2015 Year End U.S. SUV And Crossover Sales Rankings – Top 97 Best-Selling SUVs In America – Every SUV Ranked

December 2015 sales of SUVs and crossovers in America jumped 24%, a 117,000-unit year-over-year increase which put the cherry on top of a year-long sundae.

Nearly 100 utility vehicle nameplates generated more than 6.1 million U.S. sales in calendar year 2015, a massive 16%, 852,000-unit increase compared with 2014.

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Yes, the auto industry as a whole was surging in 2015. But non-SUV/crossover sales grew just 1%, a far more modest increase of around 100,000 units, as traditional passenger cars lost market share to the utility vehicle market and minivan volume decreased, as well.

SUVs and crossovers, led by the Honda CR-V for a fourth consecutive year and the seventh time in eight years, owned 35% of the overall U.S. market in 2015, up 32% in 2014 as passenger car market share fell from 48% in 2014 to little more than 44% in 2015.

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U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model – 2015 Year End

CR-V sales growth was not significant relative to its closest rival, the surging Toyota RAV4. But both the CR-V and RAV4 – along with the Ford Escape, Nissan Rogue, and Chevrolet Equinox – set U.S. sales records in 2015.

For the CR-V, 2015 marked the sixth consecutive year of sales expansion in America. 2015 was the Toyota RAV4’s fourth year of growth. Ford Escape and Chevrolet Equinox volume in 2015 increased for a seventh consecutive year. The Nissan Rogue has only ever grown its U.S. volume, rising in eight years following the first-gen Rogue’s 2007 launch.

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The Audi, BMW, Land Rover, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche brands all set annual U.S. sales records in 2015 as their utility vehicle volume grew 30%, 5%, 37%, 27%, 17%, and 28%, respectively. Their car sales, respectively, were up 0.5%, up 0.4%, down 8% (at Jaguar), down 2%, down 3%, and down 8%.

Subcompact crossovers were the other big utility vehicle story in 2015. Their sales collectively doubled thanks to the launches of the Chevrolet Trax, Fiat 500X, Honda HR-V, Jeep Renegade, and Mazda CX-3. The Trax, Renegade, and HR-V – the two latter examples having only participated in a portion of the 2015 calendar year – rank 31st, 34th, and 43rd on this list, respectively.

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U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings – 2015 Year End
U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – 2015 Year End
U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model – 2015 Year End

Reminder: these are 2015 calendar year rankings, but you can sort SUVs/crossovers by December volume by clicking the December 2015 column header, or you can rank SUVs/crossovers by improvements or declines using the % columns. Or, most importantly, you can list automakers together by selecting the SUV/Crossover column header.

As always, you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these vehicles by selecting a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page.

