July 2012 Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America

Multiple recalls for both the old and new models were enough to bring down U.S. Ford Escape sales, but not enough to give top-ranked status to the year-to-date leading Honda CR-V. The Escape squeaked out a narrow victory over the CR-V in July 2012 but trails the Honda by more than 18,000 units through seven months.

Jeep landed four of its five models on this list of America's 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers. The company's best-selling model in July was the Wrangler, but Wrangler sales were in decline, year-over-year. America's five best-selling SUVs were all direct rivals. The Ford Explorer, with Police Interceptor Utility sales included, is now 3203 sales ahead of the Jeep Grand Cherokee.

11 different brands are represented in July's top 20. Dodge, Subaru, Lexus, Kia, and Nissan participated with one model each. Pertinent links are clickable at the bottom of this post. Use the first dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home or near the top right of this page to find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for all these vehicles.

Rank	Best-Selling SUV	July 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Ford Escape	21,572	- 11.6%	148,739	+ 1.2%
#2	Honda CR-V	20,554	+ 47.4%	167,236	+ 33.9%
#3	Chevrolet Equinox	19,906	+ 16.5%	130,796	+ 15.8%
#4	Toyota RAV4	15,248	+ 73.0%	104,686	+ 27.7%
#5	Nissan Rogue	13,193	+ 17.2%	85,031	+ 22.9%
#6	Jeep Wrangler	12,216	- 14.9%	83,087	+ 22.9%
#7	Ford Explorer	11,997	+ 21.2%	89,891	+ 18.7%
#8	Jeep Grand Cherokee	11,571	+ 21.8%	86,688	+ 35.7%
#9	Toyota Highlander	10,669	+ 11.7%	68,113	+ 18.5%
#10	Kia Sorento	10,045	- 24.3%	67,569	- 10.0%
#11	Honda Pilot	9757	- 2.0%	64,633	+ 5.0%
#12	Ford Edge	9177	- 5.7%	74,613	+ 7.1%
#13	Jeep Liberty	7803	+ 34.3%	50,142	+ 35.1%
#14	GMC Terrain	7595	+ 4.0%	54,197	+ 11.4%
#15	GMC Acadia	7390	- 29.1%	49,550	- 1.4%
#16	Lexus RX	7357	+ 34.5%	51,374	+ 13.4%
#17	Dodge Journey	7051	+ 68.7%	43,802	+ 40.0%
#18	Subaru Forester	6453	+ 3.8%	43,549	+ 0.4%
#19	Chevrolet Tahoe	6053	+ 5.4%	39,327	- 1.1%
#20	Jeep Patriot	5870	+ 27.7%	38,577	+ 14.3%

Source: Manufacturers
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales

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