Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America July 2014 YTD

In July 2014, BMW USA continued to take advantage of the Mercedes-Benz C-Classs transition from one model to the next to increase the 3-Series/4-Series market share in America. C-Class sales fell 25%, year-over-year, a loss of 1904 units. 3-Series/4-Series volume was up 26%, a gain of 2607 units.

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Like the C-Class, sales of the Audi A4 also decreased. Mercedes-Benz added 2378 sales via the CLA, however, meaning more Cs and CLAs were sold in the United States in July 2014 than in July 2013. Audi added 2164 sales with the A3, meaning more A3s and A4s were sold in July 2014 than in July 2013. 

July was the first time since March, when the new A3 was just beginning to arrive in America, that the Mercedes-Benz CLA outsold its Audi rival. With only two doors in its entry-level 2-Series alternative, BMW sold only 638 copies in July.

Up a notch or three in terms of size and price, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class range outsold the BMW 5-Series by 972 units in July. Without the premium positioning of the E-Class and 5-Series, Lexus sold a similarly large number of ES sedans. Lexuss true E-Class rival, the GS, was up 16% to 2001 units in July, just the fourth month above 2000 units for the GS in the last year.

Visiting GCBC Towers this week is Cadillacs new CTS V Sport. With availability improving, the CTS seems poised for a breakout sales month. Thus far, the new CTS hasnt exactly set the sales charts on fire, falling 29% in July in a year-over-year comparison that surely wouldnt favour the new upmarket car.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBCs Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank luxury brand cars 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 • August 2014 • June 2014 • July 2013

Small/Entry  Luxury Car	July 2014	July 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Acura ILX *	1235	1482	-16.7%	9592	12,206	-21.4%
Acura TSX	479	1680	-71.5%	5904	11,134	-47.0%
Audi A3	2164	---	---	9899	826	1098.4%
Audi A4  ^	3083	3451	-10.7%	22,492	24,040	-6.4%
Audi A5 *	1610	1717	-6.2%	10,148	11,220	-9.6%
BMW 1-Series & 2-Series *^	638	609	4.8%	3906	3798	2.8%
BMW 3-Series & 4-Series ^	12,497	9890	26.4%	69,154	59,052	17.1%
BMW i3	363	---	---	1057	---	---
Cadillac ATS	2582	2905	-11.1%	17,492	22,088	-20.8%
Infiniti G Sedan	1340	2580	-48.1%	9781	21,246	-54.0%
Infiniti Q60/G ^	682	830	-17.8%	4702	6261	24.9%
Infiniti Q50 ^	2461	---	---	20,467	---	---
Lexus CT200h	1979	1306	51.5%	10,316	8858	16.5%
Lexus HS250h	---	2	-100.0%	---	5	-100.0%
Lexus IS	4542	3641	24.7%	28,115	14,427	94.9%
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	41	2	1950.0%	41	10	310.0%
Mercedes-Benz C-Class	5700	7604	-25.0%	38,734	53,506	-27.6%
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class	2378	---	---	12,954	---	---
Volvo C30	---	142	-100.0%	64	1098	-94.2%
Volvo S60	1739	2326	-25.2%	12,960	15,225	-14.9%
Volvo V60	442	---	---	3181	---	---
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Total	45,955	40,167	14.4%	290,959	265,000	9.8%

Midsize Luxury Car	July 2014	July 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Acura RLX/RL	208	617	-66.3%	2292	2180	5.1%
Acura TL	736	1843	-60.1%	9752	16,433	-40.7%
Audi A6	1820	2061	-11.7%	13,730	12,000	14.4%
Audi A7 *	647	645	0.3%	5116	4685	9.2%
BMW 5-Series	5676	4857	16.9%	33,293	30,748	8.3%
Cadillac CTS	2039	2889	-29.4%	18,047	18,022	0.1%
Cadillac DTS	---	---	---	---	19	-100.0%
Cadillac STS	---	---	---	---	7	-100.0%
Cadillac XTS	1939	2940	-34.0%	13,429	17,624	-23.8%
Hyundai Equus	305	173	76.3%	2082	1700	22.5%
Infiniti Q70/M	272	372	-26.9%	2997	3317	-9.6%
Jaguar XF	240	589	-59.3%	3682	4461	-17.5%
Kia K900	132	---	---	948	---	---
Lexus ES	6326	6089	3.9%	39,496	39,582	-0.2%
Lexus GS	2001	1722	16.2%	12,123	10,790	12.4%
Lincoln MKS	530	1038	-48.9%	5218	6150	-15.2%
Lincoln MKZ	2776	2809	-1.2%	21,752	17,249	26.1%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class *	705	585	20.5%	3899	4237	-8.0%
Mercedes-Benz E-Class	6648	5605	18.6%	41,244	33,836	21.9%
Mercedes-Benz R-Class	---	4	-100.0%	6	27	-77.8%
Volvo S80	118	146	-19.2%	1079	1052	2.6%
Volvo XC70 *	456	440	3.6%	2637	2867	-8.0%
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Total	33,574	35,424	-5.2%	232,822	226,986	2.6%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ BMW USA, not GCBC, has decided to combine sales figures for the 3-Series and 4-Series, the 1-Series and 2-Series. Acura has done the same with the new RLX and old RL.
^ A4 includes Allroad, without which A4 sales were down 9% to 2717 in July; down 3% to 20,116 YTD.
^ Jointly, Q50 and G sedan sales were up 47% to 3801 in July; up 42% to 30,248 YTD. Total G, Q60, Q50 sales were up 31% to 4483 in July; up 27% to 34,950 YTD.
GCBC isnt 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 why youll see the Acura ILX here but also with mainstream cars like the Buick Verano, too, and the Audi A5 is also displayed with coupes and convertibles... because readers have wanted it both ways. Hyundai USA, not GoodCarBadCar, chooses to combine sales figures for the Genesis sedan and Genesis Coupe, forcing us to include the Genesis with volume-brand cars on pricing grounds before we even get to the "brand status" issue. The K900, Equus, and XTS are here not because of their size but because of their price points, their lack of direct comparability with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. 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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