Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In America - February 2017

While 16 of the 20 most popular cars in America sold less often in February 2017 than in February 2016, 17 of the 20 most popular SUVs/crossovers in America sold more often in February 2017 than in February 2016.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales By Model - February 2017 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - February 2017 YTD

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Led by the Nissan Rogue for the second time in three months – Rogue sales jumped 54% to 33,149 units – the health of the American utility vehicle market allowed the industry to essentially fall flat in February 2017. The industry didn't expand, though left to passenger cars, it surely would have. 

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Through the first one-sixth of 2017, the Rogue leads the Honda CR-V – America's top-selling utility vehicle in five consecutive years – by 724 units. Keep in mind, Nissan is now sourcing Rogues from three plants to help meet demand, but the CR-V is all-new and still ramping up. At this stage of 2016, the CR-V was 2619 sales behind the Toyota RAV4. 

That gap early in the year didn't stop the CR-V from winning the SUV/crossover sales race by a healthy margin last year. 

The Rogue was joined by Nissan's Pathfinder in the top 17. The CR-V was the only Honda utility vehicle in the top 20.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these best-selling SUVs and crossovers can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well. Mobile users can now thumb across the table for full-width access. GoodCarBadCar has already published the list of America's best-selling trucks in February and will shortly publish the list of America's 20 best-selling cars.

February 2017 • January 2017 • February 2016

Rank	Best-Selling  SUV/Crossover	Feb. 2017	Feb. 2016	% Change	2017 YTD	2016 YTD	% Change
#1	Nissan Rogue	33,149	21,561	53.7%	61,909	41,323	49.8%
#2	Honda CR-V	31,898	25,250	26.3%	61,185	44,458	37.6%
#3	Ford Escape	27,637	23,854	15.9%	48,225	43,073	12.0%
#4	Toyota RAV4	26,351	25,523	3.2%	48,506	47,077	3.0%
#5	Chevrolet Equinox	22,464	19,825	13.3%	40,038	38,399	4.3%
#6	Ford Explorer	21,696	22,389	-3.1%	39,346	39,003	0.9%
#7	Jeep Grand Cherokee	18,925	16,990	11.4%	36,226	30,965	17.0%
#8	Toyota Highlander	15,928	12,466	27.8%	28,584	23,724	20.5%
#9	Jeep Wrangler	13,641	13,349	2.2%	24,975	24,336	2.6%
#10	Jeep Cherokee	13,615	15,353	-11.3%	26,166	32,136	-18.6%
#11	Subaru Outback	13,477	11,952	12.8%	26,663	23,149	15.2%
#12	Subaru Forester	12,820	12,239	4.8%	25,673	24,143	6.3%
#13	Ford Edge	11,126	12,455	-10.7%	20,217	21,988	-8.1%
#14	Toyota 4Runner	10,912	8476	28.7%	19,611	15,972	22.8%
#15	Chevrolet Traverse	10,477	9158	14.4%	18,695	16,172	15.6%
#16	Dodge Journey	9906	6375	55.4%	22,542	17,961	25.5%
#17	Nissan Pathfinder	8997	7244	24.2%	16,278	13,695	18.9%
#18	GMC Terrain	8783	8232	6.7%	15,024	17,067	-12.0%
#19	GMC Acadia	8781	6972	25.9%	17,680	12,357	43.1%
#20	Hyundai Santa Fe	8767	5532	58.5%	16,656	10,671	56.1%

Source: Automakers
This post was updated at 7:55 AM AT on 03.02.2017 to reflect an order change for the RAV4 and Escape.

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Sweden February 2017

BMW joins the Grown ups table 

We start the month with Sweden, which registered 1.175 units, a 90% improvement over the same period last year, with the EV Share down to 4.7%, down from the historic 5.3% of January, but still more than 1% over the 2016 result.

Looking at the models ranking, the VW Passat GTE is back at cruise speed, with 361 units, a 72% improvement YoY. 

The other model to surpass the 100 units barrier was the Outlander PHEV, with 232 units, distancing itself from the #3 Volvo V60 Plug-in.

There were a few changes in the ranking regarding the previous month, with the BMW 330e (84 units, new personal best) jumping five positions to Fourth Place, while the VW Golf GTE climbed to #12, after recovering from a dismal start of the year, while the Mercedes GLC350e is now #16, thanks to a record 17 units delivered, it looks Mercedes has finally started to pump out units in enough quantity to meet demand and avoid those 4 to 6 months waiting periods...

On the EV manufacturers ranking, Volkswagen (41%) has the market covered, with Mitsubishi (15%) climbing to the runner-up place, while BMW (12%) joined the ranking, kicking Volvo (11%) outside the ranking.

Pl	Sweden	Feb.	YTD '17	%	'16Pl
1 2 3	Volkswagen Passat GTE Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Volvo V60 Plug-In	361 232 80	910 367 164	38 15 7	1 2 3
4	Nissan Leaf	74	129	5	6
5	BMW 330e	84	115	5	7
6	Volvo XC90 T8	38	104	4	4
7	Tesla Model S	43	101	4	5
8 9 10 11	Tesla Model X BMW i3 * Renault Zoe BMW 225xe Active Tourer	32 36 31 28	80 79 61 56	3 3 3 2	11 8 10 13
12 13 14 15	Volkswagen Golf GTE BMW X5 40e Volkswagen e-Up! Audi A3 e-Tron	35 13 7 13	52 37 28 27	2 2 1 1	9 12 16 14
16	Mercedes GLC350e	17	25	1	29
17	Nissan e-NV200 / Evalia	10	20	1	21
17 19 20 21 22 22 24 24 24 24 28	Kia Optima PHEV Mercedes C350e Mercedes E350e Kia Soul EV BMW 740e Volkswagen e-Golf Mercedes B250eAudi Q7 e-Tron BMW i8 Mercedes GLE500e Porsche Cayenne Plug-In	9 8 4 6 3 4 1 2 2 2	20 15 12 9 4 4 2 2 2 2 1	1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	19 18 34 24 31 17 30 20 27 31 26
	TOTAL	1.175	2.428	100

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Plug-Ins Versus Regular Hybrids

Pl	Model	Feb.
1	Volkswagen Passat GTE	361
2	Toyota Auris Hybrid	313
3	Toyota C-HR Hybrid	311
4	Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV	232
5	Kia Niro	217

Combining February sales of regular hybrids with plug-ins, the VW Passat GTE continues in the lead, outselling regular hybrids, with the Toyota Auris Hybrid dropping to Second Place, closely followed by the trendy CH-R Hybrid, a model that has been well received across the Old World, although at a cost of some cannibalization within other Toyota hybrids. 

The other PHEV in the ranking, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, ended in Fourth, with 232 units, pushing the Kia Niro down to Fifth, with 217 units.

Source: bilsweden.se

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