America’s best-selling three-row utility vehicle, the Ford Explorer, posted a 6% year-over-year U.S. sales gain in March 2016. With 63,415 total sales, the Explorer finished the finished the first-quarter 24,742 sales ahead of its closest rival, the Toyota Highlander.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – March 2016 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model – March 2016 YTD
Even during a month in which U.S. minivan sales jumped 36%, the best-selling minivan produced 13,586 sales; 11,156 fewer than the Explorer.
But a number of Explorer rivals are fading.
The aged Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and GMC Acadia are collectively down 9% in early 2016.
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The Mazda CX-9, transitioning between first and second-gen form, is down 75% so far this year.
The Honda Pilot, all new just last year, tumbled 22% in 2016’s first three months as Honda’s third-gen Pilot fails to match the clear-out pace of the second-gen model.
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 sortable, so you can rank midsize SUVs and crossovers 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 • March 2017 • April 2016 • February 2016 • March 2015
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SUV
|
March
2016 |
March
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5116
|
5684 | -10.0% | 12,934 | 12,801 | 1.0% | |
|
10,747
|
11,103 | -3.2% | 26,919 | 30,959 | -13.1% | |
|
7651
|
6121 | 25.0% | 19,585 | 14,499 | 35.1% | |
|
14,005
|
9405 | 48.9% | 35,993 | 23,512 | 53.1% | |
|
24,412
|
23,058 | 5.9% | 63,415 | 58,707 | 8.0% | |
|
2100
|
1848 | 13.6% | 6425 | 4624 | 38.9% | |
|
6214
|
7410 | -16.1% | 18,571 | 20,369 | -8.8% | |
|
10,593
|
11,937 | -11.3% | 28,726 | 36,881 | -22.1% | |
|
6546
|
9895 | -33.8% | 17,217 | 26,406 | -34.8% | |
|
18,506
|
16,815 | 10.1% | 47,050 | 43,377 | 8.5% | |
|
9897
|
10,842 | -8.7% | 24,693 | 26,903 | -8.2% | |
|
117
|
1489 | -92.1% | 1090 | 4435 | -75.4% | |
|
8657
|
5547 | 56.1% | 21,618 | 13,325 | 62.2% | |
|
8713
|
8594 | 1.4% | 22,408 | 21,798 | 2.8% | |
|
9599
|
8648 | 11.0% | 25,571 | 22,013 | 16.2% | |
|
14,949
|
13,039 | 14.6% | 38,673 | 35,362 | 9.4% | |
|
394
|
535 | -26.4% | 1151 | 1430 | -19.5% | |
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|
Total
|
158,216
|
151,970 | 4.1% | 412,039 | 397,401 | 3.7% |
|
Offroaders
|
March
2016 |
March
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
17,710
|
17,524 | 1.1% | 41,471 | 42,118 | -0.9% | |
|
—
|
1422 | -100% | 28 | 3436 | -99.2% | |
|
—
|
12 | -100% | 1 | 195 | -99.5% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
17,710
|
18,958 | -6.6% | 41,500 | 45,749 | -9.3% |
|
Tall Wagons
& Crossovers |
March
2016 |
March
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
110
|
742 | -85.2% | 566 | 2046 | -72.3% | |
|
14,122
|
12,504 | 12.9% | 37,271 | 35,487 | 5.0% | |
|
107
|
2404 | -95.5% | 415 | 6781 | -93.9% | |
|
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|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
14,339
|
15,650 | -8.4% | 38,252 | 44,314 | -13.7% |
Source: Automakers & ANDC
GCBC isn’t here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains why you’ll see the Outback and Venza here but also with midsize cars, too, and the pricey FJ Cruiser and Xterra with smaller utilities and the Volkswagen Touareg with luxury SUVs… because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.
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Midsize SUV Sales In America – March 2017
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U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings – March 2016
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