Every Auto Brand In America Ranked By 2016 SUV/Crossover Sales

Jeep sold 153,709 more SUVs and crossovers in 2016 than the next-best-selling auto brand in America, Ford.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - 2016 Year End
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - 2016 Year End

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While Ford benefited from far more pickup truck and car sales – Jeep sells neither trucks nor cars – Jeep was the top-selling utility vehicle brand in the United States in 2016.

Ranked eighth, GMC likewise does not sell any cars but does produce more than half its volume with pickups and vans. GMC sold 266,892 SUVs/crossovers in 2016. Land Rover, which markets utility vehicles but no cars, trucks, or vans, ranked 21st overall in SUV/crossover sales and eighth among premium brands. 

Lexus, with 195,174 RX, NX, GX, and LX sales, sold more SUVs/crossovers than any other premium brand. For a fifth consecutive year, the Honda CR-V was America's top-selling utility vehicle in 2016. The CR-V accounts for 64% of Honda's utility vehicle volume. Traditional body-on-frame SUVs accounted for 11% of the 6.9 million utility vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2016.

Overall, U.S. SUV/crossover sales jumped 8%, year-over-year, to generate four out of every ten U.S. new vehicle sales in a record year for America's auto industry.

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Rank	Auto Brand	2016	2015	%  Change
#1	Jeep	926,376	872,908	6.1%
#2	Ford	772,667	740,876	4.3%
#3	Toyota	672,577	608,213	10.6%
#4	Chevrolet	601,302	599,827	0.2%
#5	Honda	560,148	523,828	6.9%
#6	Nissan	532,208	482,668	10.3%
#7	Subaru	457,168	416,413	9.8%
#8	GMC	266,892	282,489	-5.5%
#9	Hyundai	220,970	181,725	21.6%
#10	Kia	195,799	169,988	15.2%
#11	Lexus	195,174	173,470	12.5%
#12	Dodge	175,233	172,808	1.4%
#13	Mercedes-Benz	158,600	138,035	14.9%
#14	Mazda	146,843	135,904	8.0%
#15	Buick	144,786	129,630	11.7%
#16	BMW	131,755	115,676	13.9%
#17	Acura	107,856	109,236	-1.3%
#18	Cadillac	100,716	104,771	-3.9%
#19	Audi	100,161	84,230	18.9%
#20	Infiniti	84,385	68,621	23.0%
#21	Land Rover	73,861	70,582	4.6%
#22	Lincoln	70,978	63,449	11.9%
#23	Mitsubishi	59,643	56,021	6.5%
#24	Volvo	52,978	38,911	36.2%
#25	Volkswagen	47,861	42,880	11.6%
#26	Porsche	34,715	30,006	15.7%
#27	Tesla †	18,028	208	8,567%
#28	Mini	12,706	16,686	-23.9%
#29	Fiat	11,712	11,357	3.1%
#30	Jaguar	10,016	---	---
#31	Maserati	1,917	---	---
#32	Bentley	884	---	---

† = HybridCars.com estimate for Model X

Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures. Follow on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and on Facebook.

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The Big Picture: U.S. Auto Sales In 2016 By Category

The lion's share of new vehicles sold in the United States of America during calendar year 2016 were SUVs and crossovers.

Just under 40% of the new vehicles sold – 6.93 million of the 17.55 million total vehicle sales – were SUVs and crossovers, a category led in 2016 for the fifth consecutive year by the Honda CR-V. Within that category, traditional body-on-frame SUVs accounted for 11% of the sales.

Passenger car volume was only slightly less numerous. Indeed, depending how you label certain cars and certain utility vehicles (Subaru Crosstrek? Honda HR-V? Volvo V60 Cross Country?), sales were essentially level from one category to the other, as our market share chart shows.

(Click the above chart for a larger view.)

The difference, however, is that car sales slid 9% while SUV/crossover sales jumped 8%, a trend continuing from 2015 when car sales dropped 2% and utility vehicle SUV/crossover volume shot up 16%.

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Pickup trucks, similarly enjoyed a rapid sales expansion in 2016, though pickup truck volume isn't yet back to the levels seen prior to the recession. Americans registered 2.7 million new pickup trucks in 2016, a 6% increase compared with 2015, but still below the 3.2 million pickups sold in 2005. 

15.3% of the new vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2016 were pickups.

Minivans, like pickup trucks, don't sell at the levels they did prior to the recession. After a strong start to the year, minivan volume ended up rising 6%. (Sales declined sharply over the final five months of the year after jumping 23% through July.) 3.2% of the new vehicles sold in America in 2016, or 553,506 units, were minivans. Americans registered more than 1 million minivans as recently as 2005.

