Top 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada - 2010 Year End

For a list such as this to be meaningful, certain qualifications must be installed beforehand. "Luxury vehicle" can mean just about anything in marketing literature, but for an aware readership, GoodCarBadCar.net has slightly higher standards than simply any car available with leather-lined seats. Premium badges, therefore, are mandatory.... with a handful of exceptions. Because of the Chevrolet Corvette's premium pricing, it could be considered a luxury vehicle. (Before you check, it's not among Canada's 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles.) 

Can the opposite be true? Is a rebadged, up-contented Honda Civic like the Acura CSX, a $24,290 car, really a luxury vehicle? It's hard to say. So, for those who disagree with its inclusion as Canada's 25th best-selling luxury vehicle, or for those who don't like the Hyundai Genesis's presence here, there are a couple of stand-ins you should be aware of. The taxi squad, as it'll be called, includes the Audi A3 (1322 sales in 2010, up 6.2%), Volvo XC90 (1194, down 18%), Volvo's XC70/V70 pair (1220, down 14.5%), and the Audi Q7 (1247, up 8.8%). How 'bout we add the Cadillac Escalade to the rundown (1181, up 47.4%) and the Land Rover Range Rover Sport (1168, up 39.5%) as honourable mentions? That way, consumers who refuse to consider the Mercedes-Benz B-Class a luxury vehicle can see which cars would take its place.

Speaking of the Hyundai Genesis, Hyundai Canada says 3113 of its overall Genesis sales tally can be attributed to the Genesis Coupe, leaving just 811 of the truly luxurious Genesis sedans. Strange bed-brothers: BMW Canada lists the 323i's base price at $37,650; the Hyundai Genesis 3.8 is priced from $38,999. Could the C-Class Benz be numero uno? There's a coupe coming, but the C-Class goes to bat with just one bodystyle - BMW's 3-Series has four. Is bigger better? Not quite, 13 of the country's 30 most popular luxury vehicles are SUV/crossover/CUVs. Of the 30 vehicles listed below, 14 are German-derived. One is Korean, one is Swedish, four are American, the other ten are Japanese.

Rank	Luxury Vehicle	2010	2009
#1	BMW 3-Series	14,009	12,610
#2	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	8090	7317
#3	Lexus RX	7383	8828
#4	Acura MDX	5994	5994
#5	Mercedes-Benz GLK	5852	5012
#6	Audi A4	5211	4224
#7	Lincoln MKX	4458	2471
#8	Infiniti G	4408	3998
#9	BMW X5	4012	3410
#10	Hyundai Genesis	3924	3438
#11	Mercedes-Benz E & CLS-Class	3914	2819
#12	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	3871	3146
#13	Acura RDX	3163	2869
#14	Audi Q5	3060	1942
#15	Mercedes-Benz B-Class	2994	2865
#16	Cadillac CTS	2974	2488
#17	Cadillac SRX	2918	990
#18	Acura TL	2895	3577
#19	BMW X3	2840	2236
#20	Lexus ES	2688	2999
#21	BMW 5-Series	2382	1619
#22	Audi A5	2309	1520
#23	Acura TSX	2297	2020
#24	Lexus IS	2233	2617
#25	Acura CSX	2064	2526
#26	Infiniti EX	1925	1785
#27	BMW 1-Series	1764	2533
#28	Volvo XC60	1540	1211
#29	Lincoln MKZ	1493	1508
#30	Mercedes-Benz G & GL-Class	1437	1143

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