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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