December 2012 And 2012 Year End Midsize SUV Sales And Large SUV Sales In Canada

2012 Midsize SUV Sales Chart
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Canadians registered 658 new full-size mainstream brand sport-utility vehicles in December 2012. 59% of those SUVs were General Motors products, but the Ford Expedition was the class leader, outselling the GMC Yukon by 21 units.

The Expedition was one of three full-size sport-utes to post a year-over-year volume increase in Canada in 2012. Compared with 2011, Expedition sales jumped 12%, good enough to beat the second-ranked GMC Yukon by 684 units. 7586 of these SUVs were sold in 2012, including the Kia Borrego's four units. GM owned 58% of the market, Ford another 25%, and the Asians the other 17%.

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December 2012 Midsize
SUV Sales Chart

But the large SUV category is an awfully small category in Canada. Numerous midsize utility vehicles - including the Hyundai Santa Fe and Kia Sorento, which GCBC also displays with small SUVs - outsold the whole large SUV segment with ease. Ford markets three different utility vehicles which outsell the Expedition and the Expedition's rivals combined.

2012 Large SUV Sales Chart

Speaking of Fords which outsell other SUVs, the Explorer beat the Jeep Grand Cherokee by eleven units. The Explorer also managed to outsell the Toyota 4Runner and Highlander, Toyota's midsize tandem, something it most definitely did not do south of the border.

December 2012 Large
SUV Sales Chart

Ford is a much more popular brand as a whole in Canada. 14.9% of the new vehicles purchased and leased in the United States in 2012, but in Canada, the Ford brand's market share was 16.1%.  29.1% of the new Fords sold in Canada in 2012 were SUVs and crossovers. 24.7% of Ford Canada volume came from passenger cars; 39.4% of Ford volume was F-Series derived.

As always, you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for these SUVs and any other vehicle by selecting a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats home or by clicking the model name in the tables below. Fortunately, the tables below are now sortable. Click the column headers in the tables to sort by December 2012 volume or 2012 year end volume or re-sort alphabetically.

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SUV	December  2012	% Change	2012 Year End	YTD % Change
Buick Enclave	209	- 27.2%	3283	- 11.2%
Chevrolet Traverse	200	- 37.9%	3333	- 35.2%
Dodge Durango	137	- 51.8%	2398	- 5.9%
Dodge Nitro	1	- 87.5%	91	- 80.4%
Ford Edge	1011	- 10.7%	18,837	+ 20.5%
Ford Explorer	768	+ 17.1%	10,427	+ 10.9%
Ford Flex	207	- 0.5%	3268	+ 14.2%
GMC Acadia	345	+ 1.8%	4899	- 5.9%
Honda Pilot	398	+ 18.8%	5807	+ 33.0%
Hyundai Santa Fe	1971	+ 108%	23,394	- 3.0%
Hyundai Veracruz	101	- 16.5%	1981	+ 29.9%
Jeep Grand Cherokee	683	- 28.1%	10,416	+ 1.3%
Jeep Liberty	1	- 98.4%	875	- 55.1%
Kia Sorento	1022	+ 7.2%	14,031	- 7.1%
Mazda CX-9	182	+ 40.0%	1412	+ 10.1%
Mitsubishi Endeavor	2	- 96.7%	114	- 74.7%
Nissan Murano	241	- 46.6%	4303	- 11.5%
Nissan Pathfinder	530	+ 279%	2666	+ 41.8%
Nissan Xterra	76	+ 8.6%	931	- 26.0%
Subaru Tribeca	40	+ 33.3%	390	- 15.2%
Toyota 4Runner	250	+ 3.7%	2878	+ 11.6%
Toyota FJ Cruiser	100	+ 58.7%	726	+ 13.6%
Toyota Highlander	610	+ 20.8%	6851	+ 22.9%
Volkswagen Touareg	149	+ 35.5%	1975	+ 22.1%

SUV	December  2012	% Change	2012 Year End	YTD % Change
Chevrolet Suburban	71	- 43.7%	1022	- 21.5%
Chevrolet Tahoe	85	- 38.0%	1108	- 7.4%
Ford Expedition	186	+ 57.6%	1872	+ 11.6%
GMC Yukon	165	- 6.8%	1188	+ 1.4%
GMC Yukon XL	66	- 46.3%	1111	- 6.6%
Kia Borrego	-----	- 100%	4	- 97.1%
Nissan Armada	33	- 42.1%	537	- 12.1%
Toyota Sequoia	52	- 30.7%	744	+ 1.5%

Source: Manufacturers & ANDC

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