November 2012 Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America

America's 20 top-selling SUVs and crossovers accounted for 219,682 of America's 1.14 million new vehicle sales in November 2012. The Ford Escape trailed the leading Honda CR-V by 1363 units, but was the highest-selling of four American brand SUVs in the top five. Year-to-date, the CR-V's 15,042-unit lead over the Escape is not something that can be overcome in December, particularly if CR-V sales continue to rise and Escape sales continue to fall.

The chief newcomer on November 2012's list of the 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers in America is the Nissan Pathfinder. With 23% of its year-to-date sales coming in the eleventh month of the year, the Pathfinder nameplate owes much to the fourth-gen model that was recently introduced with more of a crossover angle. 

The best Pathfinder sales year in the last decade was 2005, when 76,156 were sold. It seems unlikely that Nissan could sell 8000 Pathfinders each month now, but if it did, that 96,000 annual rate would have a hugely negative impact on the Murano, or at least one would think. Ford is doing a fine job of selling a big crossover-that-used-to-be-a-truck, the Explorer, alongside the smaller Edge and the better-selling Escape. Perhaps Nissan can do the same with the Pathfinder, smaller Murano, and better-selling Rogue.

All 265 Vehicles Ranked By U.S. November 2012 YTD Sales
12 different auto brands are represented in this month's top 20 list, although they hail from just eight different auto manufacturing entities. The Lexus RX was the only premium brand vehicle to crack the top 20, although you will soon be seeing in this month's luxury SUV sales post that Cadillac SRX sales shot up 13% to 5340 and BMW had a great month with the X5 and X3. 

GoodCarBadCar makes all these sales figures readily available through the Sales Stats homepage where you can select any make, model, overarching manufacturer, or the total market. America's 20 best-selling cars have already been published along with brand-by-brand rankings and the country's five favourite trucks.

Rank	Best-Selling SUV	November 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Honda CR-V	22,333	+ 36.0%	255,919	+ 30.0%
#2	Ford Escape	20,970	- 3.9%	240,877	+ 5.3%
#3	Chevrolet Equinox	16,821	+ 12.6%	199,070	+ 13.7%
#4	Ford Explorer	14,940	+ 15.9%	146,963	+ 20.6%
#5	Jeep Grand Cherokee	13,619	+ 0.5%	137,613	+ 24.7%
#6	Nissan Rogue	12,662	+ 16.8%	130,861	+ 16.6%
#7	Toyota RAV4	12,423	+ 9.6%	157,526	+ 33.3%
#8	Kia Sorento	10,851	+ 12.2%	108,630	- 9.2%
#9	Jeep Wrangler	10,337	+ 12.1%	130,124	+ 17.2%
#10	Ford Edge	10,142	+ 4.7%	115,535	+ 5.4%
#11	Toyota Highlander	9474	+ 13.2%	108,864	+ 21.7%
#12	Honda Pilot	9366	- 10.7%	103,482	- 1.1%
#13	Lexus RX	8871	+ 17.0%	82,847	+ 16.5%
#14	GMC Terrain	8158	+ 44.3%	86,270	+ 14.3%
#15	Nissan Pathfinder	8097	+ 249%	34,682	+ 49.0%
#16	Hyundai Santa Fe	6754	+ 10.2%	63,737	- 8.0%
#17	Dodge Journey	6569	+ 77.0%	71,875	+ 42.5%
#18	Chevrolet Tahoe	5895	- 29.8%	60,302	- 16.4%
#19	Subaru Forester	5703	- 2.2%	67,583	- 0.02%
#20	Chevrolet Traverse	5697	- 20.3%	78,176	- 20.1%

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

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September 2012 Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada

By no means are all twins identical. In the case of SUVs and crossovers competing for attention in Canada, many of the best sellers are at least siblings, if not fraternal twins. But identical? Not at all.

Consider the Hyundai Santa Fe and Kia Sorento, Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain, Hyundai Tucson and Kia Sportage, and finally the Toyota Highlander and Lexus RX. Together, these eight utility vehicles accounted for 6.1% of Canada's new vehicle market in September 2012.

Yet in terms of volume, not one of those pairs measured up to the individual Ford Escape last month. Escape sales are down 6% this year but shot up 21% in September, even as the overall industry reported 6.4% growth. The Escape is now 6955 sales ahead of the Honda CR-V in the race to end 2012 as the best-selling SUV in Canada. Despite a productive September, last year's second-ranked Dodge Journey has slid to the third spot as sales have fallen 1% through nine months.

