Midsize SUV Sales In Canada - December 2015 And 2015 Year End

The Ford Explorer topped Canadian sales charts for three-row SUVs in crossovers in calendar year 2015 thanks to a 23% year-over-year improvement to 15,615 units.

Combined, GM Canada's trio of Lambda platform utilities – Enclave, Traverse, Acadia – generated 13,811 sales, 1804 fewer than the Explorer; 3593 fewer than the Explorer and its platform-sharing Ford partner, the Flex.

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Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - 2015 Year End
Canada SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model - 2015 Year End

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Gains were common across the category, though the Enclave and Flex were not pulled to shore by a rising tide. Dodge Durango volume jumped 23%. A third-generation Honda Pilot boosted sales of the biggest Honda by 35%. Hyundai's bigger Santa Fe, the XL, was up 34% to 6561 units, more than any of the aforementioned GM candidates.

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Slowdowns largely affected aging vehicles which will shortly be replaced, such as the Mazda CX-5 (already revealed in second-gen form), and the Flex, which sold less often in 2015 than at any time in the nameplate's eight-year history.

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 midsize 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 • January 2016 • November 2015 • December 2014

SUV	December 2015	December 2014	% Change	2015	2014	% Change
Buick Enclave	188	303	-38.0%	3361	3528	-4.7%
Chevrolet Traverse	225	227	-0.9%	3998	3886	2.9%
Dodge Durango	205	235	-12.8%	3659	2977	22.9%
Ford Edge	519	1096	-52.6%	16,580	17,940	-7.6%
Ford Explorer	1253	999	25.4%	15,615	12,677	23.2%
Ford Flex	88	23	283%	1789	2365	-24.4%
GMC Acadia	566	572	-1.0%	6452	5973	8.0%
Honda Pilot	742	413	79.7%	8230	6113	34.6%
Hyundai Santa Fe Sport	1864	1819	2.5%	26,685	27,580	-3.2%
Hyundai Santa Fe XL	457	385	18.7%	6561	4894	34.1%
Jeep Grand Cherokee	953	1039	-8.3%	11,605	13,150	-11.7%
Kia Sorento	876	886	-1.1%	14,372	13,982	2.8%
Mazda CX-9	71	111	-36.0%	1139	1543	-26.2%
Nissan Murano	876	375	134%	10,128	4706	115%
Nissan Pathfinder	826	776	6.4%	9898	9688	2.2%
Subaru Tribeca	---	1	-100%	5	120	-95.8%
Toyota 4Runner	484	297	63.0%	5736	4022	42.6%
Toyota Highlander	769	775	-0.8%	10,412	9749	6.8%
Volkswagen Touareg *	64	218	-70.6%	2028	2332	-13.0%
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Total	11,026	10,550	4.5%	158,253	147,225	7.5%

Offroaders	December 2015	December 2014	% Change	2015	2014	% Change
Jeep Wrangler *	1215	1396	-13.0%	20,880	23,057	-9.4%
Nissan Xterra *	103	63	63.5%	1707	991	72.3%
Toyota FJ Cruiser *	---	5	-100%	8	618	-98.7%
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Total	1318	1464	-10.0%	22,595	24,666	-8.4%

Tall Wagons  & Crossovers	December 2015	December 2014	% Change	2015	2014	% Change
Honda Crosstour *	---	94	-100%	294	962	-69.4%
Subaru Outback *	746	854	-12.6%	9992	8688	15.0%
Toyota Venza *	358	346	3.5%	6129	7610	-19.5%
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Total	1104	1294	-14.7%	16,415	17,260	-4.9%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* vehicle also displayed in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ Total Santa Fe volume: up 2.4% to 33,246 in 2015; up 5.3% to 2321 in December.
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 Wrangler and Xterra listed with small SUVs, too, and the Subaru Outback shown with mainstream cars... 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.

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