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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Large Luxury SUV Sales In America July 2014 YTD

Cadillac sold 2467 copies of its regular-wheelbase Escalade in July 2014, while U.S. sales of the long-wheelbase Escalade ESV jumped 107% to 1427 units.

• U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - July 2014 YTD
• All Makes & Models Ranked By July 2014 YTD U.S. Sales
• All SUVs & Crossovers Ranked By July 2014 YTD U.S. Sales

USA large luxury SUV sales chart July 2014

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Clearly theres been a measure of pent-up demand for this new Escalade. Weve known about it for a while, and consumers in this category are often keen to drive the newest and flashiest jumbo SUV, not one that had been around since before the previous president left office.

Nevertheless, theres no denying that the numbers are massive. 26% of all Cadillacs sold in America in July 2014 were Escalades, up from 13% in July 2013 when the Escalade EXT was also contributing. (Its not anymore.)

The Escalade does have rivals, most notably in the form of Land Rovers iconic Range Rover on the high end and the typical best seller, Mercedes-Benzs GL-Class, on the low end. Neither are currently selling anywhere near as often as the Cadillac Escalade, let alone the Escalade and ESV combined.

Cadillac certainly needs the Escalades growth at the moment. Non-Escalade sales at Cadillac were down 17% in the U.S. in July 2014 as the car division slid 23% and SRX sales fell 7%.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBCs Sales Stats page. This table is now sortable, so you can rank large luxury SUVs 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 • August 2014 • June 2014 • July 2013

Large Luxury SUV	July 2014	July 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Cadillac Escalade & Escalade ESV/EXT	3894	1975	97.2%	14,349	12,638	13.5%
Infiniti QX80 / QX56	952	780	22.1%	7170	6747	6.3%
Land Rover Range Rover	1273	1420	-10.4%	7238	6740	7.4%
Lexus LX570	248	292	-15.1%	2229	2308	-3.4%
Lincoln Navigator	634	633	0.2%	4287	4462	-3.9%
Mercedes-Benz G-Class	252	230	9.6%	1738	1503	15.6%
Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	1640	2165	-24.2%	13,366	17,111	-21.9%
Toyota Land Cruiser	213	214	-0.5%	1706	1698	0.5%
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Total	9106	7709	18.1%	52,083	53,207	-2.1%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
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. 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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Large Luxury SUV Sales In America - August 2014 YTD
Large Luxury SUV Sales In America - June 2014 YTD
Large Luxury SUV Sales In America - July 2013 YTD
Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America - July 2014
Small & Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America - July 2014 YTD
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - July 2014 YTD

Large Car Sales In America December 2014 And 2014 Year End

U.S. sales of large cars from volume brands decreased 8% in 2014, a loss of nearly 51,000 units compared with 2013.

• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year End
• U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year End

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The Chevrolet Impala, still a popular nameplate, suffered a 10.5% year-over-year decrease to 140,280 units. Combined, the Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 – 147,481 sales between the pair - were down 5.5%. The Ford Taurus took a 22% dive. Hyundai Azera volume tumbled 36%. The Nissan Maxima, approaching replacement, slid 6.5%. Toyota Avalon sales slid 5% following 2013 sales which increased to a six-year high.

With the American market, even the global market, turning toward more practical and similarly fuel-efficient utility vehicles, this will simply not be a growth segment in the near (or likely even distant) future.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. 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 large cars 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

Large Car	December 2014	December 2013	% Change	2014	2013	% Change
Buick LaCrosse	5034	3123	61.2%	51,468	48,798	5.5%
Buick Lucerne	---	---	---	---	9	-100%
Chevrolet Impala	13,088	10,633	23.1%	140,280	156,797	-10.5%
Chevrolet SS	93	239	-61.1%	2479	418	493%
Chrysler 300	3992	4881	-18.2%	53,382	57,724	-7.5%
Dodge Charger	8422	10,145	-17.0%	94,099	98,336	-4.3%
Ford Taurus	3748	5411	-30.7%	62,629	79,960	-21.7%
Hyundai Azera	697	1092	-36.2%	7232	11,221	-35.5%
Hyundai Genesis *	2923	3280	-10.9%	29,992	32,330	-7.2%
Kia Cadenza	548	844	-35.1%	9267	8626	7.4%
Nissan Maxima	3180	6509	-51.1%	50,401	53,896	-6.5%
Toyota Avalon	6501	6212	4.7%	67,183	70,990	-5.4%
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Total	48,226	52,369	-7.9%	568,412	619,105	-8.2%