Commercial vans filled in the gaps. As you've already seen, the biggest market share increases by brand involved Ram, Jeep, Subaru, Nissan, and Honda. 

Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures. Follow on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and on Facebook.

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U.S. 2016 Sales: Complete List Of Every Body-On-Frame SUV On Sale In America

Americans registered 6.9 million SUVs and crossovers in 2016, a 7.5% year-over-year sales increase compared with 2015.

U.S. sales of body-on-frame SUVs, however, jumped 8.8%, a gain of nearly 62,000 units. These traditional SUVs saw their market share rise marginally to 11% despite the 5% decline reported by their leader, the Jeep Wrangler. 

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - 2016 Year End
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - 2016 Year End

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Of the 20 body-on-frame SUV nameplates that generated sales in the United States in 2016, only five reported fewer sales in 2016 than in 2015. Two of those five – the Nissan Xterra and Toyota FJ Cruiser, were discontinued. The Jeep Wrangler and Lincoln Navigator, down 13%, will both soon be replaced. The Lexus GX460 posted a modest 0.3% decline worth only 64 lost sales.

General Motors was the major producer of body-on-frame SUV sales in 2016, as the case has traditionally been. GM full-size SUV sales jumped 18% to 292,981 units, equal to 38.7% of the body-on-frame SUV market.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, with the Jeep Wrangler alone, produced 25% of all BOF SUV sales in 2016. Toyota, via the 4Runner, Sequoia, Land Cruiser, and two Lexus SUVs, earned 21% of the sector's volume. The Ford Motor Company owned 9% of the BOF SUV market. Leftovers were snapped up by Nissan, Land Rover, and Mercedes-Benz. 

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With Ford's announcement at Detroit's North American International Auto Show earlier this month, we learned that the reborn Ford Bronco – still a few years away – will be a traditional body-on-frame SUV based on a returning Ford Ranger. Discussions at General Motors about a Colorado-based SUV to stand up against the Toyota 4Runner, perhaps at a lower price point, will produce interesting results, as well.

For now, these are the 20 body-on-frame SUVs that ended up in U.S. driveways in 2016. Long may they live.

(Note: This list is sortable. Just click the column headers.)

Body-On-Frame SUV	2016 U.S. Sales	2015 U.S. Sales	% Change	2016 SUV/CUV U.S. Market Share
Jeep Wrangler	191,774	202,266	-5.2%	2.8%
Toyota 4Runner	111,970	97,034	15.4%	1.6%
Chevrolet Tahoe	103,306	88,342	16.9%	1.5%
Chevrolet Suburban	60,082	50,866	18.1%	0.9%
Ford Expedition	59,835	41,443	44.4%	0.9%
GMC Yukon	53,447	42,732	25.1%	0.8%
GMC Yukon XL	37,054	31,334	18.3%	0.5%
Lexus GX	25,148	25,212	-0.3%	0.4%
Cadillac Escalade	23,604	21,230	11.2%	0.3%
Infiniti QX80	16,772	15,646	7.2%	0.2%
Cadillac Escalade ESV	15,488	14,691	5.4%	0.2%
Nissan Armada	14,035	12,737	10.2%	0.2%
Toyota Sequoia	12,771	12,583	1.5%	0.2%
Land Rover LR4 *	10,772	9,031	19.3%	0.2%
Lincoln Navigator	10,421	11,964	-12.9%	0.2%
Lexus LX	5,707	3,884	46.9%	0.1%
Mercedes-Benz G-Class	3,950	3,616	9.2%	0.1%
Toyota Land Cruiser	3,705	2,687	37.9%	0.1%
Nissan Xterra	38	10,672	-99.6%	0.0%
Toyota FJ Cruiser	9	229	-96.1%	0.0%
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Total	759,888	698,199	8.8%	11.0%

* LR4, known formerly as the LR3 and elsewhere as the Discovery, uses something of a hybrid ladder frame/monocoque construction. Land Rover calls it IBF, for Integrated Body Frame.

Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures. Follow on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and on Facebook.

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America's 37 Best-Selling American Cars In America In 2016, In America

U.S. sales of passenger cars declined 9% in 2016, year-over-year, as SUVs and crossovers and pickup trucks and vans boosted the overall U.S. auto industry to all-time record sales of more than 17.5 million units.

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At traditional U.S. brands, however – Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, Chrysler, Buick, Cadillac, Lincoln, and Tesla – U.S. sales of passenger cars plunged 13%. 

