Top 25 Best-Selling SUVs In America – 2014 Year End

The Honda CR-V was America’s best-selling SUV in 2014, the CR-V’s third consecutive year atop the SUV/crossover leaderboard.

Trailing the CR-V were vehicles as rugged as the Jeep Wrangler (ranked ninth), as quiet as the Lexus RX (ranked 15th), as big as the Chevrolet Tahoe (ranked 20th), and as competitive as the Ford Escape, Toyota RAV4, Chevrolet Equinox, Nissan Rogue, and Jeep Cherokee, which ranked second, third, fourth, sixth, and eighth, respectively, in calendar year 2014.

• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – 2014 Year End
• U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model – 2014 Year End

The CR-V took over from the Ford Explorer in 2007 and has only looked back once, in 2011, when the Ford Escape stole its crown. Like the CR-V (and RAV4, and Equinox, and Rogue), the Escape reported record U.S. sales this last year.

Meanwhile, the Ford Explorer, a dominant SUV of the past, is not forgotten. Explorer sales jumped 9% to 209,994 units in 2014, enough for fifth place overall and the Explorer’s best U.S. sales year since 2005.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these best-selling SUVs can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC’s Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well. GoodCarBadCar has already published the list of America’s best-selling trucks and will shortly publish the list of best-selling cars in 2014 and also December-specific editions.

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Rank	Best-Selling SUV/Crossover	2014	2013	% Change
#1	Honda CR-V	335,019	303,904	10.2%
#2	Ford Escape	306,212	295,993	3.5%
#3	Toyota RAV4	267,698	218,249	22.7%
#4	Chevrolet Equinox	242,242	238,192	1.7%
#5	Ford Explorer	209,994	192,397	9.1%
#6	Nissan Rogue	199,199	162,751	22.4%
#7	Jeep Grand Cherokee	183,786	174,275	5.5%
#8	Jeep Cherokee	178,508	25,786	592%
#9	Jeep Wrangler	175,328	155,502	12.7%
#10	Subaru Forester	159,953	123,592	29.4%
#11	Toyota Highlander	146,127	127,572	14.5%
#12	Ford Edge	108,864	129,109	-15.7%
#13	Honda Pilot	108,857	126,678	-14.1%
#14	Hyundai Santa Fe	107,906	88,844	21.5%
#15	Lexus RX	107,490	103,920	3.4%
#16	GMC Terrain	105,016	99,525	5.5%
#17	Chevrolet Traverse	103,943	96,467	7.7%
#18	Kia Sorento	102,520	105,649	-3.0%
#19	Mazda CX-5	99,122	79,544	24.6%
#20	Chevrolet Tahoe	97,726	83,502	17.0%
#21	Dodge Journey	93,572	83,933	11.5%
#22	Jeep Patriot	93,462	75,797	23.3%
#23	GMC Acadia	83,972	89,793	-6.5%
#24	Nissan Pathfinder	79,111	88,632	-10.7%
#25	Toyota 4Runner	76,906	51,625	49.0%

Source: Automakers
* The Subaru Outback (up 18% to 138,790 in 2014) is ranked with best-selling cars.
This post was updated at 6:25 PM on the 01.05.2015 to reflect the inclusion of the Journey and Patriot.