Sales of the second and third-ranked Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 both declined in April. CR-V sales are up 9% year-over-year through the first one-third of 2014. The CR-V and RAV4 are both assembled in southern Ontario, as are the seventh-ranked Chevrolet Equinox, the 13th-ranked GMC Terrain, and the 15th-ranked Ford Edge.
Canadian passenger car sales dipped a little less than 1% in April despite a fast-growing overall auto market, and these utility vehicles are stealing much of that market share. Nissan, for example, sold 2653 Rogues even as Altima sales dipped 25% to just 760 units.
• Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada - May 2014
• Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada - March 2014
• Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada - April 2013
• Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings - April 2014 YTD
Equinox volume jumped 24% to 2507 units as combined sales of the Chevrolet Impala and Malibu fell 39% to 1173 units. Mazda CX-5 volume shot up 19% to 1949 units. The Mazda 6? Sales continue to plunge, falling 55% in April to just 321 units.
And what of the category-leading Escape? It's Ford Canada's second-best-selling model behind the F-Series and clearly outsold the Fusion, C-Max, Fiesta, Mustang, and Taurus combined in April 2014. Ford Canada sold 7349 utility vehicles in April, including the 16th-ranked Explorer. That 4% increase compares with a 3% improvement to 7146 car sales.
No premium brand managed to land an SUV or crossover on the top 20 list in April. Acura sold 901 copies of the $41,390 RDX, Lexus sold 711 RXs, and the year-to-date leading Audi Q5 was down 9% to 685 units, though sales through four months are up 0.6% to 2349, 25 units ahead of the Lexus RX.
• All 245 Autos Ranked By April 2014 YTD Canadian Sales
• All 84 SUVs/Crossovers Ranked By April 2014 YTD Canadian Sales
• Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In Canada - April 2014
• Top 13 Best-Selling Trucks In Canada - April 2014 YTD
• Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In Canada - April 2014
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.
May 2014 • March 2014 • April 2013
Rank | Best-Selling SUV | April 2014 | April 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
#1 | Ford Escape | 4821 | 4101 | 17.6% | 13,958 | 12,512 | 11.6% |
#2 | Honda CR-V | 3641 | 3793 | -4.0% | 10,405 | 9578 | 8.6% |
#3 | Toyota RAV4 | 3119 | 3347 | -6.8% | 9806 | 10,025 | -2.2% |
#4 | Hyundai Santa Fe Sport * | 2938 | 2432 | 20.8% | 9132 | 8143 | 12.1% |
#5 | Nissan Rogue | 2653 | 1413 | 87.8% | 8745 | 4842 | 80.6% |
#6 | Dodge Journey | 2611 | 2571 | 1.6% | 8123 | 9119 | -10.9% |
#7 | Chevrolet Equinox | 2507 | 2027 | 23.7% | 7199 | 5478 | 31.4% |
#8 | Jeep Wrangler | 2305 | 1858 | 24.1% | 6342 | 5771 | 9.9% |
#9 | Mazda CX-5 | 1949 | 1655 | 17.8% | 5761 | 5097 | 13.0% |
#10 | Jeep Cherokee | 1701 | --- | --- | 5785 | --- | --- |
#11 | Hyundai Tucson | 1606 | 1168 | 37.5% | 4256 | 3377 | 26.0% |
#12 | Subaru Forester | 1227 | 1194 | 2.8% | 3958 | 2885 | 37.2% |
#13 | GMC Terrain | 1180 | 1072 | 10.1% | 3154 | 3592 | -12.2% |
#14 | Kia Sorento | 1162 | 1403 | -17.2% | 3845 | 4292 | -10.4% |
#15 | Ford Edge | 1140 | 1655 | -31.1% | 4402 | 4612 | -4.6% |
#16 | Ford Explorer | 1093 | 940 | 16.3% | 3356 | 2995 | 12.1% |
#17 | Toyota Highlander | 1061 | 732 | 44.9% | 3145 | 2164 | 45.3% |
#18 | Jeep Grand Cherokee | 950 | 1004 | -5.4% | 3260 | 3056 | 6.7% |
#19 | Volkswagen Tiguan | 940 | 641 | 46.6% | 3076 | 1778 | 73.0% |
#20 | Nissan Pathfinder | 935 | 725 | 29.0% | 3139 | 2120 | 48.1% |
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
* Total Santa Fe Sport and XL sales: up 36% to 3594 in April, up 28% to 10,813 YTD.
