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

Fully one-third of America's Top 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles reported declining sales in October 2011. Among that one-third was the most popular luxury car in America, the BMW 3-Series, which posted a 9% drop last month. Also down from October 2010 levels was America's best-selling luxury utility vehicle, the Lexus RX, which fell 22%.

With the BMW 5-Series' 2.4% improvement and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class's 19% plunge, BMW is enjoying a rare U.S. midsize luxury win in October 2011, topping the E-Class Benz by more than 500 sales. Together with their better-selling smaller brethren, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and the aforementioned 3-Series, the four German cars formed a strong quartet atop America's luxury car standings. In all, there were twelve German-badged vehicles on October's list of America's best-selling luxury vehicles.

If the Hyundai Genesis' inclusion bothers you - the Genesis Coupe starts at a very non-premium $22,250 - remove it. The bottom 40% of the vehicles on the list below would then move up a notch and the Lexus LS and Audi A6 would move in to a tie for 30th. With 1186 sales, the LS was down by just 16 units in October. Audi A6 October sales rose 44%.

Last month's edition of this post can be seen here. For a look at America's 30 best-selling vehicles overall, click here. Below, you'll find October 2011's Top 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In America.

Rank	Luxury Vehicle	October 2011	October 2010	Year-To-Date
#1	BMW 3-Series	7748	8520	78,314
#2	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	7084	3771	53,212
#3	Lexus RX	6691	8569	63,507
#4	BMW 5-Series	5044	4925	43,040
#5	Cadillac SRX	4984	4423	44,845
#6	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	4516	5568	52,340
#7	Lexus ES	4300	5153	31,260
#8	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	4091	2826	25,726
#9	BMW X5	3997	3183	30,044
#10	Cadillac CTS	3918	4242	45,818
#11	Infiniti G	3824	3927	47,207
#12	Acura MDX	3691	3945	35,375
#13	Acura TSX	2977	2251	24,698
#14	Acura TL	2662	3042	25,542
#15	Lexus IS	2640	3096	23,364
#16	Audi A4	2613	2469	29,011
#17	Audi Q5	2610	2099	20,181
#18	Hyundai Genesis	2602	2375	27,826
#19	Mercedes-Benz GLK	2494	1394	19,501
#20	BMW X3	2321	99	21,488
#21	Cadillac Escalade	2309	2626	19,985
#22	Mercedes-Benz  GL-Class	2128	1887	19,324
#23	Lincoln MKZ	1953	1850	23,011
#24	Lincoln MKX	1765	1675	18,731
#25	Volvo S60	1746	208	17,545
#26	Acura RDX	1632	1328	12,294
#27	Lexus CT200h	1511	-----	10,363
#28	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	1472	1249	12,032
#29	Audi A5	1394	1147	13,118
#30	Infiniti QX56	1244	1157	10,247

Source: Manufacturers 
Red font indicates year-over-year sales decline. Escalade 2309

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