SUVs and crossovers have accounted for 29.6% of America’s new vehicle purchases in the first five months have 2013.
Compare that with the passenger car market share, 51.4%, the minivan market share figure, 3.4%, and the pickup truck percentage, 13.6%, in order to get a clear picture of where American new car buyers like to spend their money.
6.7% of the SUV buyers have chosen a Ford Escape, America’s favourite utility vehicle. Escape sales hit a record high in May, rising 26% year-over-year. Through 2013’s five months, Ford utility vehicle volume is up 19%. (Lincoln SUV/CUV sales are down 8%.)
Three of America’s nine favourite SUVs are Fords. Two of the top eight are Jeeps. General Motors has five in the top 20.
The reason this list grew by one nameplate in May? Somewhere, somehow, a sales manager at a Mazda dealership noticed a CX-7 in the back corner of the dealer lot and decided to slap a big discount sticker on the windshield. It sold. CX-7 sales were believed to have ended last September.
The CX-7’s replacement, the first-generation CX-5, which also took over from a former Escape twin, the Tribute, is America’s 23rd-best-selling utility vehicle in 2013. In the first five months of 2012, Mazda’s three smallest utilities had combined for 21,967 sales. Left to its lonesome, CX-5 volume totalled 31,201 by the end of May. A CX-5 visited GCBC for a week back in April.
These are year-to-date rankings, but you can sort SUVs by May volume by clicking the May 2013 column header, or you can rank SUVs by improvements or declines using the % columns. Or, most importantly, you can list automakers together by selecting the SUV/Crossover column header. Just remember, the list is horizontally flipped from the norm: YTD on the left, monthly data on the right.
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.
Click Column Headers To Sort – May 2014 – June 2013 – April 2013
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Rank
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SUV/Crossover
|
May
2013 YTD |
% Change
|
May
2013 |
% Change
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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#1
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Ford Escape | 127,932 | + 29.7% | 29,123 | + 26.2% |
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#2
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Honda CR-V | 119,191 | – 3.4% | 27,298 | + 8.4% |
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#3
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Chevrolet Equinox | 102,752 | + 14.0% | 22,918 | + 13.2% |
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#4
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Ford Explorer | 84,646 | + 33.8% | 18,009 | + 15.9% |
|
#4.1
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Ford Explorer | 79,714 | + 29.2% | 16,861 | + 15.0% |
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#4.2
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Ford Explorer Police Interceptor | 4932 | + 214% | 1148 | + 31.1% |
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#5
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Toyota RAV4 | 80,734 | + 8.6% | 20,780 | + 8.0% |
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#6
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Jeep Grand Cherokee | 64,170 | + 2.5% | 16,034 | + 20.8% |
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#7
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Nissan Rogue | 63,533 | + 4.4% | 17,333 | + 44.7% |
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#8
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Jeep Wrangler | 61,563 | + 9.1% | 16,272 | + 12.6% |
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#9
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Ford Edge | 55,392 | + 0.4% | 13,501 | + 14.9% |
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#10
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Honda Pilot | 50,802 | + 13.1% | 11,963 | + 11.3% |
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#11
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Toyota Highlander | 50,681 | + 7.7% | 11,360 | – 2.5% |
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#12
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Kia Sorento | 44,046 | – 5.7% | 9182 | – 17.1% |
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#13
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Chevrolet Traverse | 42,999 | + 9.4% | 8182 | – 17.0% |
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#14
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GMC Terrain | 42,617 | + 9.8% | 7847 | – 10.5% |
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#15
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Subaru Forester | 40,578 | + 35.9% | 10,068 | + 37.5% |
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#16
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Nissan Pathfinder | 38,179 | + 202% | 9340 | + 293% |
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#17
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GMC Acadia | 37,318 | + 15.3% | 8815 | – 3.4% |
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#18
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Lexus RX | 37,171 | + 5.1% | 8714 | – 18.2% |
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#19
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Dodge Journey | 36,437 | + 22.0% | 6663 | + 15.1% |
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#20
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Chevrolet Tahoe | 35,067 | + 30.6% | 9243 | + 28.9% |
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#21
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Hyundai Santa Fe | 33,502 | + 20.8% | 7116 | + 3.4% |
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#22
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Jeep Patriot | 31,425 | + 15.9% | 6636 | + 12.6% |
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#23
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Mazda CX-5 | 31,201 | + 172% | 7128 | + 79.4% |
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#24
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Buick Enclave | 25,919 | + 14.4% | 5310 | – 20.9% |
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#25
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Dodge Durango | 23,715 | + 30.7% | 4759 | + 23.7% |
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#26
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Chevrolet Captiva Sport | 21,778 | + 51.1% | 5084 | + 37.5% |
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#27
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Jeep Compass | 21,744 | + 32.2% | 5276 | + 41.8% |
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#28
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Toyota 4Runner | 21,362 | + 17.0% | 4443 | + 0.5% |
