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In Canada, the Ford Escape's position atop the SUV leaderboard is so secure that we often step right over mentioning it on the way to find what else is worthy of a story. This is especially true when the Escape is struggling to repeat prior year sales performances, as it has for much of 2012, and indeed again in December. Escape sales dropped by 220 units last month.
The Hyundai Santa Fe moved up to the second slot on December's best-selling SUV list. This won't surprise observers who knew of the Santa Fe's strength before the second-gen crossover aged; before the third-gen vehicle was fully available. Santa Fe sales were more than twice as strong in December 2012 as in December 2011, when it ranked tenth in the category.
Further down this list of Canada's most popular utility vehicles you'll find two luxury nameplates, neither of which says "Lexus" or "RX", although the dominant Lexus did end the year ahead of both the Audi Q5 and Mercedes-Benz GLK. Audi's Q5 starts at $39,900 in Canada, some $5000 below the GLK350's base price. The GLK's base price is $50 lower than the RX350's.
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And in 20th spot, a Mitsubishi. Outlander sales fell 15% from 641 in December 2011 but were still strong enough to land a Mitsubishi on a best seller list. Extend a best seller list enough and who knows what you might find: the Mitsubishi RVR was Canada's 28th-best-selling utility vehicle in December 2012.
GoodCarBadCar.net will be posting a list of 2012's best-selling SUVs and crossovers in a few minutes. Until then, be aware that you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any vehicle by accessing the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page. What you see below were the 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers in Canada in December 2012.
Source: Manufacturers & ANDC
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
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December 2012 Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada
The Hyundai Santa Fe moved up to the second slot on December's best-selling SUV list. This won't surprise observers who knew of the Santa Fe's strength before the second-gen crossover aged; before the third-gen vehicle was fully available. Santa Fe sales were more than twice as strong in December 2012 as in December 2011, when it ranked tenth in the category.
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Further down this list of Canada's most popular utility vehicles you'll find two luxury nameplates, neither of which says "Lexus" or "RX", although the dominant Lexus did end the year ahead of both the Audi Q5 and Mercedes-Benz GLK. Audi's Q5 starts at $39,900 in Canada, some $5000 below the GLK350's base price. The GLK's base price is $50 lower than the RX350's.
And in 20th spot, a Mitsubishi. Outlander sales fell 15% from 641 in December 2011 but were still strong enough to land a Mitsubishi on a best seller list. Extend a best seller list enough and who knows what you might find: the Mitsubishi RVR was Canada's 28th-best-selling utility vehicle in December 2012.
GoodCarBadCar.net will be posting a list of 2012's best-selling SUVs and crossovers in a few minutes. Until then, be aware that you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any vehicle by accessing the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page. What you see below were the 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers in Canada in December 2012.
Rank | Best-Selling SUV | December 2012 | % Change | 2012 Year End | YTD % Change |
#1 | Ford Escape | 2781 | - 7.3% | 44,099 | - 0.3% |
#2 | Hyundai Santa Fe | 1971 | + 108% | 23,394 | - 3.0% |
#3 | Honda CR-V | 1959 | + 4.6% | 33,339 | + 33.0% |
#4 | Dodge Journey | 1578 | - 17.7% | 28,888 | - 0.5% |
#5 | Toyota RAV4 | 1487 | - 34.9% | 25,942 | + 20.4% |
#6 | Chevrolet Equinox | 1048 | - 34.5% | 20,390 | - 9.2% |
#7 | Kia Sorento | 1022 | + 7.2% | 14,031 | - 7.1% |
#8 | Ford Edge | 1011 | - 10.7% | 18,837 | + 20.5% |
#9 | Jeep Wrangler | 988 | + 27.0% | 18,996 | + 21.5% |
#10 | Nissan Rogue | 923 | - 32.6% | 14,329 | + 1.0% |
#11 | GMC Terrain | 901 | + 8.7% | 12,302 | + 4.1% |
#12 | Mazda CX-5 | 786 | ----- | 11,301 | ----- |
#13 | Ford Explorer | 768 | + 17.1% | 10,427 | + 10.9% |
#14 | Jeep Grand Cherokee | 683 | - 28.1% | 10,416 | + 1.3% |
T15 | Subaru Forester | 610 | + 5.4% | 7156 | - 17.5% |
T15 | Toyota Highlander | 610 | + 20.8% | 6851 | + 22.9% |
#17 | Hyundai Tucson | 597 | - 21.8% | 13,969 | - 2.4% |
#18 | Audi Q5 | 564 | + 128% | 6152 | + 36.7% |
#19 | Mercedes-Benz GLK | 562 | + 38.8% | 5279 | - 0.3% |
#20 | Mitsubishi Outlander | 544 | - 15.1% | 5267 | - 7.8% |
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
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