Small SUV Sales In Canada - August 2014 YTD

Canadians registered 5081 Ford Escapes in August 2014, the fourth consecutive month in which more than 5000 Escapes were sold in Canada. During the same four-month span in 2013, an average of 4276 Escapes were sold each month. 9% of the SUVs and crossovers sold in Canada in August were Escapes.

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• Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings - August 2014 YTD
• Canada SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model - August 2014 YTD
• Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - August 2014 YTD

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With a very different take on how to approach buyers who don't want three rows of anti-minivan mommy crossover, Jeep's Wrangler attracted 2564 buyers in Canada in August, the fourth consecutive month in which Wrangler volume has climbed beyond the 2500-unit mark. (Jeep was selling fewer than 2100 Wranglers per month during that period in 2013.) 

The Wrangler ranks seventh overall among SUVs and crossovers in Canada, just 276 units behind its stablemate, the Dodge Journey, in year-to-date terms. 

In between those two extremes are numerous high-riding small utility vehicles, from the increasingly popular Nissan Rogue to the aging GM twins from Chevrolet and GMC, the Equinox and Terrain. Jeep also sold 2038 Cherokees and more than 1100 Compasses and Patriots in August. 

In addition to Ford's 5081 Escapes, Lincoln sold 358 MKCs. The MKC is an Escape offshoot, and it accounted for nearly half of Lincoln's Canadian volume last month.

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 • September 2014 • July 2014 • August 2013

Small SUVs  & Crossovers	August 2014	August 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Equinox	1445	1908	-24.3%	13,827	13,511	2.3%
Dodge Journey	2008	2551	-21.3%	17,113	19,812	-13.6%
Ford Escape	5081	4161	22.1%	35,477	29,615	19.8%
GMC Terrain	1040	1137	-8.5%	7843	8066	-2.8%
Honda CR-V	2920	2895	0.9%	22,900	22,741	0.7%
Hyundai Santa Fe Sport *	2417	2566	-5.8%	18,741	17,604	6.5%
Hyundai Tucson	1002	898	11.6%	8528	8446	1.0%
Jeep Cherokee	2038	---	---	14,247	---	---
Jeep Compass	584	275	112%	4106	5071	-19.0%
Jeep Liberty	---	---	---	---	13	---
Jeep Patriot	533	287	85.7%	3609	4143	-12.9%
Kia Sorento *	1317	1189	10.8%	9427	10,060	-6.3%
Kia Sportage	550	888	-38.1%	4197	4623	-9.2%
Mazda CX-5	2048	1939	5.6%	13,328	12,415	7.4%
Mitsubishi Outlander	605	519	16.6%	3418	3611	-5.3%
Nissan Rogue	2800	1610	73.9%	19,488	11,094	75.7%
Subaru Forester	915	1046	-12.5%	8617	7046	22.3%
Suzuki Grand Vitara	---	73	-100%	---	827	-100%
Toyota RAV4	3660	2768	32.2%	22,855	22,179	3.0%
Volkswagen Tiguan	1005	878	14.5%	7313	4761	53.6%
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Total	31,968	27,588	15.9%	235,034	205,638	14.3%

Smallest SUVs & Crossovers	August 2014	August 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Buick Encore *	629	471	33.5%	3752	2176	72.4%
Chevrolet Trax *	990	633	56.4%	5547	4959	11.9%
Mini Countryman *	231	139	66.2%	1341	1102	21.7%
Mitsubishi RVR *	525	494	6.3%	4049	5153	-21.4%
Nissan Juke *	342	408	-16.2%	2672	2772	-3.6%
Subaru XV Crosstrek *	586	521	12.5%	4694	3832	22.5%
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Total	3303	2666	23.9%	22,055	19,994	10.3%

Offroaders	August 2014	August 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Jeep Wrangler *	2564	1737	47.6%	16,837	14,141	19.1%
Nissan Xterra *	77	61	26.2%	736	800	-8.0%
Toyota FJ Cruiser *	56	49	14.3%	555	432	28.5%
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Total	2697	1847	46.0%	18,128	15,373	17.9%

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 tweener-sized Sorento and Santa Fe are shown with midsize SUVs and small SUVs, 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. GCBC has historically shown the Liberty with midsize SUVs but as the Cherokee - truly not midsize inside - replaces the Liberty, proper year-over-year comparison requires seeing the Liberty listed here with these smaller utility vehicles.

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