mcmdds1

The TLX had best monthly sales ever for Oct 2015 at 5777 sold in the US market. Beat out Lexus ES,IS and Infinti Q50; no data yet on BMW 3 series or Mercedes C class. Most likely due to great end of model year deals on the '15's. Acura's best selling model for October. Software updates seemed to have helped some of the transmission issues with the TLX. My 2.4 is much better after the last update. Only complaint is slight thud when shifting from R to D when engine is a little cold. No more lurches at stop signs, etc. since my last update. Great car for the price !

CheeseyPoofs McNut

Wow - they killed it! I guess people really respond to the super duper aggressive pricing!

Puts them at 40,585 (US sales) for the year - on track to come in between 48,000 and 50,000.

I think I may plan my next car purchase out a little better instead of purchasing the same month the new model goes on sale and having to pay close to MSRP

ggesq

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Not too shabby.

BEAR-AvHistory

BMW 3/4 was 14,307

YTD 117,157

Not sure which of the MB C's you are tracking

C, CL, CLA, CLK, CLS

Stew4HD

Look! A parade! Quick, someone rain on it!

blacktsxwagon

I will do the honors. This month's issue of Consumer Reports will certainly affect sales. Reliability is a huge selling point for any Acura, and the TLX was literally at the bottom of the compact luxury segment according to CR.

atl7

CL and CLK were discontinued, and he's talking about sedans so it's the C class sedan.

mapleloaf

Interesting that of the 5 major luxury brands, BMW had the 2nd highest total fleet sales but the only negative percentage decrease. Mercedes had the highest total fleet sales and a percentage increase of 3.3, the second lowest increase. Acura sold 16, 079, the 3rd lowest percentage increase. Lexus had the 3rd highest vehicle sales at over 26k, and the second highest percentage increase at 13.2%. Infiniti sold the fewest vehicles at 11,143, but the highest percentage increase of 23.2%.

So after careful analysis of the numbers, and factoring in end of year sales and consumer trends, I conclude that………….that……Chevrolet had a very good month and a lot of people buy trucks

mcmdds1

Yeah it'll be interesting to see how well the TLX continues to sell with the CR review. The C class (C300 etc.) got dinged pretty hard too. Of course, the TLX is way cheaper than the C class to buy and maintain. The C class sedan is also pretty tight inside. I'm 5'11" and felt a little cramped. Not as bad as the Lexus IS though. BMW 3 series is a great car too but you gotta pay extra $$ for everything. I'm thinking an entry level luxury car should come with at least power seats and a backup camera standard. The TLX will never match BMW's driving dynamics (my last car was a 2011 335i sedan), but it's a great, smooth everyday driver. CR was a little harsh on the 2.4 DCT. Minor software updates seemed to have corrected the problems. The 9 speed ZF seems a different matter entirely. Acura needs to dump the ZF in the TLX ASAP to save their reputation. What's funny though is the MDX switched to the same ZF 9 speed and it's transmission gets good ratings by CR. The MDX is also recommended by CR. ??? Maybe the CR rating is based on owner experiences with the old 6 speed in the MDX ?

BEAR-AvHistory

No October number on the C yet. September was 7660.

BEAR-AvHistory

Percentages are not good tracking numbers outside of internal growth figures.

Brand A sells 1 car & the next month 2 cars for a 100% increase period to period.

Brand B sells 100 cars & the next month 110 for only a 10% increase period to period.

Best seller in the USA Ford pickup @ 2300 a 12 hour work day.

AZuser

Mercedes-Benz USA Reports October Sales Of 32,472 Units Sold -- ATLANTA, Nov. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

C-class : 7,283

BMW Group U.S. Reports October 2015 Sales -- WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Nov. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

3 series : 11,012
4 series : 3,295

Tony Pac

amazing! great year for Acura....hopefully they increase the TLX sales above 50K units next year.

LoneRonin

everyone's just riding Acura but BMW is just murdering everyone else...

KeithL

I am sure October numbers were helped by the steep discounts on 15's. I got one and referred a friend that got one as well. Curious how November does.

akaczr

Bought a V6 Tech in October as well out of the blue after shopping for the '16 Accord the last few months. Is there a breakdown of the 4-cyl vs 6-cyl? I'm pretty new to researching the TLX but know they consolidated the TSX and TL to come up with the 2 engines for the different powertrains for the TLX lineup. I'm curious about Sales Mix.

pushead

Not sure if they publish the breakdown of the two versions, but I could be wrong. I am also curious to know as well between the two.

I have been told by the Acura salesman that Acura does produce more V6 compared the I4 TLXs, and more discounts and incentives are given to the V6 models.

youngTL

BMW and lately MB are going with the 'car for almost everyone' route. They cover a massive spread on a similar platform for many models. Expect them to go even more downmarket with the 2-series.

For example, the Mercedes-Benz B-class is a big seller in Canada. 1768 sales for the USA but 1800 for Canada. Considering the population difference, the Canadian B-class is selling at a rate of ~10 times as many as the US, per capita!

I think if they offer their lower end cars here, they're starting to steal a few sales from some of the major mid-market brands including Toyota, Ford, etc.