Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America for August 2018
Here you will find the Top 20 best selling SUV sales leaders in the United States for August 2018. Each month we compile the Top 20 best selling 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 Top 20 Best Selling SUV Sales Numbers
Many SUVs surged in August, with US consumers continuing to flock to them and away from sedans in their droves.
The new Jeep Compass has hit its stride, setting an August record last month as further up the chart Wrangler and Cherokee see steep growth.
There’s no change to the running order for the top-four despite a drop in sales for RAV4. The Subaru Outback, Forester and CrossTrek also saw sales fall year-on-year, with only the Forester’s year-to-date sales dipping below the rate for the first two-thirds of 2017. The 2019 model-year Forester is due to hit showrooms shortly.
Top 20 Best Selling SUVs Rankings
This sales table of shows the top 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.
Top 20 Best Selling SUVs in America - August 2018
| Model | US | US LY | % Change | YTD | YTD vs LY | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota RAV4 | 42,222 | 43,265 | -2.4 | 281,705 | 269,835 | 4.4 |
| Honda CR-V | 34,610 | 30,986 | 11.7 | 247,042 | 250,601 | -1.4 |
| Nissan Rogue | 33,400 | 29,844 | 11.9 | 275,137 | 257,958 | 6.7 |
| Chevrolet Equinox | 27,716 | 28,245 | -1.9 | 208,718 | 185,223 | 12.7 |
| Ford Escape | 24,395 | 23,631 | 3.2 | 189,652 | 208,303 | -9.0 |
| Ford Explorer | 24,035 | 20,747 | 15.8 | 175,523 | 177,827 | -1.3 |
| Toyota Highlander | 23,300 | 18,845 | 23.6 | 158,713 | 137,837 | 15.1 |
| Jeep Cherokee | 21,978 | 11,874 | 85.1 | 155,907 | 105,060 | 48.4 |
| Jeep Wrangler | 20,168 | 16,808 | 20.0 | 174,968 | 134,428 | 30.2 |
| Jeep Grand Cherokee | 20,072 | 23,572 | -14.8 | 147,341 | 158,975 | -7.3 |
| Subaru Outback | 18,006 | 20,327 | -11.4 | 125,097 | 124,161 | 0.8 |
| Jeep Compass | 16,339 | 9,305 | 75.6 | 116,149 | 42,579 | 172.8 |
| Subaru Forester | 15,435 | 15,528 | -0.6 | 108,471 | 118,768 | -8.7 |
| Honda Pilot | 15,332 | 9,568 | 60.2 | 104,437 | 73,908 | 41.3 |
| Mazda CX-5 | 12,970 | 11,631 | 11.5 | 106,190 | 80,110 | 32.6 |
| Toyota 4Runner | 12,862 | 10,358 | 24.2 | 90,134 | 83,753 | 7.6 |
| Kia Sorento | 11,995 | 8,934 | 34.3 | 76,737 | 68,924 | 11.3 |
| Subaru CrossTrek | 11,900 | 12,823 | -7.2 | 99,039 | 64,323 | 54.0 |
| Chevrolet Traverse | 11,691 | 11,337 | 3.1 | 95,903 | 76,921 | 24.7 |
| Ford Edge | 11,563 | 10,838 | 6.7 | 89,761 | 93,251 | -3.7 |
| ∑ = 409,989 | ∑ = 368,466 | ∑ = 3,026,624 | ∑ = 2,712,745 |