- April 2013 U.S. SUV And Crossover Sales Rankings – Top 88 Best-Selling SUVs In America – Every SUV Ranked
- October 2013 U.S. SUV And Crossover Sales Rankings – Top 91 Best-Selling SUVs In America – Every SUV Ranked
- All-new models 2013: small crossovers hottest segment
- July 2013 U.S. SUV And Crossover Sales Rankings – Top 89 Best-Selling SUVs In America – Every SUV Ranked
April 2013 U.S. SUV And Crossover Sales Rankings – Top 88 Best-Selling SUVs In America – Every SUV Ranked
The U.S. auto industry collected 1,467,409 sales via 88 SUVs and crossovers in the first four months of 2013. 27% of those sales came from the five best-selling utility vehicles in America, the Ford Escape, Honda CR-V, Chevrolet Equinox, Ford Explorer, and Toyota RAV4. Combined, the top five outsold the bottom 61 utilities in the first third of this year.
These 88 SUVs and crossovers accounted for 29.5% of the U.S. new vehicle market, both year-to-date and in April. If you were persuaded to include the Honda Crosstour, Toyota Venza, Audi A4 Allroad, Volvo XC70, Subaru XV Crosstrek, and Subaru Outback in the SUV list (and not with 143 other passenger cars), then utility vehicle sales would rise to 1,542,611, equal to 31% of the overall new vehicle market.
The Outback, America’s 21st-best-selling car, would rank as America’s 12th-best-selling SUV. The debate about vehicle classification has always been pointless, and we’re now realizing more than ever that it’ll be an endless one. Buick Encore? Mini Paceman? Nissan Juke?
We’ve got all three here, but they could easily join the car list. For that matter, so could the Ford Escape, Honda CR-V, and Chevrolet Equinox, America’s three most popular ess-you-vees. All three can deliver decent empeegees, after all.
36 different SUVs and crossovers have sold less often this year than last. Six of those vehicles have been cancelled, however. This means nearly two-thirds of SUV nameplates have sold more often in 2013 than in 2012, at least through these first four months. Some of the biggest gains belong to vehicles which weren’t on sale in all of 2012’s first four months (JX35, CX-5) or have enjoyed a wholesale replacement (Pathfinder, RDX). But the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, GMC Yukon XL, Toyota Land Cruiser, and Audi Q7 have all posted improvements of at least 40%: big improvements for big SUVs.
GoodCarBadCar isolated pickup trucks, minivans, commercial vans, and passenger cars already. In a market which reported These utility vehicles, with an extra 161,355 units between them – having lost 12,066 sales from the departures of the Dodge Nitro, Mazda CX-7, Mazda Tribute, and Suzuki XL7 – are up 12.4% in 2013.
These are year-to-date rankings, but you can sort SUVs by April volume by clicking the April 2013 column header, or you can rank SUVs by improvements or declines using the % columns. Or, most importantly, you can list an automaker’s cars together by selecting the SUV/Crossover column header. Just remember, the list is horizontally flipped from the norm: YTD on the left, monthly data on the right.
As always, you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these vehicles by selecting a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page.
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October 2013 U.S. SUV And Crossover Sales Rankings – Top 91 Best-Selling SUVs In America – Every SUV Ranked
Ten of America’s 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers wear Detroit badges, and three of the top five. But the Ford Escape, after leading the Honda CR-V through seven months, has been outsold by the CR-V by more than 7000 sales in the three months since.
Nevertheless, the top-ranked CR-V’s lead is tenuous.
The Ford F-Series will end 2013 as America’s best-selling truck. The Toyota Camry will end 2013 as America’s best-selling car. We do not know if the CR-V will hold on to its 1093-unit lead. At this time last year, the CR-V was 13,679 sales ahead of the Escape.
Among premium brand utility vehicles, the Lexus RX is 35,379 sales ahead of the next-best-selling Cadillac SRX. The Lexus ranks 16th; the Cadillac is America’s 27th-best-selling SUV or crossover.
GM’s Market Share In The Large SUV Category Is 74% |
5.3% of the SUVs and crossovers sold in America are full-size products from General Motors, Ford, Nissan, and Toyota. At 11.7%, full-size SUV growth seems strong – the overall new vehicle market isn’t growing that fast, after all. But overall SUV/CUV sales are up 12.3% in 2013. Those same seven large SUVs accounted for 5.4% of the SUV market one year ago.
Meanwhile, the four best-selling utility vehicles in the United States – the smaller CR-V, Escape, Equinox, and RAV4 – make up 22.6% of the SUV/CUV market, up from 22.5% during the first ten months of 2012.
Premium automakers produce 15.3% of all SUV/CUV sales, up from 15.2% at this stage of 2012. Sales of SUVs and crossovers at Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volvo are up 12.5% through the first ten months of 2013.
New to the list this month: the 2014 Jeep Cherokee, which collected its first 579 sales in late October and currently sits in the 85th spot. (Mazda is also attributing a second sale to the defunct Tribute’s YTD total, although we don’t know in which month the sale occurred.)
The Range Rover’s 194% YOY Increase Was Best Among SUVs and Crossovers In October 2013 |
There are substantial improvements in this month’s ranking of vehicle sales. Prior year figures now include the actual numbers from last year, not just the percentage increase from last year. As a result, we’ve also included vehicles like the Dodge Nitro and Suzuki XL7, nameplates which collected sales in 2012 but were extinct before 2013 began. At any time, click the Rank column to return to the original format. If you’re on a mobile device, you may need to choose the full version of the site (at the bottom of the page) in order to use the sortable function.
