As I mentioned on the Car Pro Show this past Saturday, we did not have Subaru SUV sales by the newsletter deadline. Here is the updated list of the top 25 best-selling SUVs, now with all manufacturers.
The battle continues for SUV supremacy in America with the RAV4 holding a slim lead over the Honda CR-V, but at the rate CR-V sales are rising, you have to think Honda is smelling blood. Toyota, however, won’t go down easy in the next three months. Some other Toyota models will likely go without microchips to feed them to RAV4 and Camry to keep them on top of the lists.
The Ford Bronco Sport has popped into the top 20 year-to-date, while the Chevy Trailblazer saw sales soar with a 334% increase over the first nine months of 2020.
Total SUV sales this year through September were up over one million vehicles, but looking at just September sales this year, the unit count was actually down for the month, evidence of the toll the chip shortage is taking.
(Note: If sales show flat, they were up or down less than 1%)
Here are the SUV sales leaders so far this year, and how that stacks up to sales through September 2020.
1. | Toyota RAV4 | 313,447 | 4% |
2. | Honda CR-V | 290,140 | 27% |
3. | Nissan Rogue | 234,646 | 40% |
4. | Toyota Highlander | 207,564 | 47% |
5. | Jeep Grand Cherokee | 179,628 | 17% |
6. | Jeep Wrangler | 164,710 | 10% |
7. | Ford Explorer | 160,174 | Flat |
8. | Chevrolet Equinox | 151,111 | 21% |
9. | Mazda CX-5 | 132,835 | 27% |
10. | Subaru Forester | 132,254 | 27% |
11. | Subaru Outback | 122,978 | 58% |
12. | Honda Pilot | 114,667 | 27% |
13. | Ford Escape | 111,791 | 15% |
14. | Hyundai Tucson | 105,819 | 16% |
15. | Toyota 4Runner | 105,475 | 21% |
16. | Honda HR-V | 105,398 | 70% |
17. | Chevrolet Traverse | 94,198 | 12% |
18. | Hyundai Santa Fe | 90,290 |
27% |
19. | VW Tiguan | 84,998 | Flat |
20. | Lexus RX | 84,625 | 27% |
21. | Ford Bronco Sport | 81,204 | N/A |
22. | Jeep Cherokee | 78,749 | 20% |
23. | Chevrolet Tahoe | 75,137 | 26% |
24. | Chevrolet Trailblazer | 73,900 | 334% |
25. | Kia Sportage | 72,865 | 17% |