Among the 37 nameplates collecting sales for those marques over the course of the 2016 calendar year, including defunct nameplates such as the Dodge Avenger and all-new entries such as the Lincoln Continental and Chevrolet Bolt, only seven established models generated more sales activity in 2016 than in 2015.

The fastest-growing was the Chevrolet Volt, which is all new for 2016. Volt sales jumped 61% to 24,739 units, good enough for 22nd among these U.S. nameplates, 61st among cars overall, and 144th among vehicles overall. 2016 was the Volt's best annual performance to date.

Among continuing nameplates, vehicles which unlike the Chrysler 200 and Dodge Dart have not been discontinued, the most rapid decline in 2016 belonged to the Ford Fiesta, which tumbled 24%. 

The Ford Fusion was America's best-selling American car in 2016. Fusion sales nevertheless plunged 11% from 300,170 units in 2015, making 2016 the second consecutive year of decline for the Fusion. Ford builds Fusions in Hermosillo, Mexico, with Flat Rock, Michigan, production now over.

The five most American-made vehicles on Cars.com's American-Made Index wear Japanese badges.

The second-ranked vehicle on this best sellers' list, the Chevrolet Malibu, is assembled in Kansas City, Kansas.

In addition to the 25 best-selling American brand cars we displayed last year, we've extended 2016's list to include each passenger car nameplate and given space to show totals by brand, as well.

Rank	Best-Selling American  Cars In America	2016	2015	%  Change
#1	Ford Fusion	265,840	300,170	-11.4%
#2	Chevrolet Malibu	227,881	194,854	17.0%
#3	Chevrolet Cruze	188,876	226,602	-16.6%
#4	Ford Focus	168,789	202,478	-16.6%
#5	Ford Mustang	105,932	122,349	-13.4%
#6	Chevrolet Impala	97,006	116,825	-17.0%
#7	Dodge Charger	95,437	96,633	-1.2%
#8	Chevrolet Camaro	72,705	77,502	-6.2%
#9	Dodge Challenger	64,433	66,377	-2.9%
#10	Chrysler 200	57,294	167,368	-65.8%
#11	Chevrolet Sonic	55,255	64,775	-14.7%
#12	Chrysler 300	53,241	53,025	0.4%
#13	Ford Fiesta	48,807	64,458	-24.3%
#14	Ford Taurus	44,098	48,816	-9.7%
#15	Dodge Dart	43,402	87,908	-50.6%
#16	Chevrolet Spark	35,511	32,853	8.1%
#17	Lincoln MKZ	30,534	30,901	-1.2%
#18	Buick Verano	30,277	31,886	-5.0%
#19	Chevrolet Corvette	29,995	33,329	-10.0%
#20	Tesla Model S †	29,156	25,202	15.7%
#21	Buick LaCrosse	27,582	42,035	-34.4%
#22	Chevrolet Volt	24,739	15,393	60.7%
#23	Cadillac XTS	22,171	23,112	-4.1%
#24	Cadillac ATS	21,505	26,873	-20.0%
#25	Ford C-Max	19,834	21,768	-8.9%
#26	Buick Regal	19,833	19,504	1.7%
#27	Cadillac CTS	15,911	19,485	-18.3%
#28	Cadillac CT6	9,169	---	---
#29	Buick Cascada	7,153	---	---
#30	Lincoln Continental	5,261	---	---
#31	Lincoln MKS	4,951	6,877	-28.0%
#32	Chevrolet SS	3,013	2,895	4.1%
#33	Chevrolet Caprice PPV	1,021	1,845	-44.7%
#34	Dodge Viper	630	690	-8.7%
#35	Chevrolet Bolt	579	---	---
#36	Cadillac ELR	534	1,024	-47.9%
#37	Dodge Avenger	45	1,326	-96.6%
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---	Chevrolet	736,581	766,873	-4.0%
---	Ford	653,300	760,039	-14.0%
---	Dodge	203,947	252,934	-19.4%
---	Chrysler	110,535	220,393	-49.8%
---	Buick	84,845	93,425	-9.2%
---	Cadillac	69,290	70,494	-1.7%
---	Lincoln	40,746	37,778	7.9%
---	Tesla †	29,156	25,202	15.7%
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---	Total	1,928,400	2,227,138	-13.4%

Source: Automakers
* estimate supplied by HybridCars.com

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Small SUV Sales In America - December 2016 & 2016 Year End

America's four best-selling utility vehicles, small crossovers all of them, each reported all-time record U.S. sales in calendar year 2016.