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Rank	SUV/Crossover	2015	2014	% Change	Dec. 2015	Dec. 2014	% Change
#1	Honda CR-V	345,647	335,019	3.2%	31,185	32,369	-3.7%
#2	Toyota RAV4	315,412	267,698	17.8%	31,866	22,997	38.6%
#3	Ford Escape	306,492	306,212	0.1%	27,954	25,603	9.2%
#4	Nissan Rogue	287,190	199,199	44.2%	26,479	14,879	78.0%
#5	Chevrolet Equinox	277,589	242,242	14.6%	21,827	21,298	2.5%
#6	Ford Explorer	249,251	209,994	18.7%	21,667	18,464	17.3%
#6.1	Ford Explorer *	224,309	189,339	18.5%	18,892	16,632	13.6%
#6.2	Ford Explorer Police Interceptor *	24,942	20,655	20.8%	2,775	1,832	51.5%
#7	Jeep Cherokee	220,260	178,508	23.4%	24,049	17,715	35.8%
#8	Jeep Wrangler	202,702	175,328	15.6%	15,591	14,003	11.3%
#9	Jeep Grand Cherokee	195,958	183,786	6.6%	21,008	17,176	22.3%
#10	Subaru Forester	175,192	159,953	9.5%	16,797	15,163	10.8%
#11	Toyota Highlander	158,915	146,127	8.8%	16,100	15,019	7.2%
#12	Honda Pilot	136,212	108,857	25.1%	13,344	11,479	16.2%
#13	Ford Edge	124,120	108,864	14.0%	10,263	7,940	29.3%
#14	Chevrolet Traverse	119,945	103,943	15.4%	9,143	8,654	5.7%
#15	Jeep Patriot	118,464	93,462	26.8%	11,206	9,434	18.8%
#16	Hyundai Santa Fe	118,134	107,906	9.5%	9,518	10,395	-8.4%
#17	Kia Sorento	116,249	102,520	13.4%	12,872	9,688	32.9%
#18	GMC Terrain	112,030	105,016	6.7%	9,649	11,032	-12.5%
#19	Mazda CX-5	111,450	99,122	12.4%	11,417	7,721	47.9%
#20	Dodge Journey	105,400	93,572	12.6%	8,682	8,421	3.1%
#21	Lexus RX	100,610	107,490	-6.4%	11,899	13,625	-12.7%
#22	Toyota 4Runner	97,034	76,906	26.2%	9,953	8,144	22.2%
#23	GMC Acadia	96,393	83,972	14.8%	7,266	7,323	-0.8%
#24	Chevrolet Tahoe	88,342	97,726	-9.6%	9,773	11,259	-13.2%
#25	Nissan Pathfinder	82,041	79,111	3.7%	8,366	6,789	23.2%
#26	Cadillac SRX	68,850	53,578	28.5%	7,031	4,899	43.5%
#27	Buick Encore	67,549	48,892	38.2%	6,498	3,102	109%
#28	Jeep Compass	66,698	61,264	8.9%	8,825	4,946	78.4%
#29	Dodge Durango	64,186	64,398	-0.3%	7,624	6,119	24.6%
#30	Hyundai Tucson	63,591	47,306	34.4%	8,311	3,114	167%
#31	Chevrolet Trax	63,030	739	8,429%	5,323	739	620%
#32	Nissan Murano	62,907	47,301	33.0%	7,083	4,367	62.2%
#33	Buick Enclave	62,081	62,300	-0.4%	5,936	7,393	-19.7%
#34	Jeep Renegade	60,946	—	—	8,975	—	—
#35	Acura MDX	58,208	65,603	-11.3%	6,254	6,761	-7.5%
#36	BMW X5	54,997	47,031	16.9%	6,250	6,098	2.5%
#37	Kia Sportage	53,739	42,945	25.1%	6,044	3,298	83.3%
#38	Audi Q5	52,006	42,420	22.6%	6,057	4,551	33.1%
#39	Acura RDX	51,026	44,865	13.7%	4,942	5,156	-4.2%
#40	Chevrolet Suburban	50,866	55,009	-7.5%	6,350	6,761	-6.1%
#41	Lexus NX	43,764	2,927	1,395%	5,134	2,905	76.7%
#42	GMC Yukon	42,732	41,569	2.8%	5,271	4,729	11.5%
#43	Honda HR-V	41,969	—	—	4,737	—	—
#44	Infiniti QX60	41,770	31,192	33.9%	4,987	3,367	48.1%
#45	Ford Expedition	41,443	44,632	-7.1%	4,056	4,239	-4.3%
#46	Mitsubishi Outlander Sport	36,966	31,054	19.0%	3,356	2,755	21.8%
#47	Cadillac Escalade	35,921	30,469	17.9%	4,659	3,740	24.6%
#47.1	Cadillac Escalade *	21,230	19,482	9.0%	2,743	2,281	20.3%
#47.2	Cadillac Escalade ESV *	14,691	10,987	33.7%	1,916	1,459	31.3%
#48	Volkswagen Tiguan	35,843	25,121	42.7%	4,900	2,116	132%
#49	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	32,550	46,726	-30.3%	330	5,625	-94.1%
#50	BMW X3	31,924	33,824	-5.6%	3,126	2,795	11.8%
#51	GMC Yukon XL	31,334	29,752	5.3%	4,536	3,260	39.1%
#52	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	27,707	26,597	4.2%	2,849	3,394	-16.1%
#53	Nissan Juke	27,121	38,184	-29.0%	1,958	2,155	-9.1%
#54	Volvo XC60	26,134	19,276	35.6%	3,510	2,079	68.8%
