These are Canada's best-selling luxury cars in 2015 - CTV News
When most people think of luxury automotive brands like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, and Lexus they probably picture a stately-looking sedan. However, while Canadians are buying record numbers of vehicles from these four best-selling premium auto brands in the country, a surprisingly small number of those vehicles are cars. Increasingly, even premium automakers are relying on SUVs and crossovers for a large chunk of their volume – 43% at Mercedes-Benz, 44% at BMW, 48% at Audi and a whopping 61% at Lexus. These are the best-selling premium brand cars in Canada through the first seven months of 2015. And guess what. Lexus IS : July 2015 YTD Sales - 2,060 (down 12%). Perhaps we shouldn’t pay too much attention to the IS’s sharp decline in 2015 without considering the impact of the new Lexus RC , which is to some degree an IS coupe. Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class : July 2015 YTD Sales - 2,257 (up 7. 5%). Concerns that a lower-priced, front-wheel-drive, entry-level car would lower the Mercedes-Benz brand’s image in the world haven’t been validated in the Canadian market. Finally, Mercedes-Benz is selling more new vehicles in Canada now than ever before. Audi A3 : July 2015 YTD Sales: 2,367 (up 150%). Audi Canada’s second-generation A3 is a far more effective entry point to the Audi brand than the first A3 hatchback ever was. Source: www.ctvnews.ca
