Large SUV Sales In America – October 2016 YTD

U.S. sales of full-size SUVs jumped 52% in October 2016, yet another massive leap forward after a 50% jump in September and a first-half in which sales rose 7%.

U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – October 2016 YTD

Led, as always, by General Motors, sales of volume brand, body-on-frame SUVs grew to 34,344 units in October. GM’s quartet of Chevrolet and GMC sport-utes were responsible for 81% of that total.

Throw in the Cadillac Escalade and its ESV long-wheelbase sibling and GM’s full-size SUVs accounted for 12% of GM’s total volume, up from 7% a year ago.

The Chevrolet Tahoe, with 11,976 October sales, is now up 15% through the first ten months of 2016 compared with the same period one year ago. At this pace, GM could sell more than 100,000 Tahoes in 2016, the first 100K+ year since 2007.

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. This table is sortable, so you can rank large sport-utility vehicles any which way you like. Mobile users can now thumb across the table for full-width access. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • November 2016 • September 2016 • October 2015

SUV	October 2016	October 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Suburban	6650	3585	85.5%	45,932	39,300	16.9%
Chevrolet Tahoe	11,976	6624	80.8%	81,976	71,352	14.9%
Ford Expedition	3893	3924	-0.8%	49,372	34,407	43.5%
GMC Yukon	5677	3525	61.0%	41,002	33,536	22.3%
GMC Yukon XL	3469	2722	27.4%	27,582	23,661	16.6%
Nissan Armada	1740	970	79.4%	9823	10,769	-8.8%
Toyota Sequoia	939	1303	-27.9%	10,073	10,602	-5.0%
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Total	34,344	22,653	51.6%	265,760	223,627	18.8%