Small SUV Sales In America - July 2015 YTD
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Small SUV Sales In America - July 2015 YTD


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This is what everyone's talking about. The small SUV. The urban crossover. The cute-ute. The little 4x4. 

Sales of conventional small SUVs/crossovers, the ones you know best, increased at just a 6% clip in July 2015. That takes into account the best-selling SUV/CUV of all, Honda's CR-V, plus the Ford Escape and Toyota RAV4 and Nissan Rogue. Overall SUV/crossover sales volume in America jumped 14% in July 2015. What gives?


U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - July 2015 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model - July 2015 YTD


Yes, the U.S. passenger car market may be losing out on sales to new small crossovers, but small crossovers might be losing out to their younger brethren, as well. 

The Honda HR-V, Jeep Renegade, and Subaru XV Crosstrek, for example, generated 20,804 U.S. sales in July 2015. It was the best ever month for the XV; the best month yet for the Renegade. 

USA small SUV sales chart July 2015
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Could Honda have sold an additional 5909 CR-Vs if the HR-V didn't exist? Of course not. Some of those HR-V buyers wouldn't have bought, some would have gotten a Civic, others would have turned to a Nissan Juke or XV or waited for a Mazda CX-3. 

Similarly, the fact that Subaru Forester volume was up just 9% when XV Crosstrek sales jumped 30%, or that Jeep Cherokee sales didn't grow as fast as the overall SUV/CUV sector as Jeep added 6320 Renegade sales doesn't strictly mean these little utilities are stealing all their sales from their big brothers. But they're likely stealing some.

Now, for some housekeeping. If you feel the small SUV/Crossover table below is shorter than before, well, that's because it is. The Kia Sorento is bigger than it used to be. Hyundai USA doesn't separate Santa Fe and Santa Fe Sport sales figures. Whereas before we showed the Sorento and Santa Fe both with these small utilities – with which the Sorento and Santa Fe lineups still compete, based on price – and midsize utilities, we're reserving them exclusively for the midsize category from now on. These decisions aren't purely based on size nor are they purely based on price. We also take into account conversations with experts, buyers, and sales personnel. As always, if you don't appreciate their absence in this category or don't approve of their inclusion in the other, you can always see all vehicles ranked together in one place and compile your own list.

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 small 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 • August 2015 • June 2015 • July 2014
Small SUVs 
& Crossovers
July
2015
July
2014
%
Change
2015
YTD
2014
YTD
%
Change
Chevrolet Captiva Sport
1
4497-100%5433,308-99.8%
Chevrolet Equinox
21,609
25,321-14.7%167,294146,15214.5%
Dodge Journey
8280
715815.7%59,56354,3099.7%
Ford Escape
29,253
26,55810.1%175,669179,448-2.1%
GMC Terrain
8813
10,767-18.1%63,223 61,4542.9%
Honda CR-V
31,785
28,52211.4%194,803183,2146.3%
Hyundai Tucson
3908
37673.7%26,542 28,103-5.6%
Jeep Cherokee
16,699
14,82712.6%122,12595,25928.2%
Jeep Compass
5517
54112.0%32,184 38,503-16.4%
Jeep Patriot
9493
779321.8%69,12851,72133.7%
Kia Sportage
5292
441219.9%29,247 24,36820.0%
Mazda CX-5
9530
91094.6%62,873 59,3845.9%
Mitsubishi Outlander
1769
95186.0%9225 796715.8%
Nissan Rogue
25,081
16,61850.9%160,478115,92038.4%
Subaru Forester
15,811
14,5248.9%96,63988,9248.7%
Toyota RAV4
26,709
26,779-0.3%170,284143,73118.5%
Volkswagen Tiguan
2407
212113.5%16,08415,2955.2%
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Total
221,957
209,1356.1%1,455,415 1,327,060 9.7%

Smallest SUVs & Crossovers
July
2015
July
2014
%
Change
2015
YTD
2014
YTD
%
Change
Buick Encore *
6826
406168.1%37,37527,71834.8%
Chevrolet Trax *
6111
------30,926------
Fiat 500X *
962
------1294------
Honda HR-V *
5909
------20,050------
Jeep Renegade
6320
------20,751------
Mini Countryman *
1203
2183-44.9%948112,804-26.0%
Mini Paceman *
95
149-36.2%9331076-13.3%
Mitsubishi
Outlander Sport *
3242
261024.2%21,13517,93217.9%
Nissan Juke *
2347
23250.9%16,994 28,086-39.5%
Subaru XV Crosstrek *
8575
660329.9%50,52540,36825.2%
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Total
41,590
17,931132%209,464 127,984 63.7%

Offroaders
July
2015
July
2014
%
Change
2015
YTD
2014
YTD
%
Change
Jeep Wrangler *
19,320
16,38817.9%121,770 102,125 19.2%
Nissan Xterra *
1196
107311.5%811410,838 -25.1%
Toyota FJ Cruiser *
3
1424-99.8%2219661 -97.7%
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Total
20,519
18,8858.7%130,105 122,624 6.1%
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. This explains why you'll see the Encore and XV Crosstrek are listed with small cars, too, 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. 


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