Midsize SUV Sales In America - April 2015 YTD

So healthy are U.S. sales of the Ford Explorer Police Interceptor that the civilian Explorer's April decline was more than made up for by the police Explorer's April improvement.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - April 2015 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model - April 2015 YTD

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In April 2015, the conventional Ford Explorer posted a slight 0.3% decrease. Yet total Explorer volume rose 2%, a gain of 365 units, because Police Interceptor Utility volume rose 22% to 2259 units, more than double the total of the Ford Taurus Police Interceptor.

The Explorer is America's best-selling three-row vehicle. 

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Ford also welcomed a new version of their larger two-row utility vehicle. The Escape is Ford's top-selling utility, but the Edge added 13,097 April sales, a 78% year-over-year increase. The first-gen Edge went on sale at the end of 2006. 

Among larger two-row utility vehicles - setting aside small crossovers like the Escape, RAV4, and CR-V - the Jeep Grand Cherokee stands out as the top seller. Grand Cherokee sales rose 2% to 16,030 April sales. 

Nissan also competes in this field with the new, third-gen Murano. Hyundai combines sales of the Santa Fe Sport and three-row Santa Fe. Likewise, the Kia Sorento overlaps many crossover sub-segments because of its value-oriented pricing, tweener size, and available third row.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. 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.

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SUV	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Buick Enclave	4451	4637	-4.0%	17,252	19,351	-10.8%
Chevrolet Traverse	11,475	8991	27.6%	42,434	31,353	35.3%
Dodge Durango	5518	5608	-1.6%	20,017	21,821	-8.3%
Ford Edge	13,097	7374	77.6%	36,609	40,612	-9.9%
Ford Explorer	18,844	18,479	2.0%	77,551	64,547	20.1%
Ford Flex	1937	1649	17.5%	6561	7775	-15.6%
GMC Acadia	8767	6283	39.5%	29,136	26,865	8.5%
Honda Pilot	11,222	8765	28.0%	48,103	30,796	56.2%
Hyundai Santa Fe *	10,054	8997	11.7%	36,460	32,437	12.4%
Hyundai Veracruz	---	---	---	---	1	-100%
Jeep Grand Cherokee	16,030	15,652	2.4%	59,407	56,490	5.2%
Kia Sorento *	9808	8536	14.9%	36,711	31,542	16.4%
Mazda CX-9	1321	1315	0.5%	5756	6211	-7.3%
Nissan Murano	4121	2384	72.9%	17,446	13,757	26.8%
Nissan Pathfinder	5551	6105	-9.1%	27,349	25,674	6.5%
Subaru Tribeca	---	107	-100%	---	460	-100%
Toyota 4Runner	7432	6300	18.0%	29,445	21,982	34.0%
Toyota Highlander	13,763	12,507	10.0%	49,125	48,254	1.8%
Volkswagen Touareg *	619	597	3.7%	2049	2162	-5.2%
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Total	144,010	124,286	15.9%	541,411	482,090	12.3%

Offroaders	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Jeep Wrangler *	18,849	15,389	22.5%	60,967	50,063	21.8%
Nissan Xterra *	1100	1430	-23.1%	4536	6875	-34.0%
Toyota FJ Cruiser *	8	1593	-99.5%	203	5505	-96.3%
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Total	19,957	18,412	8.4%	65,706	62,443	5.2%

Tall Wagons  & Crossovers	April 2015	April 2014	% Change	2015 YTD	2014 YTD	% Change
Honda Crosstour *	826	1374	-39.9%	2872	4692	-38.8%
Subaru Outback *	12,534	10,663	17.5%	48,021	39,589	21.3%
Toyota Venza *	2101	3053	-31.2%	8882	10,608	-16.3%
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Total	15,461	15,090	2.5%	59,775	54,889	8.9%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
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 Outback and Venza here but also with midsize cars, too, and the tweener-sized Sorento and Santa Fe are shown with midsize SUVs and small SUVs, and the pricey FJ Cruiser and Xterra with smaller utilities and the Volkswagen Touareg with luxury SUVs... 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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