Midsize SUV Sales In Canada - December 2014 And 2014 Year End

By Bertyc @bertyc
Canadians registered nearly 610,000 new SUVs and crossovers in 2014. The nameplates in the first table below accounted for 24% of that total, with traditional Detroit nameplates claiming 42% of the sales manifested in said table.

Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Make & Model - 2014 Year End
• Canada SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model - 2014 Year End


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Among utility vehicles which come standard with a third row, the Ford Explorer is Canada's best seller. But the Explorer is by no means the top-selling Ford crossover, as both the small Escape and the slightly larger Edge are more popular here. 

South of the border, the Explorer is America's best-selling three-row vehicle, full stop. But Canadians are far more keen on minivans, thus stealing sales from three-row utilities like the Explorer, GMC Acadia, Dodge Durango, and Toyota Highlander. Minivans account for 3.4% of U.S. new vehicle sales; 5.1% in Canada.


As a result, Explorer sales are 16.5 times stronger in the U.S. than they are in Canada. The market for new vehicles is just nine times the size.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank midsize SUVs and crossovers any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • November 2014 • December 2013

SUV December
2014 December
2013 %
Change 2014 2013%
Change

Buick Enclave 303
309-1.9%352832867.4%

Chevrolet Traverse 227
2117.6%3886328118.4%

Dodge Durango 235
16939.1%2977204545.6%

Ford Edge 1096
91020.4%17,94017,2743.9%

Ford Explorer 999
81922.0%12,67710,77217.7%

Ford Flex 23
111-79.3%236523022.7%

GMC Acadia 572
48717.5%5973 474126.0%

Honda Pilot 413
32128.7%6113 6356-3.8%

Hyundai Santa Fe Sport *1819
152419.4%27,58026,0106.0%

Hyundai Santa Fe XL385
28236.5%4894321052.5%

Hyundai Veracruz ---
---0.0%---370-100%

Jeep Grand Cherokee 1039
88217.8%13,15011,58713.5%

Kia Sorento * 886
66633.0%13,98214,542-3.9%

Mazda CX-9 111
7058.6%1543 14367.5%

Nissan Murano 375
151148%4706 338439.1%

Nissan Pathfinder 776
68313.6%9688 793622.1%

Subaru Tribeca 1
14-92.9%120234-48.7%

Toyota 4Runner 297
2825.3%4022 311029.3%

Toyota Highlander 775
59131.1%9749764827.5%

Volkswagen Touareg * 218
15738.9%2332208711.7%

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Total 10,550863922.1%147,225 131,611 11.9%


Offroaders December
2014 December
2013 %
Change 2014 2013 %
Change

Jeep Wrangler * 1396
83168.0%23,057 18,578 24.1%

Nissan Xterra * 63
76-17.1%9911070 -7.4%

Toyota FJ Cruiser * 5
49-89.8%618656 -5.8%

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Total 146495653.1%24,666 20,304 21.5%


Tall Wagons 
& Crossovers December
2014 December
2013 %
Change 2014 2013 %
Change

Honda Crosstour *945570.9%9621109-13.3%

Subaru Outback * 85447081.7%8688612042.0%

Toyota Venza * 346716-51.7%76109167-17.0%

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Total 129412414.3%17,260 16,396 5.3%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ Total Santa Fe volume: up 22% to 2204 in December; up 11% to 32,474 in 2014.
GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains why you'll see the Wrangler and Xterra listed with small SUVs, too, and the Subaru Outback shown with mainstream cars... because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.
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