Small/Entry Luxury Car Sales And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America - October 2011

BMW 3-Series slid 9% in October 2011. The drop in volume of America's best-selling premium car wasn't significant enough for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class to grab top spot in the small luxury sector, even with the C-Class's huge 88% jump. C-Class sales are up 7% through the first ten months of 2011.

Volvo is killing off the S40 and V50. The other side of their triangle, Volvo's C30, was up 38% in October. C30 sales remain low, less than half what BMW has with the 1-Series despite the 1-Series' 40% cliff dive. 

Moreover, C30 sales are down 17% this year. Volvo's good news is S60-centred. Sales of Volvo's most eye-catching current car are, at the very least, decent, and at most, 2519% better than S60 sales were last year.

Details on October U.S. sales of midsize luxury cars can be viewed after the jump.

Small/Entry Luxury Car	October 2011	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Acura TSX	2977	+ 32%	24,698	- 2%
Audi A3	412	- 34%	5435	+ 5%
Audi A4	2613	+ 6%	29,011	+ 2%
BMW 1-Series	679	- 40%	7251	- 33%
BMW 3-Series	7748	- 9%	78,314	- 4%
Cadillac CTS	3918	- 8%	45,818	+ 25%
Infiniti G	3824	- 3%	47,207	0%
Lexus CT	1511	-----	10,363	-----
Lexus HS	205	- 74%	2383	- 73%
Lexus IS	2640	- 15%	23,364	- 16%
Lincoln MKZ	1953	+ 6%	23,011	+ 32%
Mercedes-Benz B-Class	2	-----	18	-----
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	7084	+ 88%	53,212	+ 7%
Saab 9-3	144	- 74%	3560	+ 22%
Volvo C30	317	+ 38%	2890	- 17%
Volvo S40	51	- 86%	2926	- 39%
Volvo V50	2	- 98%	553	- 63%
Volvo S60	1746	+ 739%	17,545	+ 2519%

Note: The Lincoln MKZ has moved below to the midsize luxury car group. Some larger cars remain in the small/entry segment breakdown, but that's mainly because their price and mission are more directly comparable to that of the class-leading BMW 3-Series.

Of the 17 cars in the midsize luxury car table below which could have posted declining year-over-year sales, 12 did so. Worst among these declines was the Acura RL's, a 91% plunge. Acura RL sales are off by 42% in 2011. 

The Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class was an aging car last October. The new model has helped Mercedes-Benz post a 192% year-over-year increase in October 2011. The CLS finished October 108 sales ahead of the Audi A7.

Leading the overall segment in October was BMW's 5-Series. Normally, Mercedes-Benz's E-Class is the leader of the pack, but E-Class sales dropped 19% in October. 

Midsize Luxury Car	October 2011	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Acura RL	22	- 91%	1001	- 42%
Acura TL	2662	- 13%	25,542	- 10%
Audi A6	1186	+ 44%	7890	+ 12%
Audi A7	655	-----	4752	-----
BMW 5-Series	5044	+ 2%	43,040	+ 46%
Cadillac STS	180	- 51%	3166	- 18%
Hyundai Equus	285	-----	2568	-----
Hyundai Genesis	2602	+ 10%	27,826	+ 17%
Infiniti M	664	- 44%	8813	- 25%
Jaguar XF	575	- 6%	4342	- 27%
Lexus ES	4300	- 17%	31,260	- 20%
Lexus GS	266	- 52%	3346	- 42%
Lincoln MKS	981	- 10%	9824	- 19%
Lincoln MKZ	1953	+ 6%	23,011	+ 32%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class	763	+ 192%	4269	+ 160%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class	4516	- 19%	52,340	+ 4%
Saab 9-5	129	- 33%	1230	+ 226%
Volvo S80	349	- 1%	4300	- 36%
Volvo XC70	443	- 9%	4699	- 19%

Source: Manufacturers & ANDC 
Note: the Lincoln MKZ has moved in to the midsize luxury car group. Some larger cars remain in the small/entry segment breakdown, but that's mainly because their price and mission are more directly comparable to that of the class-leading BMW 3-Series. The MKZ comes across as more of a competitor for the Lexus ES than the Lexus IS.

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