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TOP 10 BEST-SELLING SUVs IN CANADA – APRIL 2010

By some standards there’s only one true sport-utility vehicle on this list of April’s best-selling SUVs in Canada. #10, you might recall, is basically the grandfather of all SUVs with heritage going back more than 60 years. The other nine vehicles in this month’s Graph, some will say, are simply crossovers. Others prefer to call them CUVs because they’re more SUV than tall wagon, even though the Wrangler is invariably the only non-car-based vehicle in this group of Sales Stats

For the sake of brevity and simplicity, they’re all SUVs in GoodCarBadCar.net’s book. And when it comes to selling SUVs in Canada, nothing flies out the doors quite like the Ford Escape. Month-in and month-out, the Ford Escape is hugely popular, one of Canada’s best-selling vehicles of any type. 
Challenged most avidly by the Hyundai Santa Fe in April, the Escape still came out on top by 420 sales. Nevertheless, it’s interesting to see the Hyundai Santa Fe selling so well. Being a favoured vehicle of The Good Car Guy is not enough to secure 2,782 sales in one month. Riding a wave of Hyundai appreciation surely does favours for the Santa Fe. See, Hyundai was Canada’s fifth most popular brand in April, a good chunk of sales ahead of Honda and closing in on Chevrolet.

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(Canada’s best-selling SUVs: Ford Escape, Hyundai Santa Fe, Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, 
Dodge Journey, Chevrolet Equinox, Ford Edge, Hyundai Tucson, Nissan Rogue, Jeep Wrangler)

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  1. Truth. Read the article before you get all caught up looking at pretty pictures. At one point or another every vehicle has to get labeled. There is also no point trying to fgure out if the person who wants a Rogue will test a CRV or a RAV4. They might test the Rogue and a Sentra. Then they might decide they want to save money on a Versa. None of us is able to accurately determine automobile segments, @anonymous.

  2. "Comparing a Journey to a Wrangler makes no sense"? My experience in a new car showroom says ALL Vehicles at similar price points in the same showroom ALWAYS get compared. No one would come in lookingat both the Journey and the Wrangler but a vehicle's pros and cons make you look at other stuff, such as the Wrangler when you're looking at the Journey. Are they all SUVs? Who cares…. it's a big umbrella, best seller lists always are. But the statement about vehicles not being compared is flat wrong.

  3. @emelsee you speak the truth. Currently, I drive one of the smallest cars. Prior to deciding on the small car, I test drove a van and a dodge magnum and was considering a jeep Cherokee. Sometimes segments and direct competitors mean very little.

  4. Truth. Read the article before you get all caught up looking at pretty pictures. At one point or another every vehicle has to get labeled. There is also no point trying to fgure out if the person who wants a Rogue will test a CRV or a RAV4. They might test the Rogue and a Sentra. Then they might decide they want to save money on a Versa. None of us is able to accurately determine automobile segments, @anonymous.

  5. @anonymous, whoever you may be, read the Graph's introduction carefully: "For the sake of brevity and simplicity…." There's no denying nobody cross-shops a Wrangler with a Journey. But then, how many people cross-shop a Mazda MX-5 Miata with a Honda Accord? Nobody argues that they're both cars, do they? If you want to see vehicle segments broken down into respective groups, where even then it's hard to classify, you need to take a closer look at this Sales Stats link.

  6. Might want to take a lesson in vehicle segments. Your definition of SUV is all over the map. Comparing a Journey to a Wrangler makes no sense. Segments are established by buying pattern and demographics. Think about 'cross-over'…oh and mini-van…easy to over-look as its out-sells cars in Canada HUGE!

  7. Dodge seems to be doing very well with the Journey, but the Caliber has "tanked" and the PT Cruiser is down to 30 units for April.
    Not on this list but could be in 11th place, is the new Kia Sorento at 972 units which is more than they sold of the old model in 2009 (879 units). Wondering if they will get to the top ten? Also in another couple of months we will see if the new Sportage has the same reaction to sales as the new Sorento.

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