%, up 1%) is the new Top Dog, if only by eight units (257 vs 249), displacing Volvo (22%) to Second. In Third, we have Volkswagen (14%, down 1%), that is watching the Fourth Placed Mercedes (11%) approaching.

Pl	Finland	Oct.	YTD '16	%	Pl '15
1 2 3 4	Volvo XC90 T8 Volkswagen Passat GTE BMW 330e BMW X5 40e	19 13 13 8	230 115 86 85	20 10 7 7	12 N/A N/A 18
5	Tesla Model S	1	69	6	1
6 7	Nissan Leaf Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	3 5	67 66	6 6	5 2
8	BMW 225xe Active Tourer	5	52	5	N/A
9 9 9 12 13	Mercedes C350e Audi Q7 e-Tron Porsche Cayenne Plug-In Volkswagen Golf GTE Mercedes GLE500e	17 10 1 4	47 47 47 44 42	4 4 4 4 4	7 N/A 3 4 N/A
14	Audi A3 e-Tron	4	28	2	6
15 16 17 17 19 20 21 21 23 24 24 24 27 28	Mercedes GLC350e BMW i3 Volvo V60 Plug-In Tesla Model X Mercedes S500e BMW 740e BMW i8 Kia Optima PHEV Volkswagen e-Golf Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia Toyota Prius Plug-In Volkswagen e-Up! Mercedes B250e Renault Zoe	7 6 2 3 6 1 4 1 1 1	25 21 19 19 11 7 6 6 4 3 3 3 2 1	2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0	N/A N/A 8 N/A 10 N/A 17 N/A 9 14 11 15 N/A N/A
	TOTAL	135	1.155	100

Source: trafi.fi

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Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada - October 2016 YTD

The Jaguar XE, in its fifth month on the market, continues to be an extraordinarily low-volume product in an increasingly low-volume segment in a relatively low-volume nation.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - October 2016 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - October 2016 YTD

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After rising to a four-month high of 73 units in September, only 54 XEs were sold in Canada in October 2016. That's roughly one Jaguar XE for every 22 copies of the BMW 3-Series, one XE for every 16 Mercedes-Benz C-Classes, one XE for every 13 Audi A4s, one XE for every six copies of the Lexus IS.

Jaguar is nevertheless surging, but it's not because of the XE – rather, the F-Pace SUV – and the surge has not suddenly turned Jaguar into a major player in Canada's luxury sector. 

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The whole Jaguar brand has attracted 2359 Canadian buyers this year, less than half the sales produced by the Audi A4 on its own.

The A4 isn't even one of the two most popular luxury cars in the country.

Progress takes time.

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 • November 2016 • September 2016 • October 2015

Small/Entry  Luxury Car	October 2016	October 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	221	185	19.5%	2039	2068	-1.4%
Acura TLX	301	415	-27.5%	3426	4412	-22.3%
Audi A3	244	264	-7.6%	3303	3243	1.9%
Audi A4  ^	720	548	31.4%	5115	4768	7.3%
Audi A5 *	80	147	-45.6%	1308	1494	-12.4%
BMW 1-Series	---	---	---	---	3	-100%
BMW 2-Series *	151	167	-9.6%	1796	1353	32.7%
BMW 3-Series	1199	873	37.3%	6461	7964	-18.9%
BMW 4-Series	309	359	-13.9%	4043	4236	-4.6%
Cadillac ATS	165	376	-56.1%	2036	2784	-26.9%
Infiniti Q50	283	316	-10.4%	2421	2784	-13.0%
Infiniti Q60 *	147	22	568%	283	386	-26.7%
Jaguar XE	54	---	---	250	---	---
Lexus CT200h	90	72	25.0%	488	718	-32.0%
Lexus IS	323	355	-9.0%	2660	2972	-10.5%
Lexus RC	48	45	6.7%	469	739	-36.5%
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	172	231	-25.5%	2131	1964	8.5%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	865	809	6.9%	8073	8650	-6.7%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	301	385	-21.8%	3653	3316	10.2%
Volvo S60	52	39	33.3%	624	585	6.7%
Volvo V60	74	95	-22.1%	525	893	-41.2%
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Total	5799	5703	1.7%	51,104	55,332	-7.6%

Midsize Luxury Car	October 2016	October 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX	5	17	-70.6%	90	159	-43.4%
Audi A6	53	91	-41.8%	754	773	-2.5%
Audi A7	90	70	28.6%	753	655	15.0%
BMW 5-Series	141	215	-34.4%	1669	1589	5.0%
Cadillac CT6	28	---	---	151	---	---
Cadillac CTS	73	121	-39.7%	721	658	9.6%
Cadillac XTS ‡	68	43	58.1%	521	609	-14.4%
Hyundai Equus ‡	1	5	-80.0%	9	33	-72.7%
Hyundai Genesis ‡*	16	92	-82.6%	959	1223	-21.6%
Infiniti Q70	4	11	-63.6%	133	170	-21.8%
Jaguar XF	18	31	-41.9%	483	420	15.0%
Kia K900 ‡	---	4	-100%	25	29	-13.8%
Lexus ES	183	216	-15.3%	1772	1993	-11.1%
Lexus GS	40	33	21.2%	355	352	0.9%
Lincoln Continental	52	---	---	69	---	---
Lincoln MKS	2	11	-81.8%	194	159	22.0%
Lincoln MKZ	119	105	13.3%	935	968	-3.4%
Maserati Ghibli	29	40	-27.5%	270	287	-5.6%
Mercedes-Benz  E-Class & CLS-Class *^	188	276	-31.9%	2596	2614	-0.7%
Volvo S80	---	---	---	23	62	-62.9%
Volvo S90	16	---	---	72	---	---
Volvo XC70 *	6	24	-75.0%	215	359	-40.1%
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Total	1132	1405	-19.4%	12,769	13,112	-2.6%

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 CT6, XTS, K900, and Equus 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.

RECOMMENDED READING
Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada - November 2016
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Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada - October 2015
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Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings - October 2016
Large Luxury Car Sales In Canada - October 2016

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