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

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. 

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• Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Make & Model - 2014 Year End
• Canada SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By 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 youll find numerous vehicles which outsold the whole small trio. (Granted, two-thirds of the trio didnt 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 countrys 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 didnt have a tremendous impact on the RXs 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 GCBCs 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 • January 2015 • 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%	2735	2910	-6.0%
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	255	---	---	964	---	---
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Total	634	356	78.1%	5265	2910	80.9%

Small Luxury SUV	December 2014	December 2013	% Change	2014	2013	% Change
Acura RDX	551	498	10.6%	6557	6112	7.3%
Audi Q5	604	624	-3.2%	7862	7547	4.2%
BMW X3	326	274	19.0%	5219	5658	-7.8%
BMW X4	77	---	---	490	---	---
Infiniti QX50 / EX	149	107	39.3%	1897	1445	31.3%
Land Rover LR2	90	39	131%	655	520	26.0%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	155	122	27.0%	1706	1782	-4.3%
Lexus NX	296	---	---	296	---	---
Lincoln MKC	321	---	---	1849	---	---
Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	484	416	16.3%	5599	5445	2.8%
Porsche Macan	152	---	---	1223	---	---
Volvo XC60	112	99	13.1%	1542	1681	-8.3%
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Total	3317	2179	52.2%	34,895	30,190	15.6%

Midsize Luxury SUV	December 2014	December 2013	% Change	2014	2013	% Change
Acura MDX	658	598	10.0%	6272	6114	2.6%
Acura ZDX	---	7	-100%	6	49	-87.8%
Audi Q7	124	122	1.6%	1959	1781	10.0%
BMW X5	391	524	-25.4%	5470	4704	16.3%
BMW X6	149	22	577%	897	749	19.8%
Cadillac SRX	252	270	-6.7%	4134	3765	9.8%
Infiniti QX60/JX	359	242	48.3%	3613	3191	13.2%
Infiniti QX70/FX	32	24	33.3%	466	601	-22.5%
Land Rover LR4	53	33	60.6%	446	438	1.8%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	254	246	3.3%	2580	1806	42.9%
Lexus GX460	58	60	-3.3%	582	351	65.8%
Lexus RX	570	572	-0.3%	7913	7789	1.6%
Lincoln MKT	20	25	-20.0%	289	392	-26.3%
Lincoln MKX	194	215	-9.8%	2702	3238	-16.6%
Mercedes-Benz M-Class	375	457	-17.9%	5532	4804	15.2%
Porsche Cayenne	131	162	-19.1%	1904	2050	-7.1%
Volkswagen Touareg *	218	157	38.9%	2332	2087	11.7%
Volvo XC70 *	29	39	-25.6%	513	624	-17.8%
Volvo XC90	22	27	-18.5%	427	500	-14.6%
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Total	3889	3802	2.3%	48,037	45,033	6.7%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
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 youll 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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