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December's poor results aside, 2013 was a good time to be selling SUVs and crossovers in the United States.
Up a notch or three in size and/or price from the outright best sellers - CR-V, Escape, Equinox, RAV4 - the Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, Dodge Durango, GMC Acadia, Honda Pilot, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Mazda CX-9, Nissan Pathfinder, Toyota 4Runner, and Toyota Highlander all sold in greater numbers in 2013 than in 2012.
The Pathfinder's doubling of sales was most noteworthy. The Dodge Durango's 43% improvement produced the most misleading stories.
14,086 of the Explorer's 192,397 sales were Police Interceptor-derived. (Civilian Explorer sales jumped 13% to 173,811, a little less than what Jeep managed with the Grand Cherokee.)
On the flip side, the aging Ford Flex slid 8%, Nissan Murano volume suffered with the three-row Pathfinder going all car-like in the same showroom, and Volkswagen Touareg sales plunged 22%. Porsche's Cayenne sold more than twice per Touareg. The Audi Q7 was almost twice as common a purchase/lease.
Hyundai-Kia's twins, the Santa Fe and Sorento, vehicles we also show alongside similarly priced small SUVs and crossovers, were on opposite sides of the ledger. Santa Fe sales are blossoming; Sorento sales are falling. The Hyundai Veracruz, Jeep Liberty, and Mitsubishi Endeavor all died off. The Subaru Tribeca's replacement is still apparently a long ways off.
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 now sortable, so you can rank so-called midsize SUVs and crossovers any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • December 2014 • January 2014 • November 2013 • December 2012
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
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, right? This explains why you'll see the Outback and Venza here but also with midsize cars, too, and the tweener-sized Sorento and Santa Fe are shown with midsize SUVs and small SUVs, 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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- Midsize Suv Sales In America - November 2013 Ytd
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Midsize SUV Sales In America - December 2013 And 2013 Year End
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Up a notch or three in size and/or price from the outright best sellers - CR-V, Escape, Equinox, RAV4 - the Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, Dodge Durango, GMC Acadia, Honda Pilot, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Mazda CX-9, Nissan Pathfinder, Toyota 4Runner, and Toyota Highlander all sold in greater numbers in 2013 than in 2012.
The Pathfinder's doubling of sales was most noteworthy. The Dodge Durango's 43% improvement produced the most misleading stories.
14,086 of the Explorer's 192,397 sales were Police Interceptor-derived. (Civilian Explorer sales jumped 13% to 173,811, a little less than what Jeep managed with the Grand Cherokee.)
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On the flip side, the aging Ford Flex slid 8%, Nissan Murano volume suffered with the three-row Pathfinder going all car-like in the same showroom, and Volkswagen Touareg sales plunged 22%. Porsche's Cayenne sold more than twice per Touareg. The Audi Q7 was almost twice as common a purchase/lease.
Hyundai-Kia's twins, the Santa Fe and Sorento, vehicles we also show alongside similarly priced small SUVs and crossovers, were on opposite sides of the ledger. Santa Fe sales are blossoming; Sorento sales are falling. The Hyundai Veracruz, Jeep Liberty, and Mitsubishi Endeavor all died off. The Subaru Tribeca's replacement is still apparently a long ways off.
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 now sortable, so you can rank so-called midsize SUVs and crossovers any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • December 2014 • January 2014 • November 2013 • December 2012
SUV | December 2013 | December 2012 | % Change | 2013 | 2012 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buick Enclave | 4819 | 6052 | -20.4% | 60,534 | 56,703 | 6.8% |
Chevrolet Traverse | 7802 | 7430 | 5.0% | 96,467 | 85,606 | 12.7% |
Dodge Durango | 5376 | 5216 | 3.1% | 60,727 | 42,589 | 42.6% |
Dodge Nitro | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3269 | -100% |
Ford Edge | 12,078 | 12,434 | -2.9% | 129,109 | 127,969 | 0.9% |
Ford Explorer | 16,907 | 17,244 | -2.0% | 192,397 | 164,207 | 17.2% |
Ford Flex | 2378 | 2172 | 9.5% | 25,953 | 28,224 | -8.0% |
GMC Acadia | 7923 | 5179 | 53.0% | 89,793 | 78,280 | 14.7% |
Honda Pilot | 8971 | 11,366 | -21.1% | 126,678 | 114,848 | 10.3% |
Hyundai Santa Fe * | 8249 | 7279 | 13.3% | 88,844 | 71,016 | 25.1% |
Hyundai Veracruz | --- | 58 | -100% | 175 | 8232 | -97.9% |
Jeep Grand Cherokee | 16,517 | 17,121 | -3.5% | 174,275 | 154,734 | 12.6% |
Jeep Liberty * | --- | 3508 | -100% | 6101 | 75,483 | -91.9% |
Kia Sorento * | 7482 | 10,967 | -31.8% | 105,649 | 119,597 | -11.7% |
Mazda CX-9 | 1539 | 3353 | -54.1% | 24,628 | 24,442 | 0.8% |
Mitsubishi Endeavor | --- | 8 | -100% | 24 | 501 | -95.2% |
Nissan Murano | 4684 | 3999 | 17.1% | 44,684 | 51,675 | -13.5% |
Nissan Pathfinder | 6675 | 7939 | -15.9% | 88,632 | 42,621 | 108% |
Subaru Tribeca | 143 | 189 | -24.3% | 1598 | 2075 | -23.0% |
Toyota 4Runner | 5100 | 5224 | -2.4% | 51,625 | 48,755 | 5.9% |
Toyota Highlander | 12,344 | 12,191 | 1.3% | 127,572 | 121,055 | 5.4% |
Volkswagen Touareg * | 818 | 1408 | -41.9% | 8233 | 10,553 | -22.0% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 129,805 | 140,337 | -7.5% | 1,503,698 | 1,432,434 | 5.0% |
Offroaders | December 2013 | December 2012 | % Change | 2013 | 2012 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeep Wrangler * | 12,028 | 11,545 | 4.2% | 155,502 | 141,669 | 9.8% |
Nissan Xterra * | 1588 | 1379 | 15.2% | 17,766 | 17,222 | 3.2% |
Toyota FJ Cruiser * | 1305 | 1511 | -13.6% | 13,131 | 13,656 | -3.8% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 14,921 | 14,435 | 3.4% | 186,399 | 172,547 | 8.0% |
Tall Wagons & Crossovers | December 2013 | December 2012 | % Change | 2013 | 2012 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Honda Crosstour * | 1360 | 2183 | -37.7% | 16,847 | 20,848 | -19.2% |
Subaru Outback * | 11,002 | 12,072 | -8.9% | 118,049 | 117,553 | 0.4% |
Toyota Venza * | 2148 | 4423 | -51.4% | 35,846 | 43,095 | -16.8% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 14,510 | 18,678 | -22.3% | 170,742 | 181,496 | -5.9% |
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
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, right? This explains why you'll see the Outback and Venza here but also with midsize cars, too, and the tweener-sized Sorento and Santa Fe are shown with midsize SUVs and small SUVs, 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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Midsize SUV Sales In America - November 2013 YTD
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- Midsize Suv Sales In America - November 2013 Ytd
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- Midsize Suv Sales Figures In America - August 2013 Ytd
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- Midsize Suv Sales Figures In America - July 2013 Ytd
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- Midsize Suv Sales Figures In America - June 2013 Ytd
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- Midsize Suv Sales Figures In America - May 2013 Ytd
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