The Mercedes-Benz S-Class Was The Best-Selling Large Luxury Car In America In 2012 |
2012 Large Luxury Car Sales Chart Click Any Chart For Larger View |
At the end of the year, it was the Mercedes-Benz S-Class that once again claimed the title as America's favourite big luxury car. Sales of the S-Class were down, however. That wasn't an uncommon theme in the segment in 2012. BMW 7-Series sales dropped 2% as the 6-Series Gran Coupe likely stole some sales toward the end of the year. Jaguar XJ sales dropped 7%, and the aforementioned Lexus LS slid 13%. Even the gains produced by the Porsche Panamera and Audi A8 were well below the overall industry's 13.4% improvement.
December 2012 Large Luxury Car Sales Chart |
2012 Large Luxury SUV Sales Chart |
The Infiniti QX56 outsold the regular-wheelbase Cadillac Escalade in 2012. After outselling the Lincoln Navigator in 2010 and 2011, the long-wheelbase Cadillac Escalade ESV struggled a bit in 2012 and did not accomplish that feat. Sales of the Lexus LX570 and Toyota Land Cruiser are rising quickly (in comparison to what the LX and Land Cruiser managed last year) but they remain low-volume SUVs in a surprisingly high-volume segment.
December 2012 Large Luxury SUV Sales Chart |
Looking for the Hyundai Equus or Cadillac XTS or Porsche Cayenne or Audi Q7? They're posted alongside vehicles in other segments, with "midsize" luxury cars and "midsize" luxury SUVs, names which mean little but do offer some definition. You can always find the sales figures for any vehicle by selecting a make and/or model at GCBC's Sales Stats home.
The tables visible after the jump are now sortable: click any heading in either table to rearrange vehicles by December 2012 U.S. sales volume or year-over-year percentage change. Click the headings at the far left to sort back to alphabetical order. It's a small change, but one that makes the surveying of automotive sales data that much easier at GoodCarBadCar.net.
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Large Luxury Car | December 2012 | % Change | 2012 Year End | YTD % Change |
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900 | + 32.7% | 6002 | + 5.3% | |
1037 | + 43.4% | 8208 | + 110% | |
1422 | + 16.7% | 11,098 | - 1.8% | |
389 | + 1.3% | 4852 | - 7.3% | |
1286 | + 21.8% | 8345 | - 12.8% | |
1110 | + 3.4% | 11,794 | - 3.8% | |
483 | + 1.5% | 7614 | + 10.7% |
Large Luxury SUV | December 2012 | % Change | 2012 Year End | YTD % Change |
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2554 | - 21.9% | 22,632 | - 11.3% | |
2232 | + 28.6% | 15,310 | + 14.0% | |
1034 | + 6.6% | 7843 | - 19.6% | |
494 | + 52.5% | 5005 | + 58.0% | |
1082 | + 7.2% | 8371 | + 4.4% | |
168 | + 205% | 1330 | + 11.7% | |
3111 | + 20.7% | 26,042 | + 3.6% | |
316 | + 91.5% | 2895 | + 74.2% |
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