Small SUV Sales In America – May 2018

Best Selling Small SUVs in America for May 2018

Here you will find the Small SUV sales leaders in the United States for May 2018. Each month we compile the Small SUV sales data and reports for North American markets and analyze it to create the best selling list below.

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Our Take On The Small SUVs Sales Numbers

After struggling in April, the Nissan Rogue posted a resurgent 18.1% year-on-year growth in sales to go top of the small and crossover SUV sales chart for the USA in May 2018.

That spike in sales put it ahead of rivals from Toyota, Honda and Ford, as well as the strong-selling Jeep Cherokee and Compass.

Small SUVs and crossovers is a key growth area in the US market; bolstered at the moment by a strong job market and spreading consumer confidence, interest rate hikes have so far had little effect on the upturn in sales in this area.

An extra day of sales over last May no doubt played a part in the increases seen for many of the below nameplates last month, but many of the increases were far in advance of what a single bonus day could achieve.

Highest growth was seen for the Volkswagen Tiguan, which almost quadrupled its sales on the previous May for its best May to date. Others experiencing steep upward curves include the aforementioned Compass, Toyota’s C-HR and Subaru’s enduringly popular XV Crosstrek, in the brand’s best-ever May.

Less fruitful in May for Subaru was the Forester, though a replacement is due later in the year which may be hampering sales somewhat, along with the sheer strength of the Crosstrek product.

Best Selling Small SUVs Rankings

Top Small SUVs Sales Figures – This Month

This sales table of shows the top Small SUV sales performers in the United States, including their year on year growth rates both for the most recent month and year to date figures. Note that this table is sortable and that it fees the chart below. You can easily change the chart by filtering and sorting the below table.

For reference US = United States Sales for the month, US LY = Last Year’s United States Sales for the month, US vs LY = The Year on Year Growth Rate, YTD = United States Sales Year to Date, YTD LY = Last Year’s United States Year to Date Sales, YTD vs LY = The Year on Year Growth Rate.

Small and Crossover SUV Sales

Subcompact SUV and Crossover Sales