There’s simply 3 months ahead of we are saying good-bye to 2023, and the luxurious automotive gross sales race has observed some attention-grabbing trends up to now this 12 months.

BMW has overtaken Mercedes-Benz’s automotive and SUV department, Lexus is storming up the charts to position power on Audi, and Genesis is outselling Alfa Romeo, Jaguar and Maserati mixed.

Let’s check out the luxurious manufacturers and the place they stand with 3 months to head. We’ve not noted ultra-luxury manufacturers like Bentley and Rolls-Royce for brevity.

However we’ve incorporated Tesla and Polestar, even supposing their standing as luxurious automotive manufacturers has been wondered.

Tesla: 37,977 gross sales

You’ll be able to argue Tesla isn’t a luxurious logo, given its cars compete with mass-market fare just like the Kia EV6 and it now not sells its pricier Fashion S and Fashion X in Australia.

What you’ll be able to’t argue, then again, is how spectacular Tesla gross sales are. At 37,977 devices offered to the top of September, it’s the 8th best-selling logo in Australia, overtaking stalwarts like Nissan, Subaru and Volkswagen.

That makes it a long way and away the best-selling logo of the ones assembled on this article, with the Fashion Y conveniently its perfect dealer (23,457 gross sales, up 336.3 according to cent) forward of the Fashion 3 (14,540, up 68.2 according to cent).

No longer solely is the Fashion Y clobbering each different mid-sized SUV over $60,000, it has overtaken the extra inexpensive MG ZS and Toyota RAV4 to take a seat in 3rd spot general in the back of solely the Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux.

BMW: 19,040 gross sales

Even supposing you strip away gross sales of Mercedes-Benz’s business car department, one thing for which BMW has no pageant, the three-pointed superstar has bested its Bavarian nemesis in Australia annually since 2012.

Judging through the gross sales charts this 12 months, then again, that streak may finish. BMW offered 2354 cars to the top of September, up 15.8 according to cent at the identical length final 12 months.

The X3 stays its most sensible dealer, even though at 3122 gross sales it used to be down 14.8 according to cent. The brand new X1 used to be up 40.6 according to cent to take the second one spot with 2984 gross sales, with the X5 in 3rd (2663 gross sales, up 10.2 according to cent) and the 3 Sequence in fourth (2342 gross sales, up 7 according to cent).

BMW’s coupes and coupe SUVs aren’t doing as smartly this 12 months, with double-digit declines around the board apart from for the brand new 2 Sequence (739 gross sales, up 79.8 according to cent) and two-door 8 Sequence fashions (49 gross sales, up 22.5 according to cent).

The electrical iX is promoting in nearly the similar volumes as fashions just like the X7, with 661 devices, up 114.6 according to cent.

Mercedes-Benz: 18,490 gross sales

With 18,490 gross sales, Mercedes-Benz deliveries are 14.2 according to cent in comparison with the primary 3 quarters of 2022.

This tally doesn’t come with a separate 3455-vehicle depend for the corporate’s Vehicles department, which contains shipment trucks just like the Vito and Sprinter, and folks movers just like the EQV.

The logo’s best-selling GLC, of which a brand new era introduced mid-year, is recently sitting at 2625 gross sales, a decline of 27.8 according to cent; the GLC Coupe’s gross sales are reported one after the other (1275 gross sales, down 3.4 according to cent).

Different quantity gamers to peer declines come with the A-Magnificence (1929 gross sales, down 16 according to cent), C-Magnificence sedan (2277 gross sales, down 15 according to cent), and GLE (1984 gross sales, down 10.9 according to cent even because the GLE Coupe greater through 5.5 according to cent).

The sharpest building up in gross sales belongs to the electrical EQB, which is up 420.7 according to cent to 578 gross sales.

Audi: 13,613 gross sales

Audi gross sales are up 29.3 according to cent in comparison with the primary 3 quarters of 2022, with the Q3 and Q5 conveniently the Ingolstadt marque’s perfect dealers.

The Q3 is up 3.5 according to cent to 3363 gross sales, even though it remains to be stored from the highest spot in its phase through the Volvo XC40. The Q5 is the logo’s 2d perfect dealer (3213 gross sales, up 28.8 according to cent), even though it’s been overtaken through the Lexus NX in its phase.

In 3rd position is the A3 with 2209 gross sales, up 45.7 according to cent.

Some Audis have additionally skilled spikes in recognition against the top in their lifecycles.

The A4 is up 74.2 according to cent to 674 gross sales, the A5 Sportback up 34.9 according to cent to 406 gross sales, the Q7 up 67.9 according to cent to 1321 gross sales, and the TT up 154.8 according to cent to 79 gross sales. Different fashions just like the A6, A7 and A8, then again, have posted double-digit declines.

Lexus: 11,483 gross sales

Lexus has already set a gross sales report for 2023, and the 12 months isn’t even over.

With 11,483 gross sales, it’s up 114.3 according to cent even because it has endured to be suffering from provide problems. Each Lexus fashion has offered in both the similar volumes (LS) or larger (each different fashion) this 12 months.

With 5063 gross sales, the NX is up 123.1 according to cent and is conveniently the logo’s perfect dealer. Simplest the LX has observed a better building up in gross sales (805 devices, up 232.6 according to cent).