Source: Automakers
* Hyundai USA, not GoodCarBadCar, chooses to combine sales figures for the Genesis sedan and Genesis Coupe, forcing us to include the Genesis with these volume-brand cars on pricing grounds before we even get to the "brand status" issue. 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. 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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Large Car Sales In America - January 2015
Large Car Sales In America - November 2014 YTD
Large Car Sales In America - December 2013 YTD
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - December 2013
Midsize Car Sales In America - December 2014 & Year End
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - December 2014 & Year End

Mercedes-Benzs S-Class outsold all its direct rivals in the United States in July 2014. In fact, the S-Class outsold many indirect rivals, as well, and one key (less costly) Mercedes-Benz, too.

• U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - July 2014 YTD
• All Cars Ranked By July 2014 YTD U.S. Sales
• All Makes & Models Ranked By July 2014 YTD U.S. Sales

USA large luxury car sales chart July 2014

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For every 3.5 S-Class sedans sold in America in July, BMW sold but one 7-Series. The S-Class outsold the Audi A8 by a similar margin, the Lexus LS by a 3-to-1 count.

Year-to-date, Mercedes-Benz USA has sold 13,366 GL SUVs; not quite that many S-Classes. In July, however, as in June, the S-Class outsold the GL.

This is of some consequence, as the rise of high-end SUVs has caused sales of these large luxury flagship sedans to gradually decline. But the S-Class/GL-Class equation isnt the only one that matters.

Consider the Jaguar XJ, which is likely to sell around 5000 copies in 2014, or half as many as XJs as were sold in 2004, when the car looked like the one in the above image. Meanwhile, after five years in the four digits, Land Rover sold 12,221 Range Rovers in 2013 and could top 13,000 units in 2014. Mercedes-Benz could sell 23,000 S-Classes this year; they sold nearly 31,000 in 2006, when fewer than 19,000 GLs were sold.

What about those other big luxury cars, the ones which lack the high prices and brand stature of the S-Class and 7-Series? Hyundai sold 305 copies of the Equus in July (2082 YTD), Kia sold 132 K900s (and 948 since March), and Cadillac reported 1939 XTS sales (13,429 YTD).

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. 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 large luxury cars 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 • August 2014 • June 2014 • July 2013

Large Luxury Car	July 2014	July 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Audi A7 *	647	645	0.3%	5116	4685	9.2%
Audi A8	503	452	11.3%	3137	3551	-11.7%
BMW 6-Series	384	477	-19.5%	5717	5631	1.5%
BMW 7-Series	544	851	-36.1%	5255	5926	-11.3%
Jaguar XJ	305	570	-46.5%	2627	3125	-15.9%
Lexus LS	624	661	-5.6%	4578	5908	-22.5%
Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class *	705	585	20.5%	3899	4237	-8.0%
Mercedes-Benz S-Class	1920	577	232.8%	13,151	6788	93.7%
Porsche Panamera	391	487	-19.7%	3516	3019	16.5%
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Total	6023	5305	13.5%	46,996	42,870	9.6%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
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, right? This explains why youll see the the A7 and CLS here but also with midsize luxury cars... 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. Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model. ANDC estimates say sales for those brands in July 2014 were 102, 175, 59, 14, and 75, respectively. Tesla, unfortunately, doesnt release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but HybridCars.com estimates 1400 July Tesla sales, 9400 YTD.

RECOMMENDED READING
Large Luxury Car Sales In America - August 2014 YTD
Large Luxury Car Sales In America - June 2014 YTD
Large Luxury Car Sales In America - July 2013 YTD
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - July 2014
Small & Midsize Luxury Car Sales In America - July 2014 YTD
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - July 2014 YTD

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