Three of America's nine top-selling SUVs in 2003 were full-size, truck-based sport-utility vehicles. Besides the Tahoe and Yukon, General Motors also sold 86,238 Yukons and 70,887 Yukon XLs; Ford sold 26,259 Excursions. Nissan sold its first 6609 Pathfinder Armadas and Toyota Sequoia sales totalled 67,067 units.
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But smaller utility vehicles were climbing the charts. Honda's eighth-ranked CR-V remained steady in the eighth position it held one year earlier, but sales were up. Ford's Escape, meanwhile, ascended from the ninth position in 2002 to become the sixth-best-selling SUV in 2006.
Rank | Best-Selling SUV/Crossover | 2003 | 2002 | % Change |
#1 | Ford Explorer | 373,118 | 433,847 | -14.0% |
#2 | Chevrolet TrailBlazer | 261,334 | 249,568 | 4.7% |
#3 | Jeep Grand Cherokee | 207,479 | 224,233 | -7.5% |
#4 | Chevrolet Tahoe | 199,065 | 209,767 | -5.1% |
#5 | Ford Expedition | 181,547 | 163,454 | 11.1% |
#6 | Ford Escape | 167,678 | 145,471 | 15.3% |
#7 | Jeep Liberty | 162,987 | 171,212 | -4.8% |
#8 | Honda CR-V | 143,909 | 142,266 | 1.6% |
#9 | Chevrolet Suburban | 135,222 | 151,056 | -10.5% |
#10 | GMC Envoy | 127,782 | 110,720 | 15.4% |
