Top 30 Best Selling Luxury Vehicles In America - September 2011

The U.S. auto market grew by 10% in September 2011. More specifically, the luxury portion of the market, as described here, grew by 6.4%. That's slightly off the pace, a fact which will come as no surprise once you realize that more than one-third of America's 30 best-selling luxury vehicles suffered from declining year-over-year sales in September.

At the top of the leaderboard, the BMW 3-Series enjoyed a decent September sales spurt as it closes in on being replaced by the sixth-generation F30 3-Series. September sales of the 3-Series rose 4%, year-over-year. More than 2600 sales behind but ranked second was the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, sales of which jumped 29% last month. 

Further down the list of best-selling luxury vehicles, you'll spot even greater gains. BMW garnered an 1169% boost in X3 sales as the second-generation X3, fully on-stream now, is contrasted with the end of the first-generation X3's reign. Though X3 sales improved dramatically, it still trailed the Audi Q5 and Mercedes-Benz GLK in overall volume. 

Ranked 25th, one spot beind the X3, Volvo's S60 soared upward at a 519% clip. That explains a large part of Volvo's 21.4% overall increase. Yet Volvo, as a brand, didn't sell as many vehicles as Lexus did with the RX alone, despite the fact that Lexus RX sales slid 33%.

If you'd prefer not to see the Hyundai Genesis on this list (Genesis sales include the Genesis Coupe, priced from $22,250), the Infiniti QX56 is next up with 1206 sales. If not, these are the Top 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In America from September 2011.

Rank	Luxury Vehicle	September 2011	September 2010	Year-To-Date
#1	BMW 3-Series	9289	8945	70,566
#2	Mercedes-Benz  C-Class	6685	5196	46,128
#3	Mercedes-Benz  E-Class	5122	5608	47,824
#4	Infiniti G	5029	4422	43,383
#5	Lexus RX	5003	7420	56,816
#6	Cadillac SRX	4901	4027	39,861
#7	Cadillac CTS	4663	3760	41,900
#8	BMW 5-Srries	4097	2859	37,996
#9	BMW X5	3878	3632	26,047
#10	Lexus ES	3627	3697	26,960
#11	Acura TSX	3112	2256	21,721
#12	Hyundai Genesis	3000	3230	25,224
#13	Acura MDX	2925	4077	31,684
#14	Audi A4	2690	2415	26,398
#15	Mercedes-Benz  GL-Class	2541	1989	17,196
#16	Lexus IS	2539	2447	20,724
#17	Acura TL	2507	2514	22,880
#18	Mercedes-Benz  M-Class	2477	2780	21,635
#19	Cadillac Escalade	2414	2215	17,676
#20	Lincoln MKX	2267	2658	16,966
#21	Audi Q5	2235	2277	17,571
#22	Lincoln MKZ	1936	1254	21,058
#23	Mercedes-Benz GLK	1934	1685	17,007
#24	BMW X3	1853	146	19,167
#25	Volvo S60	1623	262	15,799
#26	Mercedes-Benz  S-Class	1447	1709	8877
#27	Lexus CT200h	1444	-----	8852
#28	Acura RDX	1336	1382	10,662
#29	Audi A5	1269	1172	11,724
#30	Land Rover  Range Rover Sport	1232	897	10,560

Source: Manufacturers

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