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#29
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Cadillac SRX | 20,078 | – 5.2% | 3744 | – 4.0% |
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#30
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Hyundai Tucson | 18,407 | – 6.1% | 3664 | – 21.1% |
|
#31
|
Acura RDX | 18,177 | + 122% | 4930 | + 49.3% |
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#32
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BMW X5 | 18,053 | + 13.1% | 2718 | – 27.1% |
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#33
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Chevrolet Suburban | 17,850 | – 0.5% | 4753 | + 3.8% |
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#34
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Nissan Murano | 17,409 | – 23.3% | 3152 | – 30.7% |
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#35
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Mercedes-Benz M-Class | 15,661 | – 11.7% | 3219 | + 0.7% |
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#36
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Audi Q5 | 14,817 | + 37.7% | 3380 | + 44.9% |
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#37
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Ford Expedition | 14,530 | – 4.7% | 3817 | + 9.2% |
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#38
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Nissan Juke | 14,418 | – 7.7% | 2867 | – 13.1% |
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#39
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Acura MDX | 14,386 | – 24.3% | 2781 | – 42.6% |
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#40
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Volkswagen Tiguan | 13,074 | + 8.5% | 2635 | + 6.5% |
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#41
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Kia Sportage | 12,969 | – 22.0% | 2688 | – 22.5% |
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#42
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Mercedes-Benz GLK | 12,940 | + 26.5% | 2728 | + 27.9% |
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#43
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GMC Yukon XL | 12,880 | + 94.2% | 5063 | + 182% |
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#44
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Mazda CX-9 | 12,657 | + 36.4% | 1972 | + 14.4% |
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#45
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Mercedes-Benz GL-Class | 12,527 | + 29.9% | 2428 | + 41.0% |
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#46
|
Infiniti JX35 | 12,435 | + 135% | 2952 | + 10.2% |
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#47
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BMW X3 | 11,259 | – 2.9% | 2134 | – 13.3% |
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#48
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Ford Flex | 10,415 | – 22.0% | 3163 | – 17.2% |
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#49
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GMC Yukon | 10,308 | – 0.7% | 1814 | – 27.6% |
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#50
|
BMW X1 | 10,216 | —– | 3249 | —– |
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#51
|
Buick Encore | 9972 | —– | 2103 | —– |
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#52
|
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport | 9813 | + 48.9% | 2266 | + 79.0% |
|
#53
|
Lincoln MKX | 9637 | – 8.3% | 1831 | – 16.7% |
|
#54
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Nissan Xterra | 8733 | + 22.9% | 1861 | + 32.8% |
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#55
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Mini Countryman | 8474 | + 13.9% | 1771 | – 0.3% |
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#56
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Volvo XC60 | 8122 | + 18.0% | 1915 | + 9.4% |
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#57
|
Cadillac Escalade | 7802 | – 1.5% | 1728 | + 9.0% |
|
#57.1
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Cadillac Escalade | 4642 | – 3.9% | 1033 | + 12.8% |
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#57.2
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Cadillac Escalade ESV | 3160 | + 2.3% | 695 | + 3.9% |
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#58
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Porsche Cayenne | 7696 | + 41.1% | 1765 | + 50.3% |
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#59
|
Land Rover Range Rover Sport | 6308 | + 5.6% | 1105 | – 7.7% |
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#60
|
Nissan Armada | 6244 | – 19.0% | 1537 | – 1.2% |
|
#61
|
Jeep Liberty | 5894 | – 82.9% | 201 | – 97.1% |
|
#62
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Toyota Sequoia | 5548 | + 7.6% | 1202 | + 15.2% |
|
#63
|
Audi Q7 | 5353 | + 42.3% | 1269 | + 38.1% |
|
#64
|
Toyota FJ Cruiser | 5212 | – 1.7% | 1599 | + 29.9% |
|
#65
|
Infiniti QX56 | 5055 | – 6.8% | 938 | – 5.6% |
|
#66
|
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque | 4650 | + 25.9% | 751 | + 6.4% |
|
#67
|
Land Rover Range Rover | 4418 | + 29.0% | 954 | + 33.4% |
|
#68
|
Mitsubishi Outlander | 4002 | + 18.4% | 539 | – 23.9% |
|
#69
|
Volkswagen Touareg | 3688 | – 0.9% | 586 | – 16.3% |
|
#70
|
Lexus GX460 | 3531 | – 13.5% | 745 | – 7.8% |
|
#71
|
Infiniti FX | 3161 | – 22.6% | 458 | – 18.4% |
|
#72
|
Lincoln Navigator | 3149 | – 2.8% | 642 | + 9.7% |
|
#73
|
Land Rover LR4 | 2991 | – 2.7% | 625 | + 3.8% |
|
#74
|
Volvo XC90 | 2748 | – 32.6% | 605 | – 26.2% |
|
#75
|
Lincoln MKT | 2567 | – 13.0% | 621 | – 23.5% |
|
#76
|
BMW X6 | 2505 | + 14.5% | 887 | + 18.4% |
|
#77
|
Lexus LX570 | 1725 | – 23.1% | 348 | – 10.1% |
|
#78
|
Toyota Land Cruiser | 1225 | + 36.9% | 268 | + 11.7% |
|
#79
|
Land Rover LR2 | 1149 | – 6.1% | 119 | – 45.4% |
|
#80
|
Mercedes-Benz G-Class | 1042 | + 154% | 242 | + 256% |
|
#81
|
Suzuki Grand Vitara | 1037 | – 51.6% | —– | – 100% |
|
#82
|
Subaru Tribeca | 722 | – 20.4% | 102 | – 38.2% |
|
#83
|
Infiniti EX | 674 | – 56.1% | 119 | – 60.1% |
|
#84
|
Mini Paceman | 404 | —– | 140 | —– |
|
#85
|
Acura ZDX | 192 | – 45.6% | 41 | – 51.2% |
|
#86
|
Hyundai Veracruz | 157 | – 95.0% | 5 | – 99.4% |
|
#87
|
Mitsubishi Endeavor | 24 | – 93.6% | —– | – 100% |
|
T88
|
Honda Element | 1 | – 66.7% | —– | —– |
|
T88
|
Mazda CX-7 | 1 | – 99.9% | 1 | – 99.9% |
|
—
|
Overall Market
|
1,897,546 | + 11.7% | 430,137 | + 9.7% |
Source: Manufacturers & ANDC
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
^ Escalade here does not include sales of the EXT, which is shown with pickup trucks.
Italicized unranked lines are nothing more than available breakdowns, already included in the model’s total, not in addition to the model’s total.
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