.: Large Luxury Car Sales And Large Luxury SUV Sales In Canada

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Had it eclipsed the Mercedes-Benz S-Class/CL-Class tandem in February 2011, the Porsche Panamera would have been the best-selling large luxury car in Canada. If onlys don't normally matter, but this Panamera instance is a shocker if only because of the cars Porsche out-sold in February: BMW's 7-Series, the new Audi A8, and the fresh Jaguar XJ. Moreover, it wasn't as though Porsche gained a narrow victory over these cars. The Panamera was twice as successful as the A8 in February. Also, as mentioned, Mercedes-Benz Canada offers up figures for the S-Class with the CL in tow. Safely assuming that Mercedes-Benz doesn't sell a lot of CLs per month in Canada, the S-Class still has a partner; the Porsche Panamera does not.

Range Rover sales are now off 22.6% through the first two months of 2011. Lexus LX570 sales dropped 33.3% in February and are down 40.5% in 2011. Land Cruiser sales have been chopped in half from 2010 levels. Cadillac Escalade sales dropped 17.7% in February. After 191 Escalade buyers were found through two months of 2010, only 164 have been found in the same period of 2011. Infiniti QX56 sales have taken off, up 282% in February and 228% on the year for a fairly respectable 82 sales so far. Given the size of the overall market, Infiniti's ability to sell this much large product is impressive. Infiniti has no large luxury car alternative for QX56 buyers.

With the GL-Class and G-Wagen's 21.3% jump in February, Mercedes-Benz has now sold 270 of their biggest machines in 2011 (G, GL, S, and CL), up from 252 at this point in 2010.

Small/Entry Luxury Car Sales And Midsize Luxury Car Sales In Canada - February 2011

Selling luxury sedans in Canada in February 2011 was not as easy as it was in February 2010. Ask Lexus: sales of the ES dropped 39.4%. Lincoln? MKS sales dropped 78.9%. Not a single Cadillac STS was sold, and CTS sales were down 14.9%. Sales of the sedan version of Hyundai's Genesis were down 68.5%. Even the Infiniti G, now available as a less-expensive volume driver called the G25, a Good 12 winner, suffered a 7.9% decline in an overall new vehicle market which dropped by 4.2%. Volvo XC70 sales were off by 37%.

As will be obvious when you scroll down to peruse the Graphs, the Acura TL out-sold both the BMW 5-Series and Mercedes-Benz's E-Class/CLS-Class tandem. No other "midsize" rival sold half as many units as any one of those three. The 2011 Acura TL starts at $39,490, some $22K or so below the E-Class Benz and more in line with the C-Class's $35,900 point of entry.

Further down the price scale, BMW 3-Series sales were up as per the norm. Combined, the Acura TSX, Infiniti G, and Lexus IS - Japan's 3-Series-fighting contingent - were 231 sales behind the 3-Series.

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Small Car Sales, Midsize Car Sales, Large Car Sales In Canada - February 2011

Canadian Dodge Caliber sales dropped 63.1% in February. Knowledgeable auto observers won't be surprised to learn such a fact: the Caliber has always sucked more than a little bit. Toyota Camry sales dropped 60.7% in February, the Honda Accord was off 52.9%, and sales of the Chevrolet Malibu were down 48.4%, somewhat more surprising figures.

In the larger, more expensive fleet below, numerous models posted declining sales. The Nissan Maxima, Buick LaCrosse, Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, and Ford Taurus performed better in February 2010.

Good news please? As you've already read, the 2011 Hyundai Elantra was the best-selling car in Canada in February. Elantra Touring sales were down 3%, but sedan sales nearly doubled from 1412 in February 2010. The Honda Civic charged back after a rough January, but still trails the Elantra by 2286 through the first two months of 2011. Hyundai/Kia sold 7194 small cars in Canada in February, up from 6162 in February 2010.

You'll notice a change highlighted in blue in the charts below, a change implemented first in the U.S. version of this post. Of the blue cars - the subcompacts as they're often called - the Hyundai Accent clearly led the way, but competition is fierce for second place. Volatile Fit sales swung Honda to the bottom of that segment in February (excluding the Suzuki Swift) after Fit sales swung from 615 in May to 593, 477, 475, 385, 316, 1557, 1655, and 72 in January.

