Top 28 Best-Selling SUV/Crossover Brands In America – November 2015 YTD

No automobile brand in America sells more SUVs than one of two automobile brands which exclusively sells SUVs and crossovers: Jeep.

In a category that’s grown 15% in the first 11 months, Jeep volume is up 23%, boosted not only by the addition of the Renegade but by massive increases in Jeep’s established models. Cherokee sales, for example, are up 22%, and the Wrangler has recorded a 16% year-over-year increase.

U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings – November 2015 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model – November 2015 YTD

Meanwhile, Ford, the top-ranked seller of SUVs and crossovers in America in 2014, isn’t growing its utility vehicle volume nearly as quickly as most other automakers. To blame, during a year in which Ford has recorded big gains with the Edge and Explorer, are the Escape’s 1% downturn, the Expedition’s 7% decline, and the Flex’s 19% plunge.

Chevrolet accounts for 54% of the SUVs and crossovers sold by General Motors’ four brands. No manufacturer, not even Jeep’s FCA parent company, sells more utility vehicles in America than General Motors, where total SUV/CUV sales are up 13% to 1,013,455 units in 2015’s first 11 months.

GM’s Cadillac brand is America’s sixth-ranked premium brand overall but in terms of SUVs and crossovers, Cadillac ranks fourth. Sales of Cadillac utility vehicles – the SRX, Escalade, and Escalade ESV – are up 23% in 2015. Cadillac outsells Audi, the fifth-ranked premium brand seller of utilities, by a wide 17,598-unit margin. (Audi has already sold 44,923 more cars in 2015 than Cadillac.)

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America’s top-selling premium brand SUV/CUV is the Lexus RX, and along with 88,711 RX sales in 2015’s first 11 months, Lexus has also sold 38,630 copies of the NX, 22,094 GX460s, and 2992 LX570s.

Lexus’s 152,427 utility vehicle sales in 2015, a 30% year-over-year increase, make Lexus the top-selling premium seller of utility vehicles in America. Indeed, Lexus has widened its lead over the next-best-selling Mercedes-Benz brand in 2015 to 30,992 units through 11 months, up from 12,440 in the same period in 2014.

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Rank	Auto Brand SUV/Crossover U.S. Sales	11 Months 2015	11 Months 2014	% Change
#1	Jeep	775,374	629,074	23.3%
#2	Ford	675,201	635,492	6.2%
#3	Chevrolet	547,411	486,301	12.6%
#4	Toyota	527,581	472,225	11.7%
#5	Honda	474,562	400,028	18.6%
#6	Nissan	437,556	362,205	20.8%
#7	Subaru *	375,459	335,005	12.1%
#8	GMC	255,767	233,965	9.3%
#9	Hyundai	163,896	141,704	15.7%
#10	Dodge	153,280	143,430	6.9%
#11	Lexus	152,427	117,412	29.8%
#12	Kia	151,072	132,479	14.0%
#13	Mazda	121,622	108,149	12.5%
#14	Mercedes-Benz	121,435	104,972	15.7%
#15	Buick	117,196	100,697	16.4%
#16	BMW	102,100	97,506	4.7%
#17	Acura	98,040	98,627	-0.6%
#18	Cadillac	93,081	75,408	23.4%
#19	Audi	75,483	57,211	31.9%
#20	Land Rover	62,141	45,711	35.9%
#21	Infiniti	59,313	46,413	27.8%
#22	Lincoln	56,267	46,178	21.8%
#23	Mitsubishi	50,729	40,271	26.0%
#24	Volkswagen	37,494	29,361	27.7%
#25	Volvo	32,265	21,081	53.1%
#26	Porsche	27,395	21,648	26.5%
#27	Mini	16,208	22,657	-28.5%
#28	Fiat	7,467	—	—
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—	Total	5,767,822	5,005,210	15.2%