Given the overall new vehicle market’s slowdown in May 2016, caused in part by an abbreviated sales month, Canadian sales of small SUVs and crossovers were rather healthy, rising 4% despite the market’s downturn.
Canada Vehicle Sales By Model – April 2016 YTD
Canada SUV/Crossover Sales By Model – May 2016 YTD
Yet their bigger brethren, thanks to big gains from the Ford Explorer and Ford Flex, Hyundai Santa Fe XL, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Kia Sorento, Mazda CX-9, Nissan Murano, and Toyota 4Runner, posted even more substantial improvements on the percentage scale.
Year-over-year, all the aforementioned nameplates increased by at least 20% in May 2016.
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The Ford Explorer’s big May – and the Toyota Highlander’s 1% drop – means the Ford is now within 34 units of catching the Highlander in the three-row SUV sales race. Ford’s three-row numbers have been strengthened of late by big Flex sales figures. 1255 Flexes were sold in the March-May period, up 84% from 682 one year ago.
Meanwhile, at Ford’s former Mazda partner where the first-generation CX-9 shared much with Ford Motor Company vehicles, the second-generation CX-9 arrived at dealers at the tail end of May and generated the nameplate’s best-ever May results.
At only 308 May sales, the CX-9 was a relatively rare sight in comparison with the Explorer, Highlander, and Santa Fe XL. But we expect the new CX-9 to become a far more common sight over the coming months. And we’ll review one soon.
You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank midsize SUVs and crossovers any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • June 2016 • April 2016 • May 2015
|
SUV
|
May
2016 |
May
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
160
|
365 | -56.2% | 1185 | 1264 | -6.3% | |
|
251
|
378 | -33.6% | 1349 | 1358 | -0.7% | |
|
578
|
532 | 8.6% | 3036 | 1707 | 77.9% | |
|
2333
|
2133 | 9.4% | 9022 | 5875 | 53.6% | |
|
1232
|
998 | 23.4% | 5189 | 4261 | 21.8% | |
|
470
|
379 | 24.0% | 1422 | 703 | 102% | |
|
372
|
690 | -46.1% | 1991 | 2697 | -26.2% | |
|
683
|
600 | 13.8% | 3133 | 2315 | 35.3% | |
|
2154
|
2796 | -23.0% | 10,050 | 11,051 | -9.1% | |
|
935
|
712 | 31.3% | 3893 | 2821 | 38.0% | |
|
2003
|
1426 | 40.5% | 7437 | 4754 | 56.4% | |
|
1435
|
1034 | 38.8% | 6407 | 6813 | -6.0% | |
|
308
|
89 | 246% | 770 | 475 | 62.1% | |
|
1510
|
929 | 62.5% | 6086 | 3425 | 77.7% | |
|
721
|
832 | -13.3% | 4280 | 3848 | 11.2% | |
|
—
|
— | — | — | 4 | -100% | |
|
572
|
452 | 26.5% | 2631 | 1943 | 35.4% | |
|
1085
|
1099 | -1.3% | 5223 | 4078 | 28.1% | |
|
129
|
186 | -30.6% | 563 | 905 | -37.8% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
16,931
|
15,630 | 8.3% | 73,667 | 60,297 | 22.2% |
|
Offroaders
|
May
2016 |
May
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2240
|
2485 | -9.9% | 8168 | 8994 | -9.2% | |
|
10
|
320 | -96.9% | 222 | 631 | -64.8% | |
|
—
|
— | — | — | 8 | -100% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
2250
|
2805 | -19.8% | 8390 | 9633 | -12.9% |
|
Tall Wagons
& Crossovers |
May
2016 |
May
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
—
|
22 | -100% | 5 | 232 | -97.8% | |
|
850
|
868 | -2.1% | 4043 | 4300 | -6.0% | |
|
512
|
630 | -18.7% | 2570 | 2604 | -1.3% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
1362
|
1520 | -11.6% | 6618 | 7136 | -7.8% |
Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ Total Santa Fe volume: down 12% to 3089 in May; up 0.5% to 13,943 YTD.
GCBC isn’t here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains why you’ll see the Wrangler and Xterra listed with small SUVs, too, and the Subaru Outback shown with mainstream cars… because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.
RECOMMENDED READING
Midsize SUV Sales In Canada – June 2016
Midsize SUV Sales In Canada – April 2016
Midsize SUV Sales In Canada – May 2015
Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada – May 2016
Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings – May 2016
Large SUV Sales In Canada – May 2016
Small SUV Sales In Canada – May 2016