#55	Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	25,593	6,884	272%	2,200	2,074	6.1%
#56	Lexus GX460	25,212	22,685	11.1%	3,118	2,707	15.2%
#57	Lincoln MKC	24,590	13,077	88.0%	2,566	2,310	11.1%
#58	Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	23,333	35,000	-33.3%	304	1,857	-83.6%
#59	Lincoln MKX	22,199	23,995	-7.5%	2,960	1,669	77.4%
#60	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	21,459	17,897	19.9%	2,246	2,036	10.3%
#61	Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class	20,663	—	—	6,310	—	—
#62	Ford Flex	19,570	23,822	-17.8%	1,735	1,786	-2.9%
#63	Mitsubishi Outlander	19,055	13,068	45.8%	1,936	1,096	76.6%
#64	Audi Q7	18,995	18,517	2.6%	1,189	1,928	-38.3%
#65	Mazda CX-9	18,048	18,497	-2.4%	1,202	1,749	-31.3%
#66	Land Rover Range Rover	17,821	12,830	38.9%	1,835	1,482	23.8%
#67	Mini Countryman	16,686	22,645	-26.3%	2,148	1,941	10.7%
#68	Porsche Cayenne	16,474	16,205	1.7%	1,230	934	31.7%
#69	Infiniti QX80	15,646	12,935	21.0%	2,171	1,615	34.4%
#70	Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	14,583	12,440	17.2%	1,370	1,426	-3.9%
#71	BMW X1	14,420	22,808	-36.8%	1,769	2,591	-31.7%
#72	Porsche Macan	13,533	7,241	86.9%	1,382	864	60.0%
#73	Audi Q3	13,229	3,654	262%	1,501	901	66.6%
#74	Volvo XC90	12,777	3,952	223%	3,135	68	4,510%
#75	Nissan Armada	12,737	12,593	1.1%	1,156	1,361	-15.1%
#76	Toyota Sequoia	12,583	11,806	6.6%	1,007	1,261	-20.1%
#77	Lincoln Navigator	11,964	10,433	14.7%	1,250	1,792	-30.2%
#78	Nissan Xterra	10,672	16,505	-35.3%	70	1,137	-93.8%
#79	Fiat 500X	9,463	—	—	1,996	—	—
#80	Land Rover LR4	9,031	4,679	93.0%	1,315	736	78.7%
#81	BMW X6	7,906	3,896	103%	1,547	458	238%
#82	Land Rover Discovery Sport	7,611	—	—	1,674	—	—
#83	Volkswagen Touareg	7,037	6,961	1.1%	486	605	-19.7%
#84	BMW X4	6,429	2,709	137%	884	820	7.8%
#85	Mazda CX-3	6,406	—	—	1,663	—	—
#86	Infiniti QX70	5,737	5,213	10.1%	697	448	55.6%
#87	Infiniti QX50	5,468	2,727	101%	1,453	224	549%
#88	Lincoln MKT	4,696	4,800	-2.2%	406	356	14.0%
#89	Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class	4,569	—	—	4,062	—	—
#90	Lexus LX570	3,884	4,052	-4.1%	892	505	76.6%
#91	Mercedes-Benz G-Class	3,616	3,090	17.0%	541	375	44.3%
#92	Toyota Land Cruiser	2,687	3,158	-14.9%	350	365	-4.1%
#93	Mini Paceman	1,708	2,082	-18.0%	38	129	-70.5%
#94	Toyota FJ Cruiser	229	14,718	-98.4%	3	402	-99.3%
#95	Land Rover LR2	77	3,619	-97.9%	1	74	-98.6%
#96	Chevrolet Captiva Sport	55	35,368	-99.8%	—	15	-100%
#97	Acura ZDX	2	78	-97.4%	—	2	-100%
#98	Subaru Tribeca	—	732	-100%	—	9	-100%
#99	Hyundai Veracruz	—	1	-100%	—	—	—
	Total	6,167,343	5,314,879	16.0%	616,584	499,161	23.5%
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Source: Automakers & ANDC

* Italicized, asterisked, unranked lines are nothing more than available breakdowns, already included in the model’s total, not in addition to the model’s total.
^ Escalade here does not include sales of the EXT, which is shown with pickup trucks.
Rather than listing the 500L with the Mini Paceman and Countryman in these SUV/crossover rankings, it’s with cars in large part because it is not available with all-wheel-drive. The placement of numerous crossovers often prompts disagreement, but consider the vehicle type’s name: crossover. By its very definition, it crosses over from one category into another. The very act of calling, for example, the Toyota Venza a car or a utility vehicle requires ignorance of the fact that the Venza (or Outback, Crosstour, Encore, Countryman, 500L) is a square peg that can’t be squeezed through a round hole.