GM’s full-size volume brand SUVs haven’t been able to match last year’s outrageous launch pace, and as a result, the large SUV segment tumbled in May 2015, an 18% drop following up on April’s 13% decline.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – May 2015 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model – May 2015 YTD
The Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe and their twins from GMC, the Yukon and Yukon XL, collectively slid 21% in May 2015, a drop of 4760 sales compared with May 2014.
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Even factoring in the big gains achieved by the Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV – which were later to launch last year – GM’s group of six, profit-generating SUVs were down 19% in May 2015. The group is up 15% year-to-date, but much of that growth occurred in the early portion of the year, a period with which the comparisons were bound to appear more favourable.
In the end, because of the Ford Expedition’s rapid decline, the segment is turned on its head. Sales of the Detroit band of brothers fell sharply in May 2015; the Nissan Titan and Toyota Sequoia were boosted. Granted, those two U.S.-built, Japanese contenders earned only 11% of the category’s May volume.
You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. 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 large sport-utility vehicles 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 • May 2016 • June 2015 • April 2015 • May 2014
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SUV
|
May
2015 |
May
2014 |
%
Change |
2015
YTD |
2014
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4375
|
5423 | -19.3% | 20,390 | 16,987 | 20.0% | |
|
7119
|
9229 | -22.9% | 35,899 | 34,691 | 3.5% | |
|
4147
|
5025 | -17.5% | 16,831 | 17,478 | -3.7% | |
|
3455
|
4409 | -21.6% | 14,719 | 14,658 | 0.4% | |
|
2516
|
3164 | -20.5% | 11,031 | 9349 | 18.0% | |
|
1488
|
1104 | 34.8% | 5971 | 5461 | 9.3% | |
|
1145
|
1068 | 7.2% | 4948 | 4957 | -13.2% | |
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Total
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24,245
|
29,422 | -17.6% | 109,789 | 103,581 | 6.0% |
Source: Automakers
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