January 2013 Large SUV Sales In America

13,667 full-size mainstream brand sport-utility vehicles found homes in America in January 2013. That’s down 7.5% from the 14,783 large SUVs sold in the U.S. a year ago, when the segment made up 1.6% of all new vehicle sales in America. These seven sport-utes accounted for just 1.3% last month. Americans, for business use and presumably even personal use, registered 18,487 commercial-oriented vans.

The Chevrolet Tahoe, America’s 15th-best-selling SUV in December, posted a 9% year-over-year decline and a 58% month-over-month slide even as the market rose 14% year-over-year and slid just 23% from December to January.

All 247 Vehicles Ranked By January 2013 Sales

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Nevertheless, the Tahoe was still the top-selling large SUV in America last month, 1127 sales ahead of the Ford Expedition, sales of which rose 6% compared with last January. Moreoever, General Motors owned 64% of the increasingly unimportant category, down from 67% at this time last year.

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SUV	January 2013	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
Chevrolet Suburban	2292	– 21.9%	2292	– 21.9%
Chevrolet Tahoe	3619	– 9.4%	3619	– 9.4%
Ford Expedition	2492	+ 6.0%	2492	+ 6.0%
GMC Yukon	1690	– 16.4%	1690	– 16.4%
GMC Yukon XL	1196	+ 18.3%	1196	+ 18.3%
Nissan Armada	1198	– 14.6%	1198	– 14.6%
Toyota Sequoia	1180	+ 10.5%	1180	+ 10.5%