Highlights
- Segment down 14% YTD, loses 0,3 percentage points to now hold 2,3% share of the European new car market.
- Mercedes-Benz E-Class still the dominant player of the segment, strengthened further by having Coupe and Convertible versions available as well
- Audi A6 the only player in the top-4 to gain sales YTD, at +19% thanks to the new generation
- Volvo S90/V90 biggest loser in the top-5 as cannibalized by the smaller S60/V60
- Tesla Model S also down sharply, -48% YTD, also due to internal competition of the smaller Model 3. As a result, German Big-3 regain 7,5 percentage points of segment share to 83,3%
- Mercedes-Benz CLS up 12% YTD thanks to the new generation, but sales were already down 35% in Q3 when it was outsold by the Model S and Audi A7
- Jaguar XF outsold in Q3 by the Lexus ES and BMW 6-Series, ES already sold more than the GS has done in any full year in the last decade.
| Premium large car segment | 2019 Q1-Q3 | 2018 Q1-Q3 | Change | Share | |
| 1 | Mercedes-Benz E-Class | 81.209 | 92.508 | -12% | 29,4% |
| 2 | BMW 5-series | 66.375 | 82.166 | -19% | 24,0% |
| 3 | Audi A6 / S6 / RS6 / Allroad | 64.674 | 54.455 | 19% | 23,4% |
| 4 | Volvo S90/V90 | 29.923 | 44.561 | -33% | 10,8% |
| 5 | Mercedes-Benz CLS | 6.890 | 6.137 | 12% | 2,5% |
| 6 | Tesla Model S | 6.604 | 12.788 | -48% | 2,4% |
| 7 | Audi A7 / S7 / RS7 | 6.411 | 7.051 | -9% | 2,3% |
| 8 | Jaguar XF | 5.140 | 8.315 | -38% | 1,9% |
| 9 | BMW 6-series | 4.464 | 8.562 | -48% | 1,6% |
| 10 | Lexus ES | 2.940 | 0 | New | 1,1% |
| 11 | Maserati Ghibli | 1.405 | 2.002 | -30% | 0,5% |
| 12 | Lexus GS | 137 | 946 | -86% | 0,0% |
| 13 | Infiniti Q70 | 17 | 62 | -73% | 0,0% |
| Segment total | 276.189 | 319.553 | -14% |
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Car sales statistics are from the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
Sources: Manufacturers, ANDC, JATO Dynamics.