Best Selling Luxury Car - Many brands witnessed stagnant sales figures. Luxury car brands especially suffered lower sales figures as people saved money and bought more cautiously.
Within the last two years, luxury car sales figures are already gaining much ground thanks to an improving economy. This has seen notable luxury brands develop not only new generations of existing cars but introduce new lines of sedans and ever more popular crossovers.
The following looks at the top 15 luxury brands in the United States.
1. BMW - 17.6%
2. Mercedes-Benz - 17.1%
Runner-up in American luxury sales is German giant Mercedes-Benz. In total, 75,065 C-class cars were sold in 2014. The company also benefitted from sales from the E-class (66,400), M-Class (46,726), GLK (35,000) and S-class (25,200).
3. Lexus - 16.1%
Stopping ze Germans from sweeping the podium in the luxury car market in the US is Toyota's luxury brand. Lexus has seen American sales rise nearly 14% in 2014. That said, Lexus also boasts good sales of its large and small luxury sedans.
4. Audi - 9.4%
Within the 1980s, Audi popularized ‘quattro' a permanent full-time four-wheel drive system made legendary in its World Rally Championship car. Today, Audi is known as a performance and luxury brand which holds nearly 10% of your American luxury car market.
5. Cadillac - 8.8%
Having gone through a serious overhaul of designs and a campaign to appeal to a younger consumer, Cadillac finds itself as the top American luxury car manufacturer. In 2014 around 30,500 Escalades were sold in the united states, roughly similar to the company's sales performance figures for the CTS and ATS.
6. Acura - 8.7%
The smaller RDX crossover, built since 2006, managed a remarkable 44,800 sales. The mid-sized Acura MDX, built since 2000, saw sales jump 23% in 2014 with 65,600 sold.
7. Infiniti - 6.1%
Last year, car maker Infiniti sold over 117,000 vehicles in the United States. As Nissan's luxury brand, Infiniti provides a range of vehicles which regularly resemble their Nissan counterparts but have additions like softer suspension, better audio equipment, navigation systems and leather interiors.
8. Lincoln - 4.9%
Arriving at #8 is American luxury car company, Lincoln. Available since 2006, the MKZ is available in both FWD and AWD layouts and it is powered by three engine options - a 2.0L four-cylinder, 3.7L six-cylinder plus a 2.0L four-cylinder hybrid. Alright, Alright.
9. Volvo - 2.9%
Even the sporty versions still resembled bricks on wheels. Last year, Volvo's total US cars sales were placed at 56,366. The driving force (pun intended) behind Volvo's 2014 sales were the 4-door S60 sedan (20,000 sold) and the XC60 crossover (19,000 sold).
10. Land Rover - 2.7%
Land Rover breaks into the top 10 of luxury brand sales in the USA thanks to selling 51,465 vehicles just last year. The best-selling Land Rover in America in 2014 was the Range Rover Sport.
11. Porsche - 2.4%
In 2014, Porsche sold 47,000 vehicles inside the Unites States. With this figure, roughly two-thirds were luxury vehicles. The clear #1 favorite among Porsche enthusiasts remained the Cayenne mid-sized crossover which 16,200 were sold.
12. Tesla - 1.4% (estimated)
Enter US automaker Tesla Motors. Tesla has become famous for being a maker of electric cars which don't seem like electric cars.
13. Jaguar - .8%
Jaguar is synonymous with luxury. The loss in sales is being felt across nearly the complete range of jaguar cars. Jaguar will be hoping the F-type can continue these strong sales to make up for the drop-off in other car types.
14. Maserati - .7%
In 2014, Italian carmaker Maserati sold 12,943 cars in the US, a jump of 171% over the previous year. Traditionally, to purchase a Maserati in the states you needed more than $100,000.
15. Bentley - .2%
Unsurprisingly, this British carmaker (now owned by Volkswagen) felt the pinch from the financial crisis in 2009 when car sales plummeted to around 1,300.
Within the last two years, luxury car sales figures are already gaining much ground thanks to an improving economy. This has seen notable luxury brands develop not only new generations of existing cars but introduce new lines of sedans and ever more popular crossovers.
The following looks at the top 15 luxury brands in the United States.
1. BMW - 17.6%
2. Mercedes-Benz - 17.1%
Runner-up in American luxury sales is German giant Mercedes-Benz. In total, 75,065 C-class cars were sold in 2014. The company also benefitted from sales from the E-class (66,400), M-Class (46,726), GLK (35,000) and S-class (25,200).
3. Lexus - 16.1%
Stopping ze Germans from sweeping the podium in the luxury car market in the US is Toyota's luxury brand. Lexus has seen American sales rise nearly 14% in 2014. That said, Lexus also boasts good sales of its large and small luxury sedans.
4. Audi - 9.4%
Within the 1980s, Audi popularized ‘quattro' a permanent full-time four-wheel drive system made legendary in its World Rally Championship car. Today, Audi is known as a performance and luxury brand which holds nearly 10% of your American luxury car market.
5. Cadillac - 8.8%
Having gone through a serious overhaul of designs and a campaign to appeal to a younger consumer, Cadillac finds itself as the top American luxury car manufacturer. In 2014 around 30,500 Escalades were sold in the united states, roughly similar to the company's sales performance figures for the CTS and ATS.
6. Acura - 8.7%
The smaller RDX crossover, built since 2006, managed a remarkable 44,800 sales. The mid-sized Acura MDX, built since 2000, saw sales jump 23% in 2014 with 65,600 sold.
7. Infiniti - 6.1%
Last year, car maker Infiniti sold over 117,000 vehicles in the United States. As Nissan's luxury brand, Infiniti provides a range of vehicles which regularly resemble their Nissan counterparts but have additions like softer suspension, better audio equipment, navigation systems and leather interiors.
8. Lincoln - 4.9%
Arriving at #8 is American luxury car company, Lincoln. Available since 2006, the MKZ is available in both FWD and AWD layouts and it is powered by three engine options - a 2.0L four-cylinder, 3.7L six-cylinder plus a 2.0L four-cylinder hybrid. Alright, Alright.
9. Volvo - 2.9%
Even the sporty versions still resembled bricks on wheels. Last year, Volvo's total US cars sales were placed at 56,366. The driving force (pun intended) behind Volvo's 2014 sales were the 4-door S60 sedan (20,000 sold) and the XC60 crossover (19,000 sold).
10. Land Rover - 2.7%
Land Rover breaks into the top 10 of luxury brand sales in the USA thanks to selling 51,465 vehicles just last year. The best-selling Land Rover in America in 2014 was the Range Rover Sport.
11. Porsche - 2.4%
In 2014, Porsche sold 47,000 vehicles inside the Unites States. With this figure, roughly two-thirds were luxury vehicles. The clear #1 favorite among Porsche enthusiasts remained the Cayenne mid-sized crossover which 16,200 were sold.
12. Tesla - 1.4% (estimated)
Enter US automaker Tesla Motors. Tesla has become famous for being a maker of electric cars which don't seem like electric cars.
13. Jaguar - .8%
Jaguar is synonymous with luxury. The loss in sales is being felt across nearly the complete range of jaguar cars. Jaguar will be hoping the F-type can continue these strong sales to make up for the drop-off in other car types.
14. Maserati - .7%
In 2014, Italian carmaker Maserati sold 12,943 cars in the US, a jump of 171% over the previous year. Traditionally, to purchase a Maserati in the states you needed more than $100,000.
15. Bentley - .2%
Unsurprisingly, this British carmaker (now owned by Volkswagen) felt the pinch from the financial crisis in 2009 when car sales plummeted to around 1,300.
