Friday, June 14, 2019

Small And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America – May 2019

The GCBC Analysis





Small Luxury Car sales didn’t look good for the month of May. The segment was down by roughly 6,500 units. When you look YTD, the segment was down roughly 27,000 units. 


The only models that saw sales increases were the BMW 3-Series, BMW i3, and the Volvo 60-Series. When you look YTD, the only models that managed to see sales increases were the Lexus RC and the Volvo 60-Series. 


The Midsize Luxury Car sales fared a lot better for the entire segment. There were about 6,600 more sales in May than this time last year. When you look YTD, you’ll see that there have been about 25,000 more sales than this time last year. 


The weird thing about the Midsize Luxury Car sales is that just a few models are carrying the segment. The Tesla Model 3, Lexus ES, Audi A7, and Audi A6 are the only models saw sales increases for the month and so far this year. 








Small and Midsize Cars Rankings





Small Luxury Car Sales – This Month









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style="">Model style="">US style="">US LY style="">% Change style="">YTD style="">YTD LY style="">% Change







BMW 2-Series
253
822
-69.2
2,896
4,469
-35.2


BMW 3-Series
4,364
3,428
27.3
16,231
20,629
-21.3


BMW 4-Series
1,340
2,937
-54.4
9,956
12,349
-19.4


Volvo 60-Series
1,767
1,182
49.5
6,985
5,727
22.0


Mercedes-Benz A-Class
804
0
0.0
2,498
0
0.0


Audi A3
947
1,700
-44.3
4,297
7,769
-44.7


Audi A4
2,223
3,472
-36.0
9,862
14,249
-30.8


Audi A5
2,251
2,364
-4.8
9,414
10,607
-11.2


Cadillac ATS
139
1,262
-89.0
782
6,486
-87.9


Mercedes-Benz B-Class
1
3
-66.7
5
132
-96.2


Mercedes-Benz C-Class
4,054
5,419
-25.2
23,110
23,917
-3.4


Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class
986
2,257
-56.3
7,182
9,622
-25.4


Genesis G70
1,447
0
0.0
4,523
0
0.0


Alfa Romeo Giulia
797
1,175
-32.2
3,578
5,383
-33.5


BMW i3
438
424
3.3
1,733
2,927
-40.8


Lexus IS
1,533
2,180
-29.7
6,802
9,279
-26.7


Infiniti Q50
1,857
2,945
-36.9
12,295
16,526
-25.6


Infiniti Q60
314
848
-63.0
2,043
3,489
-41.4


Lexus RC
412
434
-5.1
1,728
1,421
21.6


Acura TLX
2,235
2,723
-17.9
11,360
14,600
-22.2


Jaguar XE
186
376
-50.5
2,244
2,310
-2.9







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∑ = 28,348
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∑ = 35,951
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∑ = 139,524
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∑ = 171,891
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Midsize Luxury Car Sales – This Month









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BMW 5-Series
3,242
3,763
-13.8
16,444
16,857
-2.5


Volvo 90-Series
206
1,028
-80.0
1,766
4,450
-60.3


Audi A6
1,427
1,131
26.2
8,159
5,067
61.0


Audi A7
526
299
75.9
2,733
1,422
92.2


Lincoln Continental
559
660
-15.3
2,398
3,932
-39.0


Cadillac CT6
698
809
-13.7
3,491
4,085
-14.5


Cadillac CTS
916
880
4.1
4,139
4,202
-1.5


Mercedes-Benz E / CLS-Class
3,372
3,625
-7.0
17,138
20,005
-14.3


Lexus ES
4,741
3,828
23.9
19,630
16,309
20.4


Genesis G80
708
840
-15.7
2,821
5,004
-43.6


Lexus GS
260
672
-61.3
1,516
3,086
-50.9


Lincoln MKZ
1,753
1,800
-2.6
7,559
7,851
-3.7


Tesla Model 3
13,950
6,250
123.2
46,425
18,305
153.6


Infiniti Q70
203
390
-47.9
1,510
2,153
-29.9


Acura RLX
91
163
-44.2
623
797
-21.8


Jaguar XF
50
197
-74.6
707
919
-23.1


Cadillac XTS
2,010
1,222
64.5
7,486
7,342
2.0







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∑ = 34,712
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∑ = 27,557
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∑ = 144,545
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∑ = 121,786
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Important note: Ford, GM and FCA have switched to quarterly reporting, making it more difficult to accurately gauge sales. We won’t have results to report for Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Ford, Lincoln, Jeep, Chrysler, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Dodge and Ram until the end of each quarter.