January 2013 Luxury SUV Sales In Canada

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Year-over-year, Canadian new vehicle sales fell 2.2% in January 2013. Keep in mind, Canadians registered 10,846 more vehicles last month than in the equivalent period of 2011, a 12.8% increase.  So while Canadian sales of the Audi Q5, for example, fell 11% compared with January 2012, Q5 volume is up 16.3% compared with January 2011 and 174% compared with January 2010.

2012 was nearly a record-setting year in Canada. Matching that level of sales in the lowest-volume month of 2013 wasn't going to be easy for some manufacturers, and that doesn't mean 2013 won't end as the higher-volume year. Rare was the luxury utility that posted a year-over-year Canadian sales improvement in January 2013. Sales of the BMW X1 fell 68%. Range Rover Evoque volume fell 31%; the Land Rover LR4 was down 43%. Audi Q7 sales dropped 36%. Lincoln's MKT and MKX slid 40% and 25%. Sales of the Mercedes-Benz M-Class slid 42%. And Volvo Canada posted a 37% decline in XC90 sales.

All 240 Vehicles Ranked By January 2013 Canadian Sales

Midsize Luxury SUV Sales Chart

There were improvements, of course. The Acura RDX, BMW X3, Infiniti EX, Range Rover Sport, and Porsche Cayenne reported the most notable increases. But while premium brands landed in 18th and 19th spots among SUVs and crossovers in December, 17th and 20th in November, and 18th and 20th in October, only the Q5 finished in January's top 20.

The accompanying charts can be clicked for a larger view. Any model name can be clicked in order to find historical monthly and yearly sales figures. Or select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats home. Best of all, the tables below are now sortable. Click any column header to rank vehicles by volume, year-over-year change, or re-sort alphabetically to return to the original.

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Small Luxury SUV	January  2013	% Change	Year  To Date	YTD % Change
Acura RDX	370	+ 136%	370	+ 136%
Audi Q5	435	- 11.2%	435	- 11.2%
BMW X1	89	- 67.6%	89	- 67.6%
BMW X3	281	+ 57.9%	281	+ 57.9%
Cadillac SRX *	175	+ 1.2%	175	+ 1.2%
Infiniti EX	124	+ 103%	124	+ 103%
Land Rover LR2	34	+ 9.7%	34	+ 9.7%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	90	- 30.8%	90	- 30.8%
Lexus RX *	414	- 8.4%	414	- 8.4%
Mercedes-Benz GLK	256	- 18.7%	256	- 18.7%
Volvo XC60	82	- 12.8%	82	- 12.8%

Midsize Luxury SUV	January 2013	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Acura MDX	257	+ 5.8%	257	+ 5.8%
Acura ZDX	3	- 80.0%	3	- 80.0%
Audi Q7	103	- 35.6%	103	- 35.6%
BMW X5	193	- 11.9%	193	- 11.9%
BMW X6	40	- 16.7%	40	- 16.7%
Cadillac SRX *	175	+ 1.2%	175	+ 1.2%
Infiniti FX	49	- 12.5%	49	- 12.5%
Infiniti JX35	160	-----	160	-----
Land Rover LR4	23	- 42.5%	23	- 42.5%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	108	+ 21.3%	108	+ 21.3%
Lexus GX460	26	+ 18.2%	26	+ 18.2%
Lexus RX *	414	- 8.4%	414	- 8.4%
Lincoln MKT	21	- 40.0%	21	- 40.0%
Lincoln MKX	174	- 25.0%	174	- 25.0%
Mercedes-Benz M-Class	283	- 41.5%	283	- 41.5%
Porsche Cayenne	88	+ 29.4%	88	+ 29.4%
Volkswagen Touareg *	135	- 15.6%	135	- 15.6%
Volvo XC70 *	52	- 11.9%	52	- 11.9%
Volvo XC90	27	- 37.2%	27	- 37.2%

Source: Manufacturers & ANDC

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December 2012 And 2012 Year End Small And Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In Canada

2012 Small Luxury SUV Sales Chart
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For the third time in three years, Canadian sales of the Audi Q5 improved in Canada. After rising 58% in 2010 and 47% in 2011, Audi Q5 sales jumped 37% in 2012.

