Top 15 Best-Selling Luxury Vehicles in U.S. - October 2013

With a still fresh sedan, a brand new coupe, and wagons and convertible availability as well, the BMW 3-Series lineup is selling really rather well. BMW, presumably for consistency's sake, is currently including sales of the 4-Series in the 3-Series' total.  In all, multiple bodystyles combined for 11,715 sales in October, 42% of BMW USA's volume. 3-Series/4-Series sales were 79% stronger than sales of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the second-ranked premium brand car in October. In between, sales of the Lexus RX jumped 15% to 7979 units. The RX sold 42% more often than the second-ranked luxury utility vehicle from Acura, the more costly MDX.  Click Chart To Expand As America's new vehicle market grew 10.4% in October, Acura, Audi, Bentley, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche grew at an above-average pace. Together with BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Volvo and a handful of sales from Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, and Rolls-Royce, and excluding the Sprinter van, these premium brands accounted for 12.7% of the new vehicles sold in the United States in October 2013.  Their 15 best-selling vehicles, listed below, were responsible for 52% of their October sales. Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these models can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well. The + icon has been removed from year-over-year improvements. Look instead for red font to designate year-over-year declines. We've also added prior year data, so you'll spend less time hunting around GCBC for historical figures.