Top 30 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles In Canada - February 2011

Narrowly missing the cut for Canada's 30 best-selling luxury vehicle team were the Acura TSX, Volvo S40, Acura CSX, Audi A3, and Audi Q7. In fact, if you mix in the Volvo V50's sales with the S40's, you've got 105 in total, enough to place the Volvo duo in 28th. These cars are named mainly for those who complain that the Mercedes-Benz B-Class, Hyundai Genesis, and Volkswagen Touareg shouldn't be included.

The BMW 3-Series was once again Canada's best-selling luxury car and the country's best-selling luxury vehicle overall. Its lead over the number two spot (this month held by the Benz C-Class, last month by the Lexus RX) grew from 18 to 76 units. 3-Series sales were up 2.2% in Canada in February as the wildly popular Bimmer swam among the mainstream players on Canada's list of the 20 Best-Selling Cars.

There are four members of last month's best-selling luxury vehicle group which are no longer present: Audi Q7, Acura CSX, Cadillac Escalade, and the Volvo C30, sales of which plummeted 80% from January. New members include the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class (and its G-Wagen sibling), Land Rover Range Rover Sport, Lincoln MKZ, and the BMW 1-Series, sales of which skyrocketed 171% from January.

16 vehicles on this list of 30 best-selling luxury vehicles carry German badges. There are four American automobiles, one Korean car, one British SUV, one Swedish crossover, and thus seven Japanese vehicles. The Lincoln MKX and Acura MDX, incidentally tied for seventh spot in February, are both built in Canada, as is the Lexus RX350

Rank	Car	Status	February 2011	Last Month	February 2010
#1	BMW 3-Series	↔	706	443	691
#2	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	↑	630	378	608
#3	Lexus RX	↓	491	425	474
#4	Audi Q5	↑	433	374	153
#5	Audi A4	↓	383	385	338
#6	BMW X3	↑	356	193	204
T7	Acura MDX	↑	334	203	328
T7	Lincoln MKX	↑	334	172	332
#9	BMW X5	↓	330	262	217
#10	Mercedes-Benz GLK	↓	328	208	327
#11	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	↓	238	253	274
#12	Infiniti G	↑	233	142	253
#13	Mercedes-Benz B-Class	↓	219	231	183
#14	Acura TL	↑	205	87	145
#15	Mercedes-Benz E & CLS-Class	↑	201	158	242
#16	BMW 5-Series	↓	198	165	99
#17	Cadillac CTS	↓	188	199	221
#18	Cadillac SRX	↓	186	187	138
#19	Acura RDX	↔	181	130	114
#20	Lexus IS	↑	153	115	131
#21	Audi A5	↔	151	123	147
#22	Volkswagen Touareg	↓	137	125	77
#23	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	↑	115	70	77
#24	Volvo XC60	↓	115	106	60
#25	Hyundai Genesis	↑	113	99	228
#26	BMW 1-Series	↑	111	41	104
#27	Mercedes-Benz G & GL-Class	↑	108	85	89
#28	Lincoln MKZ	↑	102	40	71
#29	Lexus ES	↓	94	101	155
#30	Porsche Cayenne	↓	90	49	26

Source: Manufacturers And Automotive News Data Center

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Popular Car Market Share In Canada - February 2011

The list of Canada's 20 best-selling vehicles changed in February, but only slightly. Of greater importance to followers of this Graph is the purple slice's portion of the pie. At 50.6% of all vehicles sold in Canada, the 230 or so "other models" took home 1.5 more percentage points in February. This means that, on the whole, Canada's 20 best-selling vehicles weren't quite as popular in February as they were in January.

Half of the 20 Best Sellers were domestic products. One was European: the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta. Half of the 20 were cars. There's one minivan, five utility vehicles, and four trucks. Those trucks, of course, are all in the top 10.

5.7% of all February 2011 new vehicle sales in Canada were Ford F-Series trucks. To be precise, 57.31 of every thousand vehicle sales were F-150s or its Super Duty brethren. That's quite a bit off last February's F-Series market share hold of 6.8%. F-Series sales are down 1.8% in 2011.