Top 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada - March 2011

Knocked off its regular perch atop the standings as Canada's best-selling luxury car, the BMW 3-Series ceded the March 2011 crown to its rival at Mercedes-Benz, the C-Class. Sales of the small Benz sedan jumped 19.8% year-over-year and 71.7% from February. 

The most popular luxury brand utility vehicle was the Lexus RX on sales which improved by 30 units. The Lincoln MKX wasn't far behind. Only five of the top ten most popular luxury brand vehicles in March were traditional passenger cars. 16 of the 30 Best Sellers were cars, with the BMW 1-Series bringing up the rear. Half the cars on the list wear German badges. That includes the Volkswagen Touareg's proletarian logo - the Touareg is one of just a handful of vehicles permitted entry to this list that doesn't boast an accepted luxury badge. The Hyundai Genesis sedan and Hyundai Equus would be, too. So would the Nissan GT-R and Chevrolet Corvette. Not a single one of those four sold in great enough volume to make it to this group.

The Genesis was here. Last month. Sales of the $38,999-$49,999 fell 41.8% in March, however. Departing along with the Genesis were the Porsche Cayenne and Land Rover Range Rover Sport. (The Range Rover Sport narrowly missed out on maintaining its position by 16 sales.) The Acura TSX (127 March sales), Audi Q7 (115), and Volvo S60 (113) deserve honourable mentions. The newbies are Infiniti's EX35, the Acura CSX, and the fresh-to-market $30,950 2011 Lexus CT200h.

Rank	Car	Status	March 2011	Last Month	March 2010
#1	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	↑	1082	630	903
#2	BMW 3-Series	↓	957	706	1233
#3	Lexus RX	↔	682	491	652
#4	Lincoln MKX	↑	597	334	295
#5	Audi A4	↔	572	383	442
#6	Acura MDX	↑	521	334	623
#7	Mercedes-Benz GLK	↑	483	328	507
#8	Audi Q5	↓	479	433	341
#9	Infiniti G	↑	476	233	527
#10	Mercedes-Benz E & CLS-Class	↑	399	201	334
#11	Cadillac CTS	↑	397	188	321
#12	BMW 5-Series	↑	381	198	185
#13	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	↓	354	238	364
#14	BMW X3	↓	348	356	202
#15	Cadillac SRX	↑	297	186	211
#16	BMW X5	↓	295	330	512
#17	Acura TL	↓	293	205	319
#18	Mercedes-Benz B-Class	↓	271	219	258
#19	Acura RDX	↔	236	181	365
#20	Lexus CT200h	↑	221	-----	-----
T21	Audi A5	↔	200	151	348
T21	Volvo XC60	↑	200	115	85
#23	Acura CSX	↑	188	87	203
#24	Lexus IS	↓	188	153	190
#25	Lexus ES	↑	179	94	240
#26	Volkswagen Touareg	↓	174	137	123
#27	Mercedes-Benz G & GL-Class	↔	170	108	110
#28	Lincoln MKZ	↔	166	102	15
#29	Infiniti EX	↑	162	77	208
#30	BMW 1-Series	↓	161	111	162

Source: Manufacturers And Automotive News Data Center

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