The RX is the logo’s 2d perfect dealer with 2178 devices, up 78.8 according to cent, adopted through the UX (1861 gross sales, up 106.1 according to cent). Regardless of a marketplace that has been transferring clear of sedans, the ES has notched 1343 gross sales, up 106.9 according to cent.

Volvo: 8821 gross sales

Australia’s best-selling small luxurious SUV has accounted for simply over part of Volvo Automobile Australia’s gross sales within the first 3 quarters of 2023.

The XC40 has logged 4573 gross sales, up 19 according to cent. The XC60 us a far off 2d for the logo at 2011 gross sales, down 28.9 according to cent, with the XC90 (996 gross sales, down 9.9 according to cent) and newly launched C40 (970 gross sales) following.

Whilst the V60 Move Nation is up 2.7 according to cent, that used to be to simply 152 gross sales – simply forward of the S60 sedan (119 gross sales, down 39.6 according to cent).

Land Rover: 6200 gross sales

The arriving of the brand new Vary Rover and Vary Rover Recreation, in addition to the ongoing approval for the Defender, has helped propel Land Rover gross sales upward through 79.9 according to cent in comparison with the primary 3 quarters of 2022.

The Defender is conveniently the logo’s perfect dealer (2923 gross sales, up 156.9 according to cent), adopted through the Vary Rover Recreation (1590 gross sales, up 94.9 according to cent) and Vary Rover (567 gross sales, up 617.7 according to cent).

The second one biggest building up in quantity, then again, has come from the Land Rover Discovery. It logged 326 gross sales, an building up of 226 according to cent, which has observed it overtake the smaller, less expensive Discovery Recreation and Vary Rover Evoque.

Porsche: 4866 gross sales

Porsche gross sales are up 18.7 according to cent, with all fashions bar the 911 and Taycan up at the identical length final 12 months.

The logo’s perfect dealer is the venerable Macan (2379 gross sales, up 19.2 according to cent), adopted through the Cayenne Coupe (709 gross sales, up 43.8 according to cent) and Cayenne (577 gross sales, up 4.9 according to cent).

The Taycan and 911 have posted solely modest declines. The 911 is down 1.6 according to cent to 432 gross sales, whilst the Taycan is down 6.5 according to cent to 375 gross sales.

Polestar: 1789 gross sales

Polestar volumes are up through 129.7 according to cent in comparison with the primary 3 quarters of 2022.

It nonetheless has simply the Tesla Fashion 3-rivalling 2 liftback to supply, which has recorded 1789 gross sales. That isn’t sufficient to topple Tesla, however the Polestar has outsold the Kia EV6 (1147 gross sales) and Hyundai Ioniq 5 (707 gross sales).

The logo desires to promote greater than 5000 cars in 2025, and can get a spice up from the brand new Polestar 3 due in 2024. The Polestar 4 has additionally been showed for our marketplace, which is about to be a higher-volume fashion.

Genesis: 1451 gross sales

Genesis continues to develop, with gross sales up 92.2 according to cent in comparison with the primary 3 quarters of 2022.

The GV70 accounts for round 62 according to cent of the logo’s quantity with 897 gross sales, up 137.3 according to cent. In a far off 2d position is the GV80 (302 gross sales, up 64.1 according to cent), adopted through the electric-only GV60 (161 gross sales, up 177.6 according to cent).

Genesis sedans proceed to battle in a marketplace that has cooled against sedans. The logo offered 57 G70s within the first 3 quarters of 2023, down 16.2 according to cent, and 34 G80s, down 49.3 according to cent.

Alfa Romeo and Maserati: 489 gross sales each and every

Stellantis’ two Italian luxurious manufacturers offered an equivalent 489 devices within the first 3 quarters of 2023, an development over the similar length final 12 months. Alfa Romeo is up 10.5 according to cent, whilst Maserati is up 5.4 according to cent.

Unsurprisingly, it’s the 2 manufacturers’ most up to date merchandise which might be riding this expansion. The Tonale, Alfa Romeo’s new entry-level fashion introduced this 12 months, is accounting for 46 according to cent of gross sales, whilst the Giulia and Stelvio are each down (through 31.9 according to cent and 47.6 according to cent, respectively).

Maserati’s growing older Ghibli, Quattroporte and Levante are all down through 75 according to cent or extra, with the Grecale – a cousin to Alfa’s Stelvio, and a brand new entry-level fashion as of this 12 months – accounting for round 76 according to cent of the logo’s gross sales.

Jaguar: 374 gross sales

JLR’s plan for the Jaguar logo is to make it a extra unique, low-volume logo.

Even ahead of it switches to an completely electrical fashion vary with much more prestigious cars, it’s already ticking the low-volume field. It’s solely round 200 gross sales above the likes of Bentley and Ferrari regardless of a spread comprising 3 SUVs, two sedans and a sports activities automotive.

Gross sales to September are down 39.2 according to cent at the identical length final 12 months.

The F-Kind is taking part in a swansong bump (37 gross sales year-to-date, up 19.4 according to cent) and the I-Tempo is up, albeit from an excessively low base (24 gross sales, up 41.2 according to cent). However its F-Tempo is lagging its Vary Rover-badged cousin the Velar (213 gross sales, down 23.1 according to cent), whilst the remainder of its vary languishes in double digits.

That excludes the XF, of which Jaguar has offered simply six examples this 12 months, down 50 according to cent.