Yet even with these gains, the Q5 still wasn't quite the best-selling premium brand SUV or crossover in Canada last year. The Lexus RX outsold the Audi by nearly 1000 units last year. The Q5 outsold the next-best-selling Germans by 873 and 1135 units, respectively.

December 2012 Small
Luxury SUV Sales Chart

Mercedes-Benz GLK sales fell by 15 units to 5279, but that's some way off the GLK's best performance from 2010. Despite the X1's influence in BMW showrooms, Canadian X3 sales reached their highest level ever in 2012.

GoodCarBadCar.net displays the Lexus RX and Cadillac SRX with both small and midsize competitors. Distinguishing the border lines for categories like this is harder than it's ever been, so one could argue that there's no point in trying. In the case of the RX, it doesn't matter whether it's being compared with smaller, less expensive utilities or larger, more expensive utilities - it's easily Canada's favourite luxury crossover. With 742 sales, the RX450h outsold the Land Rover LR4, Lexus's own GX460, Lincoln's MKT, and the Volvo XC90. Of course, the RX nameplate benefited more from 6388 RX350 sales.

All 262 Vehicles Ranked By 2012 Canadian Sales

2012 Midsize Luxury
SUV Sales Chart

Meanwhile, the SRX is easily Cadillac's best-selling model in Canada, but Cadillac is a much smaller player here than it is in its home market of America. As a whole, the brand accounted for 0.4% of all new vehicle sales in Canada in 2012. In the U.S., Cadillac's share of the overall new vehicle market was a more tolerable 1%. Yes, four out of every thousand vehicles sold in Canada is a Cadillac, but one out of every 100 vehicles sold in America is a Cadillac. Compare that with Audi, which accounts for 1.2% of Canada's new vehicle market and 0.96% of the U.S. market.

December 2012 Midsize
Luxury SUV Sales Chart

And how has Audi become so successful in Canada; in a market which doesn't buy as many luxury vehicles? With the Q5, of course. Audi sold 4.7 times more Q5s in America in 2012, but that's in a market that's 8.6 times the size. The Q5 was Canada's favourite Audi in 2012, while in the U.S. the A4 family sold on 9859 more occasions.

The Audi Q5 has a base price of $39,900 in Canada. Another hit for the VW Group, Porsche's Cayenne, has a price which ranges from $56,600 and $166,600, excluding options. Porsche Canada sold a record number of Cayennes in 2012.

As always, you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for these SUVs and any other vehicle by selecting a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats home or by clicking the model name in the table below. Fortunately, the table is now sortable. Click the column headers in the tables to sort by December 2012 volume or 2012 year end volume or re-sort alphabetically.

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Small Luxury SUV	December 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Acura RDX	398	+ 13.1%	4726	+ 53.9%
Audi Q5	564	+ 128%	6152	+ 36.7%
BMW X1	294	- 6.1%	4776	+ 60.3%
BMW X3	332	- 11.5%	5017	+ 7.4%
Cadillac SRX	268	+ 14.0%	3102	- 3.0%
Infiniti EX	97	- 6.7%	1360	- 10.6%
Land Rover LR2	29	- 12.1%	335	- 2.3%
Land Rover  Range Rover Evoque	140	- 6.7%	1253	+ 204%
Lexus RX	540	- 8.9%	7130	+ 5.5%
Mercedes-Benz GLK	562	+ 38.8%	5279	- 0.3%
Volvo XC60	125	- 28.2%	1885	+ 1.1%

Midsize Luxury SUV	December 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Acura MDX	506	+ 52.0%	5242	- 1.7%
Acura ZDX	12	+ 50.0%	110	- 14.7%
Audi Q7	122	+ 62.7%	1653	+ 5.6%
BMW X5	172	- 44.5%	3975	- 4.3%
BMW X6	66	- 22.4%	998	- 12.5%
Cadillac SRX	268	+ 14.0%	3102	- 3.0%
Infiniti FX	45	- 55.0%	758	- 18.8%
Infiniti JX35	163	-----	2178	-----
Land Rover LR4	64	+ 73.0%	566	- 2.2%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	116	+ 20.8%	1634	+ 10.8%
Lexus GX460	48	+ 45.5%	376	- 9.2%
Lexus RX	540	- 8.9%	7130	+ 5.5%
Lincoln MKT	26	- 50.9%	450	- 13.1%
Lincoln MKX	237	- 46.6%	3792	- 17.5%
Mercedes-Benz M-Class	402	- 10.5%	5539	+ 44.0%
Porsche Cayenne	143	+ 361%	1628	+ 47.3%
Volkswagen Touareg	149	+ 35.5%	1975	+ 22.1%
Volvo XC90	19	- 73.2%	454	- 39.9%

