U.S. sales of family-sized two and three-row SUVs and crossovers rose 3% to nearly 190,000 units in April 2017. Led by the Ford Explorer, sales of which decreased for the ninth time in the last twelve months, this group of utility vehicles added more than 5000 sales last month.
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – April 2017 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model – April 2017 YTD
Much of the improvement was produced by the Mazda CX-9, sales of which had dried up at this time last year as Mazda completed the first-generation CX-9’s tenure. But the Toyota Highlander, GMC Acadia, and Dodge Durango all produced meaningful improvements, as well.
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General Motors sold far fewer Buick Enclaves and Chevrolet Traverses in April 2017 than is the norm. There’s good reason. GM has already shown new, second-gen versions of both vehicles. The first Enclave and first Traverse lingered on the market for more than a decade. Their replacements are long past due.
The Honda Pilot, meanwhile, continues to see reduced year-over-year volume as Honda shuffles production at its Alabama plant.
The Acura MDX is on its way to an Ohio assembly plant, but Honda also needs capacity for a new Odyssey minivan and the Ridgeline pickup truck. Pilot volume has decreased in nine consecutive months.
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 • March 2017 • April 2016
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SUV
|
April
2017 |
April
2016 |
%
Change |
2017
YTD |
2016
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3582
|
4523 | -20.8% | 13,019 | 17,457 | -25.4% | |
|
9437
|
12,186 | -22.6% | 38,789 | 39,105 | -0.8% | |
|
6357
|
5411 | 17.5% | 23,086 | 25,504 | -9.5% | |
|
12,147
|
11,484 | 5.8% | 44,094 | 47,477 | -7.1% | |
|
22,864
|
23,546 | -2.9% | 85,634 | 86,961 | -1.5% | |
|
1545
|
2003 | -22.9% | 7627 | 8428 | -9.5% | |
|
10,164
|
7004 | 45.1% | 39,276 | 25,575 | 53.6% | |
|
9746
|
11,370 | -14.3% | 34,970 | 40,096 | -12.8% | |
|
9480
|
7150 | 32.6% | 37,582 | 24,367 | 54.2% | |
|
18,877
|
17,768 | 6.2% | 75,477 | 65,426 | 15.4% | |
|
18,841
|
18,840 | 0.0% | 60,152 | 60,762 | -1.0% | |
|
9317
|
10,353 | -10.0% | 30,092 | 35,046 | -14.1% | |
|
2134
|
71 | 2906% | 8432 | 1161 | 626% | |
|
5504
|
6232 | -11.7% | 22,753 | 27,850 | -18.3% | |
|
5712
|
5633 | 1.4% | 32,432 | 28,041 | 15.7% | |
|
14,469
|
14,294 | 1.2% | 57,041 | 51,565 | 10.6% | |
|
10,428
|
10,135 | 2.9% | 42,084 | 35,706 | 17.9% | |
|
17,981
|
15,037 | 19.6% | 64,623 | 53,710 | 20.3% | |
|
238
|
437 | -45.5% | 1040 | 1588 | -34.5% | |
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Total
|
188,823
|
183,477 | 2.9% | 718,203 | 675,825 | 6.3% |
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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