Leading the pack was the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, sales of which more than doubled compared with November 2010. Through eleven months, the BMW 3-Series remains America’s best-selling luxury vehicle, nearly 15,000 sales ahead of the Lexus RX. The C-Class is one of six Mercedes-Benz vehicles in the top 30. In between the 29th-ranked S-Class and the top-ranked C-Class are the E-Class, M-Class, GL-Class, and GLK350.
Eight premium Japanese nameplates found their way into the top 30 in November. The absence of Audi’s A3, BMW’s 1-Series, and Volvo’s C30, along with the presence of the Lexus CT200h, has a lot to say about the willingness of the American car-buying public’s hybrid tolerance. Granted, the Lexus HS250h’s 74% drop (to just 207 November sales) would form the basis of a nice argument against such tolerance.
Check out last month’s edition of this post here. Here are the top 30 best-selling luxury vehicles in America from November 2011.
|
Rank
|
Luxury Vehicle
|
November 2011
|
%
Change |
Year To Date
|
YTD % Change |
|
#1
|
Mercedes-Benz
C-Class |
8358 | + 113% | 61,570 | + 14% |
|
#2
|
Lexus RX
|
7580 | + 5% | 71,087 | – 15% |
|
#3
|
BMW 3-Series
|
7568 | – 15% | 85,882 | – 6% |
|
#4
|
Mercedes-Benz
E-Class |
5095 | + 2% | 57,435 | + 4% |
|
#5
|
Mercedes-Benz
M-Class |
4796 | + 38% | 30,522 | + 18% |
|
#6
|
Cadillac SRX
|
4736 | + 16% | 49,581 | + 10% |
|
#7
|
Lexus ES
|
4731 | + 16% | 35,991 | – 17% |
|
#8
|
Infiniti G
|
4508 | + 12% | 51,715 | + 1% |
|
#9
|
BMW X5
|
4496 | + 31% | 34,540 | + 9% |
|
#10
|
Cadillac CTS
|
3804 | + 2% | 49,622 | + 23% |
|
#11
|
BMW 5-Series
|
3564 | – 29% | 46,604 | + 35% |
|
#12
|
Acura MDX
|
3308 | – 21% | 38,683 | – 6% |
|
#13
|
Mercedes-Benz
GL-Class |
3237 | + 54% | 22,561 | + 26% |
|
#14
|
BMW X3
|
2773 | + 2947% | 24,261 | + 364% |
|
#15
|
Hyundai Genesis
|
2702 | – 10% | 30,528 | + 14% |
|
#16
|
Acura TSX
|
2691 | + 4% | 27,389 | – 1% |
|
#17
|
Lexus IS
|
2676 | + 5% | 26,040 | – 14% |
|
#18
|
Audi A4
|
2501 | – 9% | 31,512 | + 1% |
|
#19
|
Mercedes-Benz GLK
|
2463 | + 55% | 21,964 | + 14% |
|
#20
|
Acura TL
|
2412 | – 1% | 27,954 | – 9% |
|
#21
|
Audi Q5
|
2390 | + 4% | 22,571 | + 7% |
|
#22
|
Cadillac Escalade
|
2247 | – 3% | 22,232 | – 4% |
|
#23
|
Lincoln MKZ
|
2083 | – 19% | 25,094 | + 25% |
|
#24
|
Lincoln MKX
|
1983 | + 5% | 20,714 | + 5% |
|
#25
|
Volvo S60
|
1786 | + 384% | 19,331 | + 1761% |
|
#26
|
Lexus CT200h
|
1759 | —– | 12,122 | —– |
|
#27
|
Land Rover
Range Rover Sport |
1522 | + 37% | 13,512 | + 24% |
|
#28
|
Infiniti QX56
|
1446 | + 9% | 11,693 | + 13% |
|
#29
|
Mercedes-Benz
S-Class |
1381 | + 23% | 11,185 | – 12% |
|
#30
|
Audi A6
|
1379 | + 70% | 9269 | + 18% |
Source: Manufacturers & ANDC