Source: Manufacturers & ANDC

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The Audi Q5 was Canada's 17th-best-selling SUV in November, three spots ahead of the Lexus RX, the only other premium brand member of Canada's top 20. Q5 sales shot up 75% to 683 units, enough to make November the Q5's best month ever. Year-to-date, the Q5 was only 101 sales behind the A4 as Audi's top-selling model, having outsold the A4 by 239 units in November 2012.

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Lexus's RX, meanwhile, accounts for 47% of all the Lexus vehicles sold in Canada in the first eleven months of 2012. That's down from 50% in the same period of 2011, not because RX sales are shrinking - they're up 7% - but because the ES and GS families have kicked into a higher gear.

At BMW, 48% of the brand's Canadian volume is branded with an X, from the top-selling X3 to the X1, X5, and low-volume X6. Aside from those four models and the 3-Series, BMW's five other nameplates only account for 17% of the brand's Canadian sales.

All 261 Vehicles Ranked By November 2012 YTD Canadian Sales

Midsize Luxury SUV Sales Chart

Inside Infiniti showrooms, where the company's midsize seven-seater will soon become the QX60, the JX35 (for now) is responsible for 27% of the brand's year-to-date sales. The JX has only been on sale since April. Since its on-sale date, the Infiniti JX35 has accounted for 35% of Infiniti's volume and has outsold the next-best-selling G (soon to be the Q50 and Q60) by 286 units.

As always, you can click any model name in the tables visible after the jump to see historical monthly and yearly sales figures. Or you can select any make or model at GCBC's Sales Stats home. Any vehicle you can't find tabled here will be listed elsewhere - you can select from segments like small luxury cars and large luxury SUVs at GCBC's The Tally page.

Click either of the accompanying charts for a larger view. In those charts, utility vehicles are ranked by volume - they're listed alphabetically in the tables below.

Small Luxury SUV	November 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Acura RDX	393	+ 6.8%	4328	+ 59.2%
Audi Q5	683	+ 74.7%	5588	+ 31.3%
BMW X1	194	- 39.4%	4482	+ 68.1%
BMW X3	482	- 11.9%	4685	+ 9.1%
Cadillac SRX	310	+ 22.5%	2834	- 4.3%
Infiniti EX	94	- 24.8%	1263	- 10.9%
Land Rover LR2	49	+ 113%	306	- 1.3%
Land Rover  Range Rover Evoque	126	- 18.2%	1113	+ 325%
Lexus RX	579	- 1.0%	6590	+ 6.9%
Mercedes-Benz GLK	431	+ 11.4%	4717	- 3.5%
Volvo XC60	131	+ 3.1%	1760	+ 4.1%

Midsize Luxury SUV	November 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Acura MDX	449	+ 19.4%	4736	- 5.3%
Acura ZDX	11	+ 10.0%	98	- 19.0%
Audi Q7	121	- 3.2%	1531	+ 2.8%
BMW X5	365	- 17.6%	3803	- 1.1%
BMW X6	96	- 34.7%	932	- 11.7%
Cadillac SRX	310	+ 22.5%	2834	- 4.3%
Infiniti FX	80	- 2.4%	713	- 14.5%
Infiniti JX35	217	-----	2015	-----
Land Rover LR4	60	+ 53.8%	502	- 7.4%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	139	- 4.1%	1518	+ 10.1%
Lexus GX460	29	- 21.6%	328	- 13.9%
Lexus RX	579	- 1.0%	6590	+ 6.9%
Lincoln MKT	55	+ 34.1%	424	- 8.8%
Lincoln MKX	268	- 47.0%	3555	- 14.4%
Mercedes-Benz M-Class	455	- 26.0%	5137	+ 51.2%
Porsche Cayenne	155	+ 210%	1485	+ 38.3%
Volkswagen Touareg	200	+ 24.2%	1826	+ 21.1%
Volvo XC90	22	- 59.3%	435	- 36.5%

Source: Manufacturers & ANDC

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