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As a group, small SUV and crossover sales are growing at a rapid rate in the United States in 2014. Q1 sales shot up 17%, very nearly the kind of growth achieved in an even better month of March. At this time last year, smaller utility vehicles (from the first table in this post) generated 13.1% of the U.S. auto industry's Q1 sales. Fast forward back to real time, and the same vehicle segment generated 15.2% of the industry's Q1 2014 sales.
The addition of the Jeep Cherokee helped. Compared with the Liberty's Q1 performance from 2013, sales are up 626%. But the bigger volume increases have come from small Japanese-brand crossovers which are either very new or still quite fresh. Mazda CX-5 sales are up by 8397 units this year, 16,152 extra Nissan Rogues have been sold, Subaru Forester sales are up by 14,246 units, and Toyota RAV4 volume has increased by 11,651 sales.
From those four crossovers alone - not counting the fact that sales of the Honda CR-V, two lingering small Jeeps, the Kia Sportage, and Mitsubishi Outlander among others have all increased - there are 50,446 more sales than the same four crossovers collected in the first quarter of 2013.
The fact that sales of the class-leading Ford Escape are down by 1678 units isn't troubling to the overall category: the Escape is simply losing market share to other players, not unlike the situation facing the Chevrolet Equinox/GMC Terrain, and the aging Volkswagen Tiguan.
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 smaller 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 • March 2015 • April 2014 • February 2014 • March 2013
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 Encore and XV Crosstrek are listed with small 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 midsizers, as well... 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. GCBC has historically shown the Liberty with midsize SUVs but as the Cherokee - truly not midsize inside - replaces the Liberty, proper year-over-year comparison requires seeing the Liberty listed here with these smaller utility vehicles.
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- Small Suv Sales In America - February 2014 Ytd
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Small SUV Sales In America - March 2014 YTD
The addition of the Jeep Cherokee helped. Compared with the Liberty's Q1 performance from 2013, sales are up 626%. But the bigger volume increases have come from small Japanese-brand crossovers which are either very new or still quite fresh. Mazda CX-5 sales are up by 8397 units this year, 16,152 extra Nissan Rogues have been sold, Subaru Forester sales are up by 14,246 units, and Toyota RAV4 volume has increased by 11,651 sales.
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From those four crossovers alone - not counting the fact that sales of the Honda CR-V, two lingering small Jeeps, the Kia Sportage, and Mitsubishi Outlander among others have all increased - there are 50,446 more sales than the same four crossovers collected in the first quarter of 2013.
The fact that sales of the class-leading Ford Escape are down by 1678 units isn't troubling to the overall category: the Escape is simply losing market share to other players, not unlike the situation facing the Chevrolet Equinox/GMC Terrain, and the aging Volkswagen Tiguan.
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 smaller 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 • March 2015 • April 2014 • February 2014 • March 2013
Small SUVs & Crossovers | March 2014 | March 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevrolet Captiva Sport | 4637 | 4576 | 1.3% | 12,854 | 12,379 | 3.8% |
Chevrolet Equinox | 19,939 | 20,997 | -5.0% | 56,073 | 58,869 | -4.7% |
Dodge Journey | 9125 | 7283 | 25.3% | 23,024 | 22,992 | 0.1% |
Ford Escape | 28,701 | 28,934 | -0.8% | 71,305 | 72,983 | -2.3% |
GMC Terrain | 9059 | 8454 | 7.2% | 25,419 | 26,806 | -5.2% |
Honda CR-V | 28,657 | 26,897 | 6.5% | 67,648 | 65,374 | 3.5% |
Honda Element | --- | 1 | -100% | --- | 1 | -100% |
Hyundai Santa Fe * | 9726 | 7116 | 36.7% | 23,440 | 19,446 | 20.5% |
Hyundai Tucson | 4627 | 4073 | 13.6% | 12,116 | 11,010 | 10.0% |
Jeep Cherokee | 13,796 | --- | --- | 36,096 | --- | --- |
Jeep Compass | 5335 | 5111 | 4.4% | 13,757 | 12,003 | 14.6% |
Jeep Liberty | --- | 1408 | -100% | --- | 4972 | -100% |
Jeep Patriot | 8431 | 7420 | 13.6% | 20,474 | 18,997 | 7.8% |
Kia Sorento * | 8671 | 10,005 | -13.3% | 23,006 | 25,955 | -11.4% |
Kia Sportage | 3571 | 2680 | 33.2% | 8827 | 7436 | 18.7% |
Mazda CX-5 | 11,855 | 7116 | 66.6% | 26,206 | 17,809 | 47.2% |
Mitsubishi Outlander | 1466 | 917 | 59.9% | 3613 | 2953 | 22.4% |
Nissan Rogue | 19,420 | 15,381 | 26.3% | 50,448 | 34,296 | 47.1% |
Subaru Forester | 13,846 | 9050 | 53.0% | 35,390 | 21,144 | 67.4% |
Suzuki Grand Vitara | --- | 407 | -100% | --- | 1037 | -100% |
Toyota RAV4 | 19,733 | 16,474 | 19.8% | 53,064 | 41,413 | 28.1% |
Volkswagen Tiguan | 2315 | 3304 | -29.9% | 6111 | 7951 | -23.1% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 222,910 | 187,604 | 18.8% | 568,871 | 485,826 | 17.1% |
Smallest SUVs & Crossovers | March 2014 | March 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buick Encore * | 5279 | 3003 | 75.8% | 10,723 | 4953 | 116% |
Mini Countryman * | 1861 | 1761 | 5.7% | 4305 | 4839 | -11.0% |
Mini Paceman * | 169 | 169 | 0.0% | 406 | 169 | 140% |
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport * | 3264 | 2442 | 33.7% | 7450 | 5436 | 37.0% |
Nissan Juke * | 6943 | 3916 | 77.3% | 15,582 | 9106 | 71.1% |
Subaru XV Crosstrek * | 6585 | 4688 | 40.5% | 16,875 | 10,710 | 57.6% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 24,101 | 15,979 | 50.8% | 55,341 | 35,213 | 57.2% |
Offroaders | March 2014 | March 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeep Wrangler * | 14,481 | 12,901 | 12.2% | 34,674 | 31,846 | 8.9% |
Nissan Xterra * | 2132 | 2913 | -26.8% | 5445 | 4890 | 11.3% |
Toyota FJ Cruiser * | 1484 | 764 | 94.2% | 3912 | 3351 | 16.7% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 18,097 | 16,578 | 9.2% | 44,031 | 40,087 | 9.8% |
* 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 Encore and XV Crosstrek are listed with small 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 midsizers, as well... 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. GCBC has historically shown the Liberty with midsize SUVs but as the Cherokee - truly not midsize inside - replaces the Liberty, proper year-over-year comparison requires seeing the Liberty listed here with these smaller utility vehicles.
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- Small Suv Sales Figures In America - July 2013 Ytd
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