Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America - October 2013
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Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America - October 2013


2013 Toyota RAV4 LE
America's best-selling SUVs and crossovers were an enormously successful bunch of vehicles in October 2013. 

Only one of America's favourite utility vehicles sold less often in October 2013 than it did in October 2013, the Kia Sorento, but its platform-sharing partner from Hyundai, the Santa Fe, reported a 36% increase. Together, the Sorento and Santa Fe lineups rose 4.5% to 16,336 units.

They were not at the top of this list of America's 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers, however. The top-ranked Honda CR-V now leads the Ford Escape by 1093 sales after outselling the Escape by 301 units in October. 

The Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain combined for 25,077 sales in October, 2523 more than what Honda managed with the leading CR-V.

No nameplate among the 20 leaders produced gains greater than the Subaru Forester's 137% year-over-year increase. Toyota's RAV4 jumped 61%; the Chevrolet Tahoe reported 51% gains as GM claimed nearly eight out of every ten full-size SUV sales.

• All Vehicles Ranked By October 2013 & YTD U.S. Sales
• All 91 SUVs & Crossovers Ranked By October 2013 YTD U.S. Sales

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these best-selling SUVs and crossovers can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well. GoodCarBadCar has already published the list of America's best-selling trucks in October and will shortly publish a list of America's 20 most popular cars. The + icon has been removed from year-over-year improvements. Look instead for red font to designate year-over-year declines. We've also added prior year data, which means you'll spend less time hunting around GCBC looking for recent historical data.

October 2014 • November 2013 • September 2013 â€¢ October 2012
Rank
Best-Selling SUV
October 2013
October
2012
% Change
2013 YTD 2012 YTD % Change
#1
Honda CR-V
22,55420,20511.6%251,636 233,586 7.7%
#2
Ford Escape
22,253 19,832 12.2% 250,543 219,907 13.9%
#3
Toyota RAV4
17,590 10,936 60.8% 177,832 145,103 22.6%
#4
Chevrolet Equinox
17,163 15,387 11.5% 202,583 182,249 11.2%
#5
Ford Explorer
15,288 14,220 7.5% 161,222 132,023 22.1%
#6
Jeep Grand Cherokee
14,263 11,919 19.7% 142,960 123,994 15.2%
#7
Nissan Rogue
12,919 8436 53.1% 137,588 118,199 16.4%
#8
Subaru Forester
12,581 5309 137% 96,953 61,880 56.7%
#9
Jeep Wrangler
11,780 11,310 4.2% 131,721 119,787 10.0%
#10
Toyota Highlander
9323 8909 4.6% 103,684 99,390 4.3%
#11
Honda Pilot
9202 8828 4.2% 109,557 94,116 16.4%
#12
Ford Edge
8681 8406 3.3% 108,270 105,393 2.7%
#13
Hyundai Santa Fe
8194 6022 36.1% 70,938 56,983 24.5%
#14
Kia Sorento
8142 9615 - 4.9% 89,522 97,779 - 8.4%
#15
Lexus RX
7979 6928 15.2% 81,258 73,976 9.8%
#16
GMC Terrain
7914 7286 8.6% 84,706 78,112 8.4%
#17
Chevrolet Tahoe
7458 4926 51.4% 67,584 54,407 24.2%
#18
GMC Acadia
6882 5613 22.6% 74,304 69,470 7.0%
#19
Dodge Journey
6373 5955 7.0% 71,162 65,306 9.0%
#20
Chevrolet Traverse
6365 5437 17.1% 81,776 72,479 12.8%
Source: Automakers
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales

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