September 2016 was the 32nd consecutive month in which U.S. sales of the Toyota 4Runner improved on a year-over-year basis.
4Runner sales climbed 21% to 9058 units in September, the third consecutive 9K+ month; the sixth so far this year.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – September 2016 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model – September 2016 YTD
Through only nine months, Toyota USA has already reported more 4Runner sales in 2016 than in any calendar year between 2008 and 2014. At the current rate of growth, Toyota is on track to sell 114,000 4Runners in calendar year 2016.
Yet all of this sales growth achieved by the fifth-generation Toyota 4Runner, a true blue body-on-frame sport-utility vehicle, bucks the industry trend.
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Gone are the days when General Motors marketed body-on-frame TrailBlazers – now Chevrolet sells the Traverse. Ford Explorer? It’s been a unibody crossover since 2011. It’s easy to forget that the first Kia Sorento was a body-on-frame SUV. The Nissan Pathfinder fled its BOF past in 2013.
But Toyota forges on with the 4Runner, the 19th-best-selling SUV/crossover in America. Making it easier is the popularity of the Toyota Highlander, the second-best-selling three-row vehicle in the United States. Toyota is on track to sell 170,000 Highlanders in 2016, the highest total in the nameplate’s history.
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. Mobile users can now thumb across the tables 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 • October 2016 • August 2016 • September 2015
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SUV
|
September
2016 |
September
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3973
|
4732 | -16.0% | 40,703 | 46,785 | -13.0% | |
|
7922
|
8857 | -10.6% | 86,142 | 92,963 | -7.3% | |
|
4274
|
4703 | -9.1% | 53,093 | 46,119 | 15.1% | |
|
10,322
|
10,262 | 0.6% | 103,076 | 95,709 | 7.7% | |
|
19,146
|
20,715 | -7.6% | 188,425 | 190,171 | -0.9% | |
|
1594
|
1266 | 25.9% | 17,034 | 15,062 | 13.1% | |
|
6795
|
6647 | 2.2% | 58,540 | 75,423 | -22.4% | |
|
9206
|
10,238 | -10.1% | 90,999 | 98,980 | -8.1% | |
|
11,350
|
10,752 | 5.6% | 98,298 | 88,400 | 11.2% | |
|
18,507
|
15,715 | 17.8% | 153,926 | 141,679 | 8.6% | |
|
8137
|
9380 | -13.3% | 85,602 | 85,761 | -0.2% | |
|
1834
|
1559 | 17.6% | 9621 | 14,160 | -32.1% | |
|
7536
|
5166 | 45.9% | 60,782 | 44,900 | 35.4% | |
|
8028
|
6203 | 29.4% | 59,111 | 62,997 | -6.2% | |
|
9058
|
7506 | 20.7% | 83,298 | 70,902 | 17.5% | |
|
14,937
|
12,310 | 21.3% | 127,045 | 116,760 | 8.8% | |
|
330
|
638 | -48.3% | 3208 | 5314 | -39.6% | |
|
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|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
142,949
|
136,649 | 4.6% | 1,318,903 | 1,292,085 | 2.1% |
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Offroaders
|
September
2016 |
September
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14,255
|
17,486 | -18.5% | 148,627 | 157,255 | -5.5% | |
|
—
|
766 | -100% | 38 | 10,012 | -99.6% | |
|
—
|
1 | -100% | 8 | 224 | -96.4% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
14,255
|
18,253 | -21.9% | 148,673 | 167,491 | -11.2% |
|
Tall Wagons
& Crossovers |
September
2016 |
September
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5
|
777 | -99.4% | 725 | 7227 | -90.0% | |
|
16,978
|
15,126 | 12.2% | 126,426 | 108,419 | 16.6% | |
|
6
|
1584 | -99.6% | 580 | 19,157 | -97.0% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
16,989
|
17,487 | -2.8% | 127,731 | 134,803 | -5.2% |
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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Large SUV Sales In America – September 2016
Small SUV Sales In America – September 2016