Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada – December 2013

35% Of The Hondas Sold In Canada In December Were CR-Vs

For the first time since March and just the second time this year, the Ford Escape was not the best-selling SUV or crossover in Canada. December 2013 results didn’t land the Toyota RAV4 in the top spot, however, as March’s figures showed. This time it was the Honda CR-V’s turn.

Also unlike March, when the RAV4 pipped the Escape by 380 sales in a down month for the Ford, the doubling of CR-V volume helped the Honda to a 1041-unit victory during a month in which Escape sales were on the rise.

New vehicle sales in Canada grew 4% in December. New car sales rose, according to the Automotive News Data Center, were down 9.5%. Only five of Canada’s top 20 best-selling utility vehicles sold less often this December than in December 2012. 14 sold at an above-average growth rate. Seven posted increases above 50%. Two, the best-selling CR-V and 20th-ranked Volkswagen Tiguan, sold more than twice as often in December 2013 as in December 2012.

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The Jeep Cherokee ranked sixth among SUVs and crossovers in December. 2013’s year end results won’t show the kind of impact the Cherokee had late in the year, but Jeep brand sales figures went from being down 2% through the first ten months of the year to ending 2013 up 4%.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these best-selling SUVs and crossovers 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 Canada’s best-selling trucks and best-selling cars in December and in short order will also be publishing 2013-specific editions.

December 2014 • January 2014 • November 2013 • December 2012

Rank	Best-Selling SUV/Crossover	December 2013	December 2012	% Change	2013	2012	% Change
#1	Honda CR-V	4040	1959	106%	34,481	33,339	3.4%
#2	Ford Escape	2999	2781	7.8%	45,141	44,099	2.4%
#3	Toyota RAV4	2303	1487	54.9%	33,156	25,942	27.8%
#4	Nissan Rogue	1844	923	99.8%	16,878	14,329	17.8%
#5	Hyundai Santa Fe Sport *	1524	1971	-22.7%	26,010	23,394	11.2%
#6	Jeep Cherokee	1508	—	—	2906	—	—
#7	Chevrolet Equinox	1458	1048	39.1%	19,819	20,390	-2.8%
#8	Mazda CX-5	1251	786	59.2%	17,648	11,301	56.2%
#9	Dodge Journey	1223	1578	-22.5%	27,745	28,888	-4.0%
#10	Hyundai Tucson	1034	597	73.2%	11,685	13,969	-16.4%
#11	Subaru Forester	922	610	51.1%	11,239	7156	57.1%
#12	Ford Edge	910	1011	-10.0%	17,274	18,837	-8.3%
#13	Jeep Grand Cherokee	882	683	29.1%	11,587	10,416	11.2%
#14	Jeep Wrangler	831	988	-15.9%	18,578	18,996	-2.2%
#15	Ford Explorer	819	768	6.6%	10,772	10,427	3.3%
#16	GMC Terrain	751	567	32.5%	7909	8019	-1.4%
#17	Nissan Pathfinder	683	530	28.9%	7936	2666	198%
#18	Kia Sorento	666	1022	-34.8%	14,542	14,031	3.6%
#19	Audi Q5	624	564	10.6%	7547	6152	22.7%
#20	Volkswagen Tiguan	605	276	119%	7385	5657	30.5%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
* Total Santa Fe Sport/Santa Fe XL sales: down 8% to 1806 in December; 25% to 29,220 in 2013.