Reminder: these are year-to-date rankings, but you can sort utility vehicles by October volume by clicking the October 2013 column header, or you can rank SUVs and crossovers by improvements or declines using the % columns. Or, most importantly, you can list automakers together by selecting the SUV/Crossover column header. Just remember, the list is horizontally flipped from the norm: YTD on the left, monthly data on the right.
As always, you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these vehicles by selecting a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page.
All-new models 2013: small crossovers hottest segment
In 2013, only 7 all-new models were introduced in Europe, and another 22 models celebrated their first full year of sales. With all-new models, I mean models that have no direct predecessor, they expand their brand’s line-up.
The most successful model launch is the Renault Captur, selling 84.085 units in Europe, in only 10 months on the market. The second best all-new model is the Peugeot 2008, which sold 58.672 units in 11 months, and the Chevrolet Trax takes the final spot on the podium, thanks to 17.658 sales in 10 months on the market.
Do you notice a trend here? Yes, small crossovers are booming business in Europe at the moment. The segment as a whole grew an astonishing 81% in 2013, without really cannibalizing on the subcompact, compact, or small MPV segments.
Three out of seven all-new models for 2013 were small crossovers, with another handful of model entering the segment this year: the Ford Ecosport is due in showrooms, the Fiat 500X and a small Jeep on the same platform will be introduced in the second half of 2014. Further down the road, VW will have its Up!-based Taigun ready for the market at the end of 2015, around the same time as the Honda Vezel, which is based on the Jazz. Toyota is planning a true crossover to replace its slow-selling Urban Cruiser in 2016 and Hyundai/Kia are hoping to match their success in the midsized SUV segment with models below their ix35 and Sportage, to be introduced in 2016 as well.
If we take a look at cars that marked their first full year of sales in 2013, there’s another small crossover on the podium: the Opel/Vauxhall Mokka comes in third place with 70.768 sales, right behind the Fiat 500L small MPV with 74.536 sales and the Volvo V40 premium compact with 74.079 sales.
Thanks to the success of the Fiat 500L, the “500” subbrand made up over 40% of total 2013 Fiat sales in Europe. And with the aforementioned introduction of the 500X, this percentage is likely to grow to over half in 2015. Clearly, this product line has been a lifesaver for Fiat.
All new in 2013 | ||
Model | 2012 | 2013 |
Renault Captur | 0 | 84.085 |
Peugeot 2008 | 0 | 58.672 |
Chevrolet Trax | 0 | 17.658 |
Suzuki S-Cross | 0 | 8.365 |
Jaguar F-type | 0 | 2.750 |
Maserati Ghibli | 0 | 339 |
Mercedes-Benz GLA | 0 | 225 |
First full year in 2013 | ||
Model | 2012 | 2013 |
Fiat 500L | 10.494 | 74.536 |
Volvo V40 | 21.554 | 74.079 |
Opel/Vauxhall Mokka | 5.475 | 70.768 |
Ford B-Max | 15.871 | 68.557 |
Opel/Vauxhall Adam | 429 | 45.756 |
Skoda Rapid | 2.929 | 38.447 |
Dacia Lodgy | 27.429 | 33.244 |
Mercedes-Benz CLA | 37 | 27.598 |
Dacia Dokker | 1.026 | 19.867 |
Mitsubishi Space Star/Mirage | 34 | 13.978 |
Seat Toledo | 1.240 | 13.597 |
Citroën C4 Aircross | 11.037 | 11.822 |
Toyota Prius+ | 10.571 | 10.416 |
Renault Zoe | 13 | 8.262 |
Citroën C-Elysee | 1.609 | 7.091 |
Toyota GT86 | 4.783 | 6.080 |
Opel/Vauxhall Cascada | 30 | 5.696 |
Peugeot 4008 | 3.744 | 3.972 |
Peugeot 301 | 1.100 | 3.943 |
Mercedes-Benz Citan | 941 | 2.252 |
Subaru BRZ | 381 | 865 |
Lancia Flavia | 534 | 467 |
July 2013 U.S. SUV And Crossover Sales Rankings – Top 89 Best-Selling SUVs In America – Every SUV Ranked
Americans registered 289,351 more SUVs and crossovers in the first seven months of 2013 than they did in the same period a year ago, a 12% increase. Overall new vehicle sales are up 8% this year, car sales are up 6%, minivans are down 4%.
55% of the purchases made and leases leased resulted in higher numbers for the 15 best-selling SUVs and crossovers on this list of 89 vehicles. In other words, 17% of the nameplates generate 55% of the utility vehicle volume.
The Ford Escape, America’s top-selling utility vehicle, accounts for 6.6% of all registrations in the segment; the second-ranked Honda CR-V another 6.4%. 91% of the SUV/CUV nameplates available don’t sell half as often as the Escape or CR-V.
America’s leading premium brand crossover is the Lexus RX, which ranks 17th overall. Cadillac’s SRX is 25,322 sales back. Often thought of as luxury vehicles, the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Buick Enclave rank seventh and 24th, respectively.
Rumour Has Chevrolet Returning The TrailBlazer To North America In 2014 |
Led by the Chevrolet Tahoe in 21st spot, America’s seven full-size, truck-based SUVs are responsible for 5.3% of all SUV/crossover sales. Doesn’t sound like much? As a group, they’re just as likely a purchase as the Chevrolet Equinox, America’s third-best-selling crossover.
These are year-to-date rankings, but you can sort SUVs by July volume by clicking the July 2013 column header, or you can rank SUVs by improvements or declines using the % columns. Or, most importantly, you can list automakers together by selecting the SUV/Crossover column header. Just remember, the list is horizontally flipped from the norm: YTD on the left, monthly data on the right.
As always, you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these vehicles by selecting a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page.