Small And Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In Canada - December 2014 And 2014 Year End

By Bertyc @bertyc
Canadian sales of compact luxury crossovers jumped 81% in 2014 thanks to the arrival of new competitors for the BMW X1. Those competitors, the Audi Q3 and Mercedes-Benz GLA, arrived in the second half and, as the year progressed, had a negative impact on the popularity of the BMW X1. 

Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Make & Model - 2014 Year End
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These are certainly not the most popular luxury utility vehicles, however. Move up a notch or two in terms of size and price and you'll find numerous vehicles which outsold the whole small trio. (Granted, two-thirds of the trio didn't have a full year.) The Acura RDX and MDX, Audi Q5, and Lexus RX all generated more than 6000 Canadian sales in 2014.

As for the RX, its 7913-unit total made it the country's top-selling premium brand SUV/crossover, just 51 sales ahead of the Audi Q5.


The RX was joined by a smaller Lexus crossover in December, the RAV4-related NX. 296 NXs were sold last month, a figure which didn't have a tremendous impact on the RX's total. RX sales slid just 0.3%, or two units, to 570 units.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank luxury SUVs and crossovers any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • November 2014 • December 2013

Compact
Luxury SUV December
2014 December
2013 %
Change 2014 2013%
Change

Audi Q3 245 --- ---1566 --- ---

BMW X1 134
356-62.4%27352910-6.0%

Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class 255
------964------

--- ------------ --- ---

Total 63435678.1%5265 2910 80.9%


Small
Luxury SUV December
2014 December
2013 %
Change 2014 2013%
Change

Acura RDX 551
49810.6%655761127.3%

Audi Q5 604
624-3.2%786275474.2%

BMW X3 326
27419.0%52195658-7.8%

BMW X4 77
------490------

Infiniti QX50 / EX149
10739.3%1897144531.3%

Land Rover LR2 90
39131%65552026.0%

Land Rover
Range Rover Evoque
155
12227.0%17061782-4.3%

Lexus NX 296
------296------

Lincoln MKC 321
------1849------

Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class 484
41616.3%559954452.8%

Porsche Macan 152
------1223------

Volvo XC60 112
9913.1%15421681-8.3%

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Total 3317217952.2%34,895 30,190 15.6%


Midsize Luxury SUV December
2014 December
2013 %
Change 20142013 %
Change

Acura MDX 658
59810.0%627261142.6%

Acura ZDX ---
7-100%649-87.8%

Audi Q7 124
1221.6%1959178110.0%

BMW X5 391
524-25.4%5470 470416.3%

BMW X6 149
22577%89774919.8%

Cadillac SRX 252
270-6.7%4134 37659.8%

Infiniti QX60/JX 359
24248.3%3613319113.2%

Infiniti QX70/FX 32
2433.3%466601-22.5%

Land Rover LR4 53
3360.6%4464381.8%

Land Rover
Range Rover Sport254
2463.3%2580 180642.9%

Lexus GX460 58
60-3.3%58235165.8%

Lexus RX 570
572-0.3%7913 77891.6%

Lincoln MKT 20
25-20.0%289 392-26.3%

Lincoln MKX 194
215-9.8%27023238-16.6%

Mercedes-Benz M-Class 375
457-17.9%5532 480415.2%

Porsche Cayenne 131
162-19.1%1904 2050-7.1%

Volkswagen Touareg * 218
15738.9%2332208711.7%

Volvo XC70 * 29
39-25.6%513624-17.8%

Volvo XC90 22
27-18.5%427500-14.6%

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Total 388938022.3%48,03745,0336.7%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains you'll see the XC70 listed with luxury cars as well as with SUVs and crossovers and the Touareg with luxury SUVs and mainstream SUVs... because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.
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