February 2013 Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs And Crossovers In Canada

Canada’s top-selling SUV squeaked out a victory over a perennial top five candidate, the surging RAV4. Helped by a clear-out of outgoing third-generation RAV4s and the arrival of the heavily-marketed fourth-generation RAV4, Toyota came within 44 units of catching the Ford Escape.

15 of Canada’s 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers sold less than half as often as the Escape and RAV4. In a market which suffered a 3.3% decrease in overall Canada-wide volume, nine of Canada’s 20 most popular SUVs and crossovers posted year-over-year increases. Through two months, BMW X3 sales are up 86%. During the same two months, sales of the smaller and less expensive BMW X1 are down 65%. The X1 was BMW’s best-selling SAV at this time last year, it ranks third in the four-member family this year.

All Vehicles Ranked By February 2013 & YTD Canadian Sales

Yet strong sales of the X3 have more than made up for the X1’s losses, and the X5’s decline, too. Relevance? The BMW X3 was Canada’s top-selling premium brand utility last month; the Audi Q5 outsold the Lexus RX by ten units. Just missing out on the February 2013 edition of Canada’s 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers was the 21st-ranked RX, historically the premium brand leader in the utility vehicle category. 46 of the 449 RXs sold were hybrids.

GoodCarBadCar published the list of Canada’s 20 best-selling cars earlier this evening. All 13 trucks were ranked earlier this week. Sales figures for these 20 best-selling SUVs – sales figures for any current vehicle – can be found by making a selection at GCBC’s Sales Stats page. That’s where you’ll find, for example, that Mazda only began selling the CX-5 last February, which explains the huge year-over-year increase.

February 2014 – March 2013 – January 2013 – February 2012