Like its Kia partner, the Sorento, the Santa Fe Sport is tweener-sized, bigger than the Escape but smaller than the Explorer. And with pricing that spans a broad range, the Santa Fe Sport is most certainly a competitor for smaller utilities like the Escape, surging Nissan Rogue, and fast-improving Subaru Forester.
With improved sales also being reported by the leading Escape and numerous other high-volume crossovers - Equinox, CR-V, Tucson, Outlander, Rogue, Forester, Tiguan - the category as a whole was up 12% in March 2014 compared with March 2013.
There were exceptions. Jeep has added 4084 Cherokee sales this year while losing 1619 Compass and Patriot sales. Although the loss was slight, Mazda Canada reported its first year-over-year decline in CX-5 sales. The RAV4 couldn't match the pace it set when the latest iteration debuted late in 2013's first quarter.
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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 small 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 • April 2014 • February 2014 • March 2013
Small SUVs & Crossovers | March 2014 | March 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2310 | 1396 | 65.5% | 4692 | 3451 | 36.0% | |
2060 | 2646 | -22.1% | 5512 | 6548 | -15.8% | |
3790 | 3255 | 16.4% | 9137 | 8411 | 8.6% | |
764 | 973 | -21.5% | 1974 | 2520 | -21.7% | |
3114 | 2777 | 12.1% | 6764 | 5785 | 16.9% | |
3369 | 2253 | 49.5% | 6194 | 5711 | 8.5% | |
1032 | 880 | 17.3% | 2650 | 2209 | 20.0% | |
1416 | --- | --- | 4084 | --- | --- | |
502 | 766 | -34.5% | 1235 | 2237 | -44.8% | |
--- | 2 | -100% | --- | 9 | -100% | |
436 | 452 | -3.5% | 1134 | 1751 | -35.2% | |
1043 | 1212 | -13.9% | 2683 | 2889 | -7.1% | |
484 | 515 | -6.0% | 1292 | 1331 | -2.9% | |
1669 | 1771 | -5.8% | 3812 | 3442 | 10.7% | |
492 | 459 | 7.2% | 1334 | 1112 | 20.0% | |
2483 | 1584 | 56.8% | 6092 | 3429 | 77.7% | |
1136 | 1003 | 13.3% | 2731 | 1691 | 61.5% | |
--- | 102 | -100% | --- | 294 | -100% | |
2561 | 3635 | -29.5% | 6687 | 6678 | 0.1% | |
741 | 561 | 32.1% | 2136 | 1137 | 87.9% | |
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Total | 29,402 | 26,242 | 12.0% | 70,143 | 60,635 | 15.7% |
Smallest SUVs/Crossovers | March 2014 | March 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
390 | 195 | 100% | 1264 | 219 | 477% | |
729 | 643 | 13.4% | 1448 | 1231 | 17.6% | |
145 | 115 | 26.1% | 412 | 36 | 12.6% | |
434 | 732 | -40.7% | 1224 | 1889 | -35.2% | |
382 | 360 | 6.1% | 811 | 785 | 3.3% | |
611 | 473 | 29.2% | 1349 | 1247 | 8.2% | |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 2691 | 2518 | 6.9% | 6508 | 5407 | 20.4% |
Offroaders | March 2014 | March 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1911 | 1719 | 11.2% | 4037 | 3913 | 3.2% | |
162 | 109 | 48.6% | 318 | 234 | 35.9% | |
95 | 53 | 79.2% | 203 | 145 | 40.0% | |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 2168 | 1881 | 15.3% | 4558 | 4292 | 6.2% |
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ not including 423 Santa Fe XL sales (1025 YTD) which are shown exclusively with midsize SUVs and crossovers.
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, right? This explains why you'll see the Santa Fe and Sorento listed with midsize SUVs - they're stuck in between in terms of size - as well as vehicles like the Wrangler and Xterra listed both here and there. The Buick Encore and Subaru XV Crosstrek and their gang are also listed with mainstream cars, because they're sitting on a fence between SUVs and traditional passenger cars. 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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Small SUV Sales In Canada - April 2014 YTD
Small SUV Sales In Canada - February 2014 YTD
Small SUV Sales In Canada - March 2013 YTD
Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada - March 2014 YTD
Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings - March 2014 YTD
Midsize SUV Sales In Canada - March 2014 YTD