September 2012 YTD Canada Sales: All 260 Vehicles Ranked

Many have asked lately about the well regarded Mazda CX-5's low volume. The CX-5 was America's 26th-best-selling utility vehicle in September as the class-leading Escape sold 5.2 times more often. In Canada, so dominant is the Escape that even as the CX-5 ended the month as the 13th-best-selling utility vehicle (obviously much better than the little Mazda fared south of the border), the Escape still sold 5.3 times more often than the CX-5.

Historical monthly and yearly sales results for 282 different vehicles can be accessed through the first dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home or, for non-mobile users, near the top right of this page. The U.S. version of this post was published eight days ago. Key best seller links are clickable at the bottom of this post, but first you ought to peruse September 2012's list of the 20 best-selling SUVs in Canada. Nine brands are represented in the top 10, eleven brands in the top 13.

Rank	Best-Selling SUV	September 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Ford Escape	4491	+ 21.1%	33,132	- 6.2%
#2	Dodge Journey	2873	+ 48.4%	23,021	- 1.1%
#3	Toyota RAV4	2763	+ 101%	19,926	+ 29.5%
#4	Honda CR-V	2682	+ 25.9%	26,177	+ 44.8%
#5	Hyundai Santa Fe	1784	+ 2.1%	16,845	- 15.8%
#6	Chevrolet Equinox	1599	+ 3.4%	16,214	- 8.2%
#7	Ford Edge	1509	- 3.1%	15,302	+ 24.2%
#8	Jeep Wrangler	1456	+ 13.7%	15,714	+ 20.4%
#9	Kia Sorento	1373	- 18.5%	10,903	- 6.8%
#10	GMC Terrain	1070	+ 44.2%	9273	- 0.2%
#11	Ford Explorer	1008	+ 7.15	8009	+ 10.9%
#12	Nissan Rogue	884	- 40.0%	11,453	+ 8.5%
#13	Mazda CX-5	848	-----	8568	-----
#14	Hyundai Tucson	837	- 24.3%	11,331	- 1.9%
#15	Jeep Grand Cherokee	760	+ 6.3%	7691	+ 4.7%
#16	Toyota Highlander	743	+ 93.0%	4756	+ 19.0%
#17	GMC Acadia	725	+ 139%	3903	- 7.7%
#18	Lexus RX	711	+ 14.1%	5318	+ 9.5%
#19	Honda Pilot	687	+ 54.0%	4188	+ 27.9%
#20	Kia Sportage	633	- 27.8%	6433	+ 7.1%

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

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September 2012 Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America

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Ford's surging Escape is certainly trying to make Honda sweat it. What seemed like a sure victory just a couple months ago now looks likely, but not certain. The CR-V's lead over Ford's Escape in the race to end 2012 as the best-selling SUV in America has shrunk to 13,306 units. 

At the end of May, the CR-V led the Escape by nearly 25,000 sales. The Escape won the September battle by 880 units but needs to win in October, November, and December by an average of 4435 sales. 

Impossible? In the larger June market, the Escape beat the CR-V by 5218 units. The Escape finished August 4311 units ahead of the CR-V, as well.

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4% of the Ford Explorers sold in America in September were Police Interceptors. To go along with 15,835 Equinoxes, Chevrolet also sold 2849 Captiva Sports to fleet buyers in September 2012. Hyundai's 15th-ranked Santa Fe has the lowest year-to-date total of any utility vehicle in the top 20. Yet with inventory of the third-generation Santa improving, the Santa Fe should be capable of overtaking its corporate partner, Kia's Sorento. The Lexus RX was clearly America's best-selling premium brand crossover in September while accounting for 34.6% of all Lexus sales.

September 2012 YTD - All 265 Vehicles Ranked

As always, you can find specific monthly and yearly sales figures for all 20 of these vehicles by accessing the first dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home or, for non-mobile users, the same dropdown near the top right of this page. GoodCarBadCar already ranked America's 20 best-selling cars. The five best-selling trucks are coming up. Brands were ranked by September volume earlier today. Below you'll find the 20 best-selling SUVs and crossovers in America in September 2012.

