tachyon

E60 sales for the month of July were down 7% from the same month last year. This marks the third stright month that the Mercedes Benz E-Class has outsold the 5 series (4,938 units to 4,525 in July). E-Class sales were up 53% over the same month last year! Otherwise, sales in the midsize premium car segment are down (Lexus GS -34%, Infiniti M -42%). The new Jaguar XF sold 947 units in July. And the new Lincoln MKS sold 2,279 units this month.

Mercedes Benz is kicking a$$ - July sales were up 12% over last year. The C-Class is leading the way with 6,241 units (up 45%). Even still, it doesn't touch the BMW 3 series at 11,303 units in July (-2%). The Cadillac CTS is still selling well, up 38% over last year to 5,262 units.

Richard in NC

Most of the numbers, I'm not suprised at. Folks are going away from big expensive gas guzzling vehicles, explaining the downturn in 5,6,7 & X sales. The 3 has lots of new competition (including the 1 series) as does the X3. It is likely the lower end BMWs that will loose out to value shoppers as well. The Mini and 1 series gains just can't make up for the lost sales in the rest of the line.

Also I bet some folks are holding out for the new 7 and updated 3, causing them to loose more sales.