European sales 2019-Q3 Premium Large SUV segment

Bart Demandt
Europe Premium Large SUV Segment
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Highlights:

  • Segment up 8% YTD, gains 0,2 percentage points to now hold 1,8% of the European new car market
  • BMW X5 untouchable, best performer in the top-3 at +27% and the only nameplate to sell over 10k units per quarter
  • VW Group best selling manufacturer YTD with 31,6% share ahead of BMW Group with 18,1% and Jaguar-Land Rover with 18% and Daimler with just 13%
  • The Volvo XC90 in 3rd place in Q3 but returns to 2nd place YTD ahead of the Range Rover Sport, just when the all-new Mercedes-Benz GLE outsold the XC90 to grab the #2 spot for the quarter
  • The VW Touareg outsells the RR Sport as well in Q3 to take the fourth place it also holds YTD
  • Audi places no less than 3 nameplates in the YTD top-8 with the e-Tron as best seller in overall 7th place in Q3, followed by the Q7 and the Q8, which is still the brand’s best seller for the year
  • The renewed Porsche Cayenne outsold all three Audis in Q3 but is still behind for the first three quarters
  • The Range Rover is knocked down 2 spots in the YTD ranking to #10, just ahead of its stablemate Land Rover Discovery, one of the biggest losers of the segment, together with the Q7 and the Tesla Model X
  • The Mercedes-Benz G-Class manages to hold on to its 12thplace YTD with sales up 55% thanks to the new generation
  • The Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe and BMW X6 are simultaneous high double digit losers this year, as victims of the fresher Audi Q8
  • The BMW X7 outsells its rival Mercedes-Benz GLS by a huge margin, taking a 16th place in the third quarter.

Premium large SUV segment 2019 Q1-Q3 2018 Q1-Q3 Change Share
1 BMW X5 31.527 24.757 27% 14,9%
2 Volvo XC90 21.519 22.979 -6% 10,2%
3 Range Rover Sport 21.157 19.149 10% 10,0%
4 Volkswagen Touareg 18.786 9.761 92% 8,9%
5 Mercedes-Benz GLE 15.248 20.083 -24% 7,2%
6 Audi Q8 12.945 2.362 448% 6,1%
7 Audi Q7 12.440 18.620 -33% 5,9%
8 Audi e-Tron 10.687 0 New 5,1%
9 Porsche Cayenne 10.521 12.974 -19% 5,0%
10 Range Rover 9.465 9.140 4% 4,5%
11 Land Rover Discovery 7.488 11.005 -32% 3,5%
12 Mercedes-Benz G-Class 6.787 4.391 55% 3,2%
13 Tesla Model X 5.965 8.600 -31% 2,8%
14 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.708 6.385 -11% 2,7%
15 Lexus RX 5.082 5.566 -9% 2,4%
16 Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe 3.861 5.078 -24% 1,8%
17 BMW X6 3.803 7.614 -50% 1,8%
18 BMW X7 2.693 0 New 1,3%
19 Maserati Levante 2.512 3.430 -27% 1,2%
20 Mercedes-Benz GLS 1.613 2.776 -42% 0,8%
21 Lamborghini Urus 792 130 509% 0,4%
22 Bentley Bentayga 637 1.127 -43% 0,3%
23 Rolls Royce Cullinan 269 0 New 0,1%
24 Infiniti QX70 23 267 -91% 0,0%
Segment total 211.528 196.194 8%

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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.