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

Booming BMW 3-Series sales are partially to thank for BMW's 12.8% year-over-year rise in June 2011. U.S. luxury car buyers bought more X3s and 5-Series' BMWs than they had in June 2010, as well, but 3-Series sales shot up by 1960 units. Had sales remained level the 3-Series would still have been America's best-selling luxury vehicle in June, as the Lexus RX slid 34.1% from 7796.

With the RX's plunge in volume, and its subsequent fall from second spot in May to third spot in June, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class took over the number two position on 19.2% gains. Year-to-date, the E-Class is America's third-favourite luxury vehicle.

In addition to selling America's most popular premium brand vehicle, BMW's 5-Series was ranked fifth, the X5 slotted into 11th, and the X3 posted a 230% improvement to remain steady at 16th. The BMW you won't see here is the 7-Series, sales of which fell 68.4% to 542. In June 2010, BMW sold more than 1700 of them. But you won't see any of the 7-Series' direct competitors here, either. Americans buy premium vehicles, for sure, but they prefer the less expensive, smaller machines... or SUVs.

Take the Volvo S60 as an example. A year ago, Volvo USA sold fewer than 5000 vehicles. Not a single one of those 5000 vehicles was the S60. Now, even as the S40, V50, and V70 tail off and the S80 disappoints, a new generation of S60 was Volvo's best seller in June with 2430 sales. The 2012 S60 has a pleasant starting price under $31,000. That 7-Series, a car that BMW would be surprised to sell 2430 of in one month, has a base price of $71,000. That price difference goes a long way to explaining why you rarely see cars like the 7-Series or Benz S-Class in this post.

America's 30 best-selling luxury vehicles from June 2011 are in the table below. Two are Swedish, twelve wear German badges, seven are Japanese, seven are American - including the Chevrolet Corvette - and the remaining two are split between Korea and Great Britain.

Rank	Luxury Vehicle	Status	June 2011	June 2010	Year-To-Date
#1	BMW 3-Series	↔	9155	7195	43,862
#2	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	↑	5798	4865	31,960
#3	Lexus RX	↓	5141	7796	39,838
#4	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	↓	4620	5563	29,981
#5	BMW 5-Series	↑	4365	3865	25,287
#6	Cadillac CTS	↓	4198	4193	27,005
#7	Cadillac SRX	↔	3951	3804	26,200
#8	Infiniti G	↔	3785	5106	28,316
#9	Audi A4	↑	3610	3142	18,811
#10	Acura MDX	↓	3374	3847	22,195
#11	BMW X5	↑	3157	3273	15,895
#12	Hyundai Genesis	↓	3149	2569	15,454
#13	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	↑	3071	2124	14,189
#14	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	↑	2585	1367	11,036
#15	Volvo S60	↓	2430	-----	11,048
#16	BMW X3	↔	2388	724	12,725
#17	Lincoln MKZ	↓	2360	1800	13,916
#18	Acura TL	↑	2296	2702	15,414
#19	Lexus ES	↓	2158	3366	16,596
#20	Mercedes-Benz GLK	↓	1930	1487	11,512
#21	Acura TSX	↑	1808	2510	14,209
#22	Lincoln MKX	↑	1771	1306	10,813
#23	Audi Q5	↓	1730	1964	11,135
#24	Cadillac Escalade	↓	1676	1762	11,638
#25	Lexus IS	↔	1631	2863	13,015
#26	Audi A5	↑	1361	1404	7820
#27	Volvo XC60	↑	1349	1126	7474
#28	Chevrolet Corvette	↑	1299	1405	6896
#29	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	↑	1233	1018	6969
#30	Lincoln MKS	↑	1214	1029	5179

Source: Manufacturers And Automotive News Data Center

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