Top 10 Best-Selling SUVs In America - April 2011

Don't get the wrong impression: the Ford Edge hasn't gone and gotten all unpopular. In fact, when compared with April 2010, sales of the Edge are up 4%. But there's a new deputy sheriff in town, and after a month in which the Ford Explorer narrowly surpassed the Edge, Edge sales dropped 32.3% while Explorer sales did slightly better than remain level. Compared with the Explorer's April 2010 performance, the three-row Ford midsize SUV was up 137.8%. 

Beyond that, however, there's a more popular Ford utility vehicle. After March saw the Escape sitting atop the SUV leaderboard, the Honda CR-V did manage to take back its crown. CR-V sales jumped 30.1% in April. Sales of the Chevrolet Equinox climbed 42.4%, and sales of the Jeep Grand Cherokee nearly tripled. Six of the ten best-selling SUVs in America were domestics. 

Falling off this list were the Nissan Rogue and Toyota Highlander. This meant there was room for the Chevrolet Traverse and Honda Pilot. Overall, Ford utility vehicles were up 19.9% and are up 28.3% year-to-date. Speaking of year-to-date, the CR-V leads the Escape by 1923 units through the first third of 2011.

America's Top 10 Best-Selling SUVs are as follows.

Rank	SUV	Status	April 2011	Last Month	April 2010
#1	Honda CR-V	↑	21,683	21,998	16,661
#2	Ford Escape	↓	21,240	23,975	19,146
#3	Chevrolet Equinox	↑	17,067	14,949	11,987
#4	Toyota RAV4	↓	15,586	16,082	14,851
#5	Ford Explorer	↑	12,593	12,482	5295
#6	Kia Sorento	↑	12,001	11,071	8529
#7	Jeep Grand Cherokee	↑	9802	9836	3393
#8	Chevrolet Traverse	↑	9666	8230	9020
#9	Honda Pilot	↑	9488	9608	9322
#10	Ford Edge	↓	9361	12,388	9003

Source: Manufacturers And Automotive News Data Center

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