Small And Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America - April 2016 YTD

As U.S. sales of SUVs and crossovers grew 8% in April 2016, sales of small luxury SUVs and crossovers jumped 27% to 34,813 units. Together, 15 small premium utilities generated 6.2% of the overall SUV/crossover market, up from nearly a full percentage point compared with April 2015.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales By Model - April 2016 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - April 2016 YTD

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Leading the way in April was the Acura RDX, sales of which jumped 49% to 5905 units, the best month ever for the entry-level Acura crossover. Sales of direct and indirect rivals at Audi (Q5), Infiniti (QX50), Land Rover (Discovery Sport), Lexus (NX), Lincoln (MKC), and Mercedes-Benz (GLC) all grew at an above-market-average rate, as well.

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Acura's MDX didn't fare quite so well in March or through the first four months of 2016. Year-to-date, MDX volume is down 14%. Sales of its Honda sibling, the Pilot, are down 17% this year. Nevertheless, no three-row premium brand utility in America sells more often than the MDX. 

No premium utility vehicle of any sort sells more often than the Lexus RX, America's top-selling premium brand vehicle overall. April RX sales jumped 29%, a gain of nearly 2000 sales, year-over-year. 

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 luxury 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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Compact Luxury SUV	April 2016	April 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Audi Q3	1635	1065	53.5%	5030	4252	18.3%
BMW X1	1447	886	63.3%	7947	3647	118%
Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class	2137	2081	2.7%	8980	7750	15.9%
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Total	5219	4032	29.4%	21,957	15,649	40.3%

Small Luxury SUV	April 2016	April 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura RDX	5905	3972	48.7%	18,117	15,314	18.3%
Audi Q5	3670	2991	22.7%	15,538	13,507	15.0%
BMW X3	2422	2401	0.9%	12,633	8407	50.3%
BMW X4	364	920	-60.4%	1837	2381	-22.8%
Infiniti QX50	1401	185	657%	5303	767	591%
Land Rover Discovery Sport	894	147	508%	5260	147	3478%
Land Rover LR2	1	6	-83.3%	3	63	-95.2%
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	528	1081	-51.2%	3146	4875	-35.5%
Lexus NX	3815	3421	11.5%	15,190	12,532	21.2%
Lincoln MKC	2822	1866	51.2%	7960	7096	12.2%
Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class & GLK-Class	4439	3071	44.5%	15,437	8728	76.9%
Porsche Macan	1877	1537	22.1%	5481	4137	32.5%
Volvo XC60	1456	1819	-20.0%	5102	7754	-34.2%
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Total	29,594	23,417	26.4%	111,007	85,708	29.5%

Midsize Luxury SUV	April 2016	April 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Acura MDX	4733	4970	-4.8%	16,689	19,407	-14.0%
Acura ZDX	---	---	---	---	1	-100%
Audi Q7	2472	1620	52.6%	9465	5072	86.6%
BMW X5	3771	4095	-7.9%	13,814	15,846	-12.8%
BMW X6	608	522	16.5%	2252	1945	15.8%
Cadillac SRX	2952	6390	-53.8%	15,818	18,684	-15.3%
Cadillac XT5	304	---	---	304	---	---
Infiniti QX60	3311	2829	17.0%	12,318	11,634	5.9%
Infiniti QX70	364	436	-16.5%	2173	2137	1.7%
Land Rover LR4	987	777	27.0%	4449	2842	56.5%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport	1633	1758	-7.1%	7185	7983	-10.0%
Lexus GX460	1974	1950	1.2%	7193	7430	-3.2%
Lexus RX	8767	6810	28.7%	32,563	29,046	12.1%
Lincoln MKT	472	428	10.3%	1601	1285	24.6%
Lincoln MKX	2631	1357	93.9%	9829	5325	84.6%
Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class & M-Class	4327	4945	-12.5%	16,668	15,428	8.0%
Porsche Cayenne	1466	1773	-17.3%	5483	5299	3.5%
Volkswagen Touareg *	437	619	-29.4%	1588	2049	-22.5%
Volvo XC70 *	377	426	-11.5%	1336	1635	-18.3%
Volvo XC90	3009	256	1075%	10,856	367	2858%
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Total	44,595	41,961	6.3%	171,584	153,415	11.8%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
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 you'll see the XC70 listed with luxury cars as well as with SUVs and crossovers and the Touareg with luxury SUVs and mainstream 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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U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - April 2016
Large Luxury SUV Sales In America - April 2016 YTD

Large Luxury SUV Sales In America - April 2016 YTD

One month ago, we wrote about the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class's U.S. sales slowdown in advance of the big SUV's transition into GLS-Class form. 

Now, the transition is underway, and GL volume – now known as GLS volume – shot up 36% to 2991 units in April 2016, a 249% increase compared with the GL's March doldrums.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales By Model - April 2016 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - April 2016 YTD

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Cadillac's Escalade, riding on two wheelbases as the Escalade and long-wheelbase Escalade ESV, pipped the big Benz by 16 reported units in April. Momentum, however, is not on the Cadillac's side. 

