September 2012 Top 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada

As recently as March, the Cadillac CTS was Canada's 11th-best-selling luxury vehicle. The CTS has fallen over the course of the last five monthly premium reports, but September's 34% year-over-year drop saw the CTS fall all the way to the 30th spot. As of September 30, 2012, GM Canada hadn't yet sold an ATS. General Motors started the ATS out with 611 U.S. sales last month.

Apart from movement in the ranks, only one car was booted off the list since last month's edition, the Lexus CT200h. In its place sits the 28th-ranked Infiniti EX. Year-over-year, CT sales slid 13% to 117 units.

September 2012 YTD Canada Sales: All 260 Vehicles Ranked

Not only did the BMW 3-Series retake its normal place at the top of the luxury car leaderboard in September, the 3-Series' victory was so substantial that the year-to-date lead seems fairly secure, as well. Sales of BMW's core sports sedan (and coupe, and wagon, and convertible) jumped 51% compared with September of last year.

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This September bump was enough to drop the Mercedes-Benz C-Class to second spot. Because of the new 328i xDrive Classic, all-wheel-drive 3-Series sedans now start at $39,990, only 3.9% more than the 328i xDrive costs in the United States. The C300 4Matic's base price also happens to be $39,990, only 2.7% more than the C300 4Matic costs in the U.S.

You can use the first dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home to find monthly and yearly sales figures for more than 280 different vehicles. Canada's 30 best-selling vehicles were ranked earlier this morning. The table below ranks luxury vehicles by September 2012 volume. Read the text below to better understand rules regarding qualification.

Rank	Luxury Vehicle	September 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	BMW 3-Series	1487	+ 51.0%	8384	- 5.3%
#2	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	773	- 15.4%	8098	+ 20.4%
#3	Lexus RX	711	+ 14.1%	5318	+ 9.5%
#4	Audi A4	600	+ 5.6%	4647	+ 6.2%
#5	BMW X3	569	+ 60.7%	3593	+ 7.5%
#6	Audi Q5	504	+ 15.6%	4276	+ 20.3%
#7	BMW X5	486	+ 1.0%	2940	- 1.7%
#8	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	466	+ 112%	4268	+ 97.0%
#9	Mercedes-Benz GLK	457	+ 16.0%	3839	- 5.0%
#10	Lexus ES	457	+ 166%	1667	+ 13.8%
#11	Acura RDX	437	+ 66.2%	3455	+ 71.0%
#12	Acura MDX	427	- 41.7%	3790	- 10.3%
#13	Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class	370	+ 10.1%	3261	+ 14.4%
#14	Lincoln MKX	360	- 19.3%	3061	- 4.8%
#15	Acura ILX	323	-----	1087	-----
#16	BMW 5-Series	263	+ 15.4%	2138	+ 3.9%
#17	BMW X1	243	- 50.0%	4197	+ 110%
#18	Infiniti G	228	- 36.3%	2514	- 9.0%
#19	Cadillac SRX	223	- 13.2%	2167	- 11.4%
#20	Porsche Cayenne	219	+ 136%	1170	+ 20.0%
#21	Infiniti JX35	202	-----	1594	-----
#22	Volkswagen Touareg	194	+ 109%	1423	+ 16.4%
#23	Acura TL	187	- 52.1%	2479	+ 22.6%
#24	Audi A5	184	+ 25.2%	1589	- 3.2%
#25	Volvo XC60	161	+ 62.6%	1506	+ 8.0%
#26	Lexus IS	160	- 31.6%	1516	- 13.1%
#27	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class & G-Class	157	- 33.2%	1376	+ 16.0%
#28	Infiniti EX	149	- 15.8%	992	- 13.4%
#29	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	145	+ 12.4%	1224	+ 15.4%
#30	Cadillac CTS	140	- 34.0%	1822	- 27.4%

Source: Manufacturers & ANDC
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales 
GCBC qualifies all vehicles from Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Acura, Cadillac, Audi, Infiniti, Lincoln, Volvo, Land Rover, Porsche, and Jaguar while also making exceptions for overtly premium cars like the Chevrolet Corvette, Nissan GT-R, Volkswagen Touareg, Hyundai Equus, and (reluctantly) Hyundai Genesis. Buick's lack of anything truly high-end hinders its value-priced vehicles from qualifying as premium, despite the image Buick held in a previous era. Yes, this means the B-Class is eligible because of the S-Class; the A3 because of the R8, to an extent. Unfortunately the lack of data separating vehicle trim lines from one another (F-150 XL vs F-150 Platinum, for example) means vehicles like the GMC Yukon Denali and Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 aren't included. None of this should lead you to believe the Chrysler 300 and Toyota Avalon and Buick Enclave aren't luxurious, particularly as they're viable competitors for true premium players.

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