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The Dodge Durango cracked the list of America's ten best-selling SUVs in 2004 with the kind of volume the brand has not achieved since. In fact, though much attention has been paid to the Durango of late, Dodge sold more Durangos in calendar year 2004 than they have in the 30 months between November 2011 and April 2014.
Continual drops weren't yet big enough for Ford to lose hold of its crown as the builder of America's favourite SUV, the Explorer.
• Top 10 Best-Selling SUVs In America - 2003 Year End
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• Top 40 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - 2004 Year End
In the meantime, the Escape was steadily climbing the leaderboard even as it aged. Escape sales jumped 9% in 2004, the biggest increase of any SUV in the top ten aside from the aforementioned Durango.
It's worth noting, General Motors relied on the second-ranked TrailBlazer's platform for 9.5% of the company's U.S. sales volume in 2004. The TrailBlazer's platform, of course, was also used for the tenth-ranked GMC Envoy (which, combined with the TrailBlazer, outsold the Explorer/Mercury Mountaineer by 35,132 units), Buick Rainier, and Oldsmobile Bravada.
The Ford Motor Company also sold 23,644 copies of the Explorer-based Lincoln Aviator.
Source: Automakers & ANDC
- Large Suv Sales In America - 2004 Year End
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- Top 40 Best-selling Vehicles In America - 2005 Year End
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- Top 10 Best-selling Suvs In America - 2003 Year End
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- Top 10 Best-selling Suvs In America - 2002 Year End
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- Top 40 Best-selling Vehicles In America In 2004
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Top 10 Best-Selling SUVs In America - 2004 Year End
Continual drops weren't yet big enough for Ford to lose hold of its crown as the builder of America's favourite SUV, the Explorer.
• Top 10 Best-Selling SUVs In America - 2003 Year End
• Top 10 Best-Selling SUVs In America - 2005 Year End
• Top 40 Best-Selling Vehicles In America - 2004 Year End
In the meantime, the Escape was steadily climbing the leaderboard even as it aged. Escape sales jumped 9% in 2004, the biggest increase of any SUV in the top ten aside from the aforementioned Durango.
It's worth noting, General Motors relied on the second-ranked TrailBlazer's platform for 9.5% of the company's U.S. sales volume in 2004. The TrailBlazer's platform, of course, was also used for the tenth-ranked GMC Envoy (which, combined with the TrailBlazer, outsold the Explorer/Mercury Mountaineer by 35,132 units), Buick Rainier, and Oldsmobile Bravada.
The Ford Motor Company also sold 23,644 copies of the Explorer-based Lincoln Aviator.
Rank | Best-Selling SUV | 2004 | 2003 | % Change |
#1 | Ford Explorer | 339,333 | 373,118 | -9.1% |
#2 | Chevrolet TrailBlazer | 283,484 | 261,334 | 8.5% |
#3 | Chevrolet Tahoe | 186,161 | 199,065 | -6.5% |
#4 | Ford Escape | 183,340 | 167,678 | 9.4% |
#5 | Jeep Grand Cherokee | 182,313 | 207,479 | -12.1% |
#6 | Jeep Liberty | 167,376 | 162,987 | 2.7% |
#7 | Ford Expedition | 159,846 | 181,547 | -12.0% |
#8 | Honda CR-V | 149,281 | 143,909 | 3.7% |
#9 | Dodge Durango | 137,148 | 108,010 | 27.0% |
#10 | GMC Envoy | 134,897 | 127,782 | 5.6% |
- Large Suv Sales In America - 2004 Year End
With a new less costly rival in the form of Chrysler's Ram-related Dodge Durango for the 2004 model year (these figures are calendar-based, not model year-based), the U.S. market share afforded to the General Motors full-size quarter decreased to...
- Top 40 Best-selling Vehicles In America - 2005 Year End
America's new vehicle market grew 0.5% in 2005 as passenger car sales improved 2.9% and overall "light truck" sales slid 1.5%. Cars claimed 46.8% of the industry's 2005 volume, up from 45.8% in 2004. The Ford F-Series continued its reign as...
- Top 10 Best-selling Suvs In America - 2003 Year End
Although Ford Explorer sales decreased in 2003 and Chevrolet TrailBlazer sales increased, the swings weren't nearly enough for the Chevy to unseat the Ford as America's best-selling SUV. Ford also made the fifth and sixth-ranked utility vehicles,...
- Top 10 Best-selling Suvs In America - 2002 Year End
America's list of the ten best-selling SUVs in 2002 was headlined by the Ford Explorer, sales of which declined in each of the seven years thereafter. The Explorer's dominance in 2002 was complete: its nearest rival, the Chevrolet TrailBlazer,...
- Top 40 Best-selling Vehicles In America In 2004
A quick examination of 2004's 30 best-selling vehicles in America list will reveal that 26.7% of the nameplates were General Motors products. In October 2011 that figure was 20%, for some perspective, and in 2003 the number had been 30%. GM was still...