Tesla Model 3 Outselling Small And Midsize Luxury Cars In US In July [Infographic]

In the second quarter of 2018, Tesla produced just over 53,000 vehicles, doubling its output compared to the same quarter last year. For the first time, Model 3 production (28,578) exceeded combined Model S and X production (24,761) with deliveries to customers totaling 40,740 for the quarter. The ramp up in Model 3 production is enabling it to outsell small and midsize luxury car sales in the U.S., according to some number crunching by CleanTechnica's Zachary Shahan.

His analysis claims that the Model 3 is crushing its "competitors" in that segment with total estimated sales for July amounting to 16,000 vehicles. (Of course whether small and midsize luxury cars should be defined as the Model 3's competition, as Tesla has claimed of late, is debatable.) The closest individual model to Tesla's mass market endeavor is the Mercedes C-Class and even then, its July sales are estimated at just 6,029 units. The Model 3 is still untouchable when sales figures from multiple vehicles produced by the same company are added together. For example, the analysis expects sales of the BMW 2, 3, 4 and 5 Series to hit 12,811 at the end of the July in total while customers will get their hands on 11,835 Mercedes C, CLA, CLS and E-Class models. That all means that Tesla would have a 23 percent share of the small and midsize luxury car market in July, ahead of BMW's 17 percent and Mercedes' 17 percent.

*Click below to enlarge (charted by Statista)

Estimated U.S. small and midsize luxury car sales in July 2018Statista

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