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

July 2011 marked the third consecutive month in which the BMW 3-Series was the best-selling luxury vehicle in America. Year-to-date, the BMW's lead over the next-closest competitor, the Lexus RX, is more than 7000 sales. But the BMW was just one of America's six best-selling cars to suffer year-over-year declines in July 2011.

It gets much worse than the 3-Series BMW's 2.9% drop, however, even among those six most popular premium vehicles. Sales of the Lexus RX plunged 33%; the Infiniti G slid 21.5%; and the Cadillac CTS fell 19.3%  The CTS, in fact, was one of six Cadillac models (that means all of them) to post declines in comparison to July 2010. 

All in all, only 14 of America's 30 most popular premium vehicles reported improved sales. Two of those cars aren't as easily labelled "premium" as the others. The Hyundai Genesis (up 52.3%) includes both the $34,200-$46,500 sedan and the $22,250-$30,750 Genesis Coupe. The Corvette (up 7.7%), meanwhile, wears the plebeian Chevy bow tie. Yet with prices ranging from $49,045 to $110,300, the Corvette certainly seems premium. 

Eight of July 2011's Top 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles in America are sold by Japanese brands. There are 13 German-brand vehicles represented along with one Swede, one Brit, one Korean, and six Americans.

Rank	Luxury Vehicle	Status	July 2011	July 2010	Year-To-Date
#1	BMW 3-Series	↔	8640	8897	52,502
#2	Lexus RX	↑	5471	8162	45,309
#3	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	↓	5114	5462	37,074
#4	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	↔	4554	5309	34,535
#5	Infiniti G	↑	4490	5721	32,806
#6	Cadillac CTS	↔	4449	5516	31,454
#7	BMW 5-Series	↓	4318	2724	29,605
#8	Cadillac SRX	↓	4133	5723	30,333
#9	Hyundai Genesis	↑	3517	2309	18,971
#10	Acura MDX	↔	3438	4194	25,633
#11	BMW X5	↔	3330	2815	19,225
#12	Lincoln MKZ	↑	2869	1590	16,785
#13	Lexus ES	↑	2850	4093	19,446
#14	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	↓	2778	1973	16,967
#15	Acura TL	↑	2555	3123	17,969
#16	Lexus IS	↑	2305	3100	15,320
#17	Audi A4	↓	2274	2665	21,085
#18	BMW X3	↓	2207	559	14,932
#19	Acura TSX	↑	2137	3242	16,346
#20	Lincoln MKX	↑	1915	1443	12,728
#21	Audi Q5	↑	1900	1930	13,035
#22	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	↓	1889	1179	12,925
#23	Cadillac Escalade	↑	1690	2209	13,328
#24	Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	↓	1628	1805	13,140
#25	Volvo S60	↓	1584	-----	12,632
#26	Lexus CT200h	↑	1553	-----	5321
#27	Porsche Cayenne	↑	1342	910	8219
#28	Audi A5	↓	1313	1238	9133
#29	Chevrolet Corvette	↓	1291	1199	8187
#30	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	↓	1160	793	8129

Source: Manufacturers And Automotive News Data Center

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