The Honda CR-V, at the end of its fourth-generation's tenure, rose 3% to 357,335 units. The Toyota RAV4, for much of 2016 the top-selling utility vehicle in America, jumped 12% to 352,154 units. 

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - 2016 Year End
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - 2016 Year End

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The third-ranked Nissan Rogue, which topped the sector thanks to a 53% uptick in December, jumped 15% in 2016 to 329,904 units. And the Ford Escape, the last SUV/crossover to take the best seller's crown from the CR-V, posted a modest 0.2% uptick to 307,069 sales.

Together, the quartet added 92,000 sales to the U.S. auto industry's ledger in 2016, a hugely meaningful improvement given the industry's overall 56,000-unit increase. 

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Seemingly, the rapid growth of subcompact crossover sales hasn't impeded their bigger brethren from making meaningful gains. 

Subcompact CUVs, led by the Jeep Renegade and GM's Buick and Chevrolet twins – Encore and Trax – jumped 27% to 537,609. 

Keep in mind, on their own, the CR-V and RAV4 sold more than 700,000 copies in 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. These tables are sortable, so you can rank small SUVs and crossovers any which way you like. Mobile users can now thumb across tables for full-width access. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • January 2017 • November 2016 • December 2015

Small SUVs  & Crossovers	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016	2015	% Change
Chevrolet Captiva Sport	---	---	---	2	55	-96.4%
Chevrolet Equinox	27,195	21,827	24.6%	242,195	277,589	-12.8%
Dodge Journey	9768	7829	24.8%	106,759	108,085	-1.2%
Ford Escape	25,788	27,954	-7.7%	307,069	306,492	0.2%
GMC Terrain	7440	9649	-22.9%	87,925	112,030	-21.5%
Honda CR-V	37,778	31,185	21.1%	357,335	345,647	3.4%
Hyundai Tucson	8676	8311	4.4%	89,713	63,591	41.1%
Jeep Cherokee	16,380	24,652	-33.6%	199,736	220,744	-9.5%
Jeep Compass	7954	7260	9.6%	94,061	71,448	31.7%
Jeep Patriot	7809	12,306	-36.5%	121,926	121,274	0.5%
Kia Sportage	6207	6044	2.7%	81,066	53,739	50.9%
Mazda CX-5	11,989	11,417	5.0%	112,235	111,450	0.7%
Mitsubishi Outlander	2465	1936	27.3%	26,576	19,055	39.5%
Nissan Rogue	40,477	26,479	52.9%	329,904	287,190	14.9%
Subaru Forester	18,015	16,797	7.3%	178,593	175,192	1.9%
Toyota RAV4	37,214	31,866	16.8%	352,154	315,412	11.6%
Volkswagen Tiguan	5575	4900	13.8%	43,638	35,843	21.7%
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Total	270,730	250,412	8.1%	2,730,887	2,624,836	4.0%

Subcompact SUVs  & Crossovers	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016	2015	% Change
Buick Encore *	7755	6498	19.3%	78,565	67,549	16.3%
Chevrolet Trax *	8007	5323	50.4%	79,016	63,030	25.4%
Fiat 500X *	843	3572	-76.4%	11,712	11,357	3.1%
Honda HR-V *	9034	4737	90.7%	82,041	41,969	95.5%
Jeep Renegade	12,045	8653	39.2%	106,606	60,864	75.2%
Mazda CX-3 *	1646	1663	-1.0%	18,557	6406	190%
Mini Countryman *	853	2148	-60.3%	12,706	16,686	-23.9%
Mini Paceman *	1	38	-97.4%	85	1708	-95.0%
Mitsubishi Outlander Sport *	2500	3356	-25.5%	33,067	36,966	-10.5%
Nissan Juke *	1290	1958	-34.1%	19,577	27,121	-27.8%
Subaru XV Crosstrek *	10,229	8090	26.4%	95,677	88,927	7.6%
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Total	54,203	46,036	17.7%	537,609	422,583	27.2%

Offroaders	Dec. 2016	Dec. 2015	% Change	2016	2015	% Change
Jeep Wrangler *	15,721	15,431	1.9%	191,774	202,266	-5.2%
Nissan Xterra *	---	70	-100%	38	10,672	-99.6%
Toyota FJ Cruiser *	---	3	-100%	9	229	-96.1%
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Total	15,721	15,504	1.4%	191,821	213,167	-10.0%

Source: Automakers & ANDC 
* vehicle also displayed 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 why you'll see the Encore and XV Crosstrek are listed with small cars, too, and the pricey FJ Cruiser and Xterra with midsizers, as well... 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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