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Producing significantly less volume, momentum is on the side of the Toyota twins: Land Cruiser and Lexus LX570. Both will remain rare not only by the standards of the U.S. auto industry's popular nameplates but also compared with the norms in this category. 

But both the Toyota and Lexus are significantly more common in 2016 than they were in 2014. 

Combined sales of the duo are up by 1082 units through the first one-third of 2016.

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. This table is sortable, so you can rank large luxury SUVs 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 • May 2016 • March 2016 • April 2015

Large Luxury SUV	April 2016	April 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Cadillac Escalade & Escalade ESV/EXT	3007	3237	-7.1%	11,114	11,138	-0.2%
Infiniti QX80	1041	1025	1.6%	5095	5272	-3.4%
Land Rover Range Rover	1145	1542	-25.7%	5950	6377	-6.7%
Lexus LX570	442	270	63.7%	1978	1145	72.8%
Lincoln Navigator	1060	919	15.3%	4028	3794	6.2%
Mercedes-Benz G-Class	392	300	30.7%	1365	1146	19.1%
Mercedes-Benz GL/GLS-Class	2991	2195	36.3%	6871	8530	-19.4%
Toyota Land Cruiser	374	210	78.1%	1142	893	27.9%
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Total	10,452	9698	7.8%	37,543	38,295	-2.0%

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. 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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Large Luxury SUV Sales In America - May 2016
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Large Luxury SUV Sales In America - April 2015
Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America - April 2016
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - April 2016
Small & Midsize Luxury SUV Sales In America - April 2016 YTD

Midsize SUV Sales In America - April 2016 YTD

Booming Ford Explorer sales. Healthy Toyota Highlander sales growth. Increasing Dodge Durango volume. Rapid Toyota 4Runner sales expansion.

Welcome to 2002. 

Or rather, 2016. 

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Ford sold more than 23,000 Explorers in the United States in April 2016, the third consecutive month in which more than 20,000 Explorers were sold; the tenth month in the last year in which more than 20,000 Explorers were sold.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales By Model - April 2016 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - April 2016 YTD

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The Toyota Highlander's year-over-year volume has increased in five consecutive months. 2016 is on track to be the seventh consecutive year of Highlander sales growth.

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The Dodge Durango is no longer the body-on-frame SUV which routinely attracts more than 100,000 buyers per year. But Dodge is on pace to sell more than 80,000 Durangos in 2016, the highest figure since 2005. 

The Toyota 4Runner, meanwhile, does resemble the Explorer, Highlander, or Durango under the skin. The 4Runner is a true blue body-on-frame sport-utility vehicle, the kind of vehicle which long ago went out of fashion, right? In 2016, 4Runner sales are on track to rise to the highest level since 1999.

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 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 • May 2016 • March 2016 • April 2015

SUV	April 2016	April 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Buick Enclave	4523	4451	1.6%	17,457	17,252	1.2%
Chevrolet Traverse	12,186	11,475	6.2%	39,105	42,434	-7.8%
Dodge Durango	6434	5518	16.6%	26,019	20,017	30.0%
Ford Edge	11,484	13,097	-12.3%	47,477	36,609	29.7%
Ford Explorer	23,546	18,844	25.0%	86,961	77,551	12.1%
Ford Flex	2003	1937	3.4%	8428	6561	28.5%
GMC Acadia	7004	8767	-20.1%	25,575	29,136	-12.2%
Honda Pilot	11,370	11,222	1.3%	40,096	48,103	-16.6%
Hyundai Santa Fe *	7150	10,054	-28.9%	24,367	36,460	-33.2%
Jeep Grand Cherokee	18,021	16,030	12.4%	65,071	59,407	9.5%
Kia Sorento *	10,353	9808	5.6%	35,046	36,711	-4.5%
Mazda CX-9	71	1321	-94.6%	1161	5756	-79.8%
Nissan Murano	6232	4121	51.2%	27,850	17,446	59.6%
Nissan Pathfinder	5633	5551	1.5%	28,041	27,349	2.5%
Toyota 4Runner	10,135	7432	36.4%	35,706	29,445	21.3%
Toyota Highlander	15,037	13,763	9.3%	53,710	49,125	9.3%
Volkswagen Touareg *	437	619	-29.4%	1588	2049	22.5%
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Total	151,619	144,010	5.3%	563,658	541,411	4.1%

Offroaders	April 2016	April 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Jeep Wrangler *	19,003	18,849	0.8%	60,744	60,967	-0.4%
Nissan Xterra *	2	1100	-99.8%	30	4536	-99.3%
Toyota FJ Cruiser *	3	8	-62.5%	4	203	-98.0%
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Total	19,008	19,957	-4.8%	60,778	65,706	-7.5%

Tall Wagons  & Crossovers	April 2016	April 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Honda Crosstour *	72	826	-91.3%	638	2872	-77.8%
Subaru Outback *	14,294	12,534	14.0%	51,565	48,021	7.4%
Toyota Venza *	57	2101	-97.3%	472	8882	-94.7%
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Total	14,423	15,461	-6.7%	52,675	59,775	-11.9%

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 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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Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America - April 2016
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - April 2016
Large SUV Sales In America - April 2016
Small SUV Sales In America - April 2016 YTD