Rank	Best-Selling SUV	September 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Ford Escape	23,148	+ 14.5%	200,075	+ 6.5%
#2	Honda CR-V	22,268	+ 13.6%	213,381	+ 32.5%
#3	Chevrolet Equinox	15,835	+ 2.2%	166,862	+ 15.0%
#4	Ford Explorer	14,049	+ 23.9%	117,803	+ 21.5%
#5	Toyota RAV4	13,796	+ 80.4%	134,167	+ 39.6%
#6	Jeep Grand Cherokee	12,539	+ 18.5%	112,075	+ 30.7%
#7	Nissan Rogue	12,106	+ 12.7%	109,763	+ 20.1%
#8	Jeep Wrangler	12,097	+ 6.2%	108,477	+ 18.0%
#9	Toyota Highlander	10,927	+ 44.8%	90,481	+ 23.8%
#10	Ford Edge	10,771	- 7.8%	96,987	+ 6.8%
#11	Kia Sorento	10,066	- 9.4%	88,164	- 11.6%
#12	Honda Pilot	10,045	- 2.5%	85,288	+ 4.4%
#13	Dodge Journey	7627	+ 41.2%	59,351	+ 42.3%
#14	GMC Terrain	7486	+ 8.3%	70,826	+ 11.6%
#15	Hyundai Santa Fe	7378	+ 18.8%	50,961	+ 12.1%
#16	Lexus RX	7046	+ 40.8%	67,048	+ 18.0%
#17	GMC Acadia	6159	+ 16.5%	63,857	+ 3.0%
#18	Subaru Forester	6066	- 8.0%	56,751	+ 0.3%
#19	Chevrolet Traverse	5687	- 27.8%	67,042	- 19.7%
#20	Jeep Liberty	5646	+ 5.3%	63,674	+ 29.1%

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

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August 2012 Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada

A huge 1550-unit victory over the Honda CR-V in August stretched the Ford Escape's year-to-date lead over the next-best-selling SUV/CUV to 5146 units. The CR-V would need to outsell the Escape by an average of 1287 units in each of the next four months in order to unseat the Ford as Canada's best-selling SUV or crossover. That's not going to happen.

South of the border, in a market that's proven to be 8.3 times the size of the Canadian new vehicle market in 2012, the CR-V leads the Escape by 14,186 sales.

August was the Good 12-winning Jeep Wrangler's second consecutive month in the number five position. If that seems a bit high for a boxy hardcore 4x4 with weaker fuel economy than most of the SUVs in the top 20, that's because it is. The Wrangler ranked 15th in 2008 and in2009, 10th in 2010 and seventh in 2011. Through the first eight months of 2012, the Wrangler is ranked sixth.

In August, The Wrangler's More Expensive Grand Cherokee Sibling
Suffered Its Second Monthly Year-Over-Year Decline Of 2012, Dragging
It Down From Its Ranking Of 11th In July To 20th Spot

Eight of the SUVs and crossovers among August's 20 best sellers in Canada wore American badges. Another four were Korean, leaving eight Japanese-brand SUVs and CUVs, including the Lexus RX, the only premium brand entry in August's top 20.

All 259 Vehicles Ranked By August 2012 YTD Canadian Sales

The list of Canada's 20 best-selling cars was published earlier this morning. GoodCarBadCar ranked every brand by total August volume early last week. As always, historical monthly and yearly sales figures for all these specific vehicles can be found by accessing the first dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats home.

Rank	Best-Selling SUV	August 2012	% Change	Year To Date	YTD % Change
#1	Ford Escape	4642	+ 13.0%	28,641	- 9.4%
#2	Honda CR-V	3092	+ 35.4%	23,495	+ 47.3%
#3	Toyota RAV4	2754	+ 134%	17,163	+ 22.5%
#4	Dodge Journey	2404	+ 11.4%	20,148	- 5.6%
#5	Jeep Wrangler	1951	+ 22.8%	14,258	+ 21.1%
#6	Chevrolet Equinox	1859	- 14.8%	14,615	- 9.3%
#7	Hyundai Santa Fe	1725	- 35.6%	15,061	- 17.6%
#8	Kia Sorento	1588	+ 13.3%	9530	- 4.8%
#9	Ford Edge	1356	+ 2.7%	13,793	+ 28.1%
#10	Hyundai Tucson	1352	+ 67.3%	10,494	+ 0.5%
#11	GMC Terrain	1243	+ 6.3%	8203	- 4.0%
#12	Nissan Rogue	1037	- 52.4%	10,569	+ 16.3%
#13	Ford Explorer	954	+ 22.3%	7001	+ 11.4%
#14	Mazda CX-5	844	-----	7720	-----
#15	Honda Pilot	726	+ 37.8%	3501	+ 23.8%
#16	Kia Sportage	721	+ 2.3%	5800	+ 13.1%
#17	Lexus RX	718	+ 52.1%	4607	+ 8.8%
#18	Subaru Forester	657	- 4.6%	4983	- 7.1%
#19	Toyota Highlander	580	+ 80.1%	4013	+ 11.2%
#20	Jeep Grand Cherokee	572	- 14.6%	6931	+ 4.6%

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

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