Top 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In America - February 2011

Falling off this month's list of America's 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles are the Lexus GX460 and the Good 12-winning Porsche Cayenne. BMW's 3-Series fell from second to fifth on a 28.5% year-over-year drop and a 15.5% drop from January 2011. BMW was the most popular luxury brand in the United States in February, helped by a strong 5-Series performance (ranked 7th below, up 86.6% from February 2010) and the BMW X3, up 466.1% now that the appealing second-generation SAV is available.

All these stories seem small when contrasted with Cadillac's strong performance. The CTS posted a 124.3% sales increase and came within spitting distance of being crowned America's most popular luxury vehicle in February. Right behind the Good 12-winning CTS was the Cadillac SRX and its 55.3% jump. Back in 16th and 24th you'll find Cadillacs. One can imagine how strong Cadillac would be if the STS was a viable 5-Series/E-Class alternative: STS sales were up 56.3%, but that only indicates a 187-unit climb to 519 measly sales. (Cadillac failed to sell a single STS in Canada in February.)

Of course, Cadillac's terrific performance in February was perhaps overshadowed just a little by Buick. The Good Car Guy doesn't include Buick as a premium nameplate eligible for this table, but Cars.com's Kicking Tires blog (for whom The Good Car Guy contributed this week) looked at Buick's February beating of Lexus in some detail.

Rank	Car	Status	February 2011	Last Month	February 2010
#1	Lexus RX	↔	6567	5881	5694
#2	Cadillac CTS	↑	6033	4362	2690
#3	Cadillac SRX	↑	5502	4236	3542
#4	Infiniti G	↑	5492	4324	3542
#5	BMW 3-Series	↓	4872	5763	6817
#6	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	↑	4479	4172	4245
#7	BMW 5-Series	↓	4212	4350	2270
#8	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	↓	4203	4759	4043
#9	Acura MDX	↔	3845	3127	3266
#10	Acura TSX	↑	2794	1941	2123
#11	Audi A4	↑	2770	2483	2660
#12	BMW X5	↓	2646	3038	2959
#13	Lexus ES	↑	2598	2215	2349
#14	Acura TL	↑	2447	1592	2410
#15	Hyundai Genesis	↑	2441	1783	1762
#16	Cadillac Escalade	↓	2202	2259	2072
#17	Lexus IS	↓	2081	1992	1991
#18	BMW X3	↑	1987	1075	351
#19	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	↓	1924	2484	1655
#20	Mercedes-Benz GLK	↓	1853	1625	2126
#21	Lincoln MKZ	↔	1775	1574	1761
#22	Lincoln MKX	↔	1636	1546	1452
#23	Audi Q5	↓	1539	1584	1060
#24	Cadillac DTS	↔	1512	1365	611
#25	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	↓	1472	1518	1368
#26	Acura RDX	↑	1344	993	850
#27	Volvo S60	↑	1247	1042	17
#28	Volvo XC60	↑	1184	966	667
#29	Infiniti M	↑	1178	877	817
#30	Audi A5	↓	1142	1054	1029

Source: Manufacturers And Automotive News Data Center

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