Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America – April 2016

A streak which began in November 2015 continued through April 2016. Over the last half-year, six full months, the Toyota RAV4 has been America’s best-selling SUV/crossover.

The RAV4’s April 2016 victory came about thanks to the Toyota’s own 32% year-over-year increase and 3807 RAV4 Hybrid sales. The nearest competitor, Honda’s typically top-ranked CR-V, was 1239 sales behind as a result of its own 2% year-over-year decline.

U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – April 2016 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model – April 2016 YTD

For the most part, however – despite further losses from a handful of top-selling domestic utilities – the SUV/crossover sector was full of popular models which sold better in April 2016 than in April 2015. From the Ford Explorer’s 25% jump to the Toyota 4Runner’s 36% leap forward to the doubling up of Jeep Renegade and Compass sales, improvements were common.

The exceptions included Ford’s top-selling utility, the Escape, as well as Ford’s third-ranked utility, the new Edge, and the top-selling utilities from General Motors (Chevrolet Equinox) and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (Jeep Cherokee). The Cherokee’s 7% drop, in fact, helped two other Jeeps to sell more often.

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Yet the Jeep brand did sell more vehicles in April 2016 than in any prior April. Jeep earned fully a quarter of the best sellers’ list available positions with its second-highest-volume month ever.

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 America’s best-selling trucks in April and will shortly publish the list of America’s 20 best-selling cars.

April 2017 • May 2016 • March 2016 • April 2015

Rank	Best-Selling SUV/Crossover	April 2016	April 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Toyota RAV4	30,152	22,914	31.6%	106,274	89,924	18.2%
#2	Honda CR-V	28,913	29,452	-1.8%	100,101	102,579	-2.4%
#3	Ford Escape	23,920	25,770	-7.2%	95,514	93,042	2.7%
#4	Ford Explorer	23,546	18,844	25.0%	86,961	77,551	12.1%
#5	Nissan Rogue	23,173	21,767	6.5%	92,209	86,253	6.9%
#6	Chevrolet Equinox	20,607	28,856	-28.6%	80,486	94,469	-14.8%
#7	Jeep Wrangler	19,003	18,849	0.8%	60,744	60,967	-0.4%
#8	Jeep Grand Cherokee	18,021	16,030	12.4%	65,071	59,407	9.5%
#9	Jeep Cherokee	17,667	19,072	-7.4%	67,201	67,285	-0.1%
#10	Toyota Highlander	15,037	13,763	9.3%	53,710	49,125	9.3%
#11	Subaru Forester	14,490	13,977	3.7%	52,917	51,613	2.5%
#12	Subaru Outback	14,294	12,534	14.0%	51,565	48,021	7.4%
#13	Chevrolet Traverse	12,186	11,475	6.2%	39,105	42,434	-7.8%
#14	Ford Edge	11,484	13,097	-12.3%	47,477	36,609	29.7%
#15	Honda Pilot	11,370	11,222	1.3%	40,096	48,103	-16.6%
#16	Jeep Patriot	10,456	9470	10.4%	39,203	39,162	0.1%
#17	Kia Sorento	10,353	9808	5.6%	35,046	36,711	-4.5%
#18	Toyota 4Runner	10,135	7432	36.4%	35,706	29,445	21.3%
#19	Jeep Renegade	9730	4214	131%	31,681	5157	514%
#20	Jeep Compass	9421	4124	128%	29,995	18,530	61.9%

Source: Automakers
The Subaru Outback and XV Crosstrek, formerly ranked with cars, are now eligible for best-selling SUV/crossover status on GCBC.