Midsize SUV Sales In America - September 2016 YTD

September 2016 was the 32nd consecutive month in which U.S. sales of the Toyota 4Runner improved on a year-over-year basis. 

4Runner sales climbed 21% to 9058 units in September, the third consecutive 9K+ month; the sixth so far this year. 

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - September 2016 YTD
U.S. SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - September 2016 YTD

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Through only nine months, Toyota USA has already reported more 4Runner sales in 2016 than in any calendar year between 2008 and 2014. At the current rate of growth, Toyota is on track to sell 114,000 4Runners in calendar year 2016. 

Yet all of this sales growth achieved by the fifth-generation Toyota 4Runner, a true blue body-on-frame sport-utility vehicle, bucks the industry trend. 

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Gone are the days when General Motors marketed body-on-frame TrailBlazers – now Chevrolet sells the Traverse. Ford Explorer? It's been a unibody crossover since 2011. It's easy to forget that the first Kia Sorento was a body-on-frame SUV. The Nissan Pathfinder fled its BOF past in 2013. 

But Toyota forges on with the 4Runner, the 19th-best-selling SUV/crossover in America. Making it easier is the popularity of the Toyota Highlander, the second-best-selling three-row vehicle in the United States. Toyota is on track to sell 170,000 Highlanders in 2016, the highest total in the nameplate's history.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. These tables are sortable, so you can rank midsize SUVs and crossovers any which way you like. Mobile users can now thumb across the tables for full-width access. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

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SUV	September 2016	September 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Buick Enclave	3973	4732	-16.0%	40,703	46,785	-13.0%
Chevrolet Traverse	7922	8857	-10.6%	86,142	92,963	-7.3%
Dodge Durango	4274	4703	-9.1%	53,093	46,119	15.1%
Ford Edge	10,322	10,262	0.6%	103,076	95,709	7.7%
Ford Explorer	19,146	20,715	-7.6%	188,425	190,171	-0.9%
Ford Flex	1594	1266	25.9%	17,034	15,062	13.1%
GMC Acadia	6795	6647	2.2%	58,540	75,423	-22.4%
Honda Pilot	9206	10,238	-10.1%	90,999	98,980	-8.1%
Hyundai Santa Fe *	11,350	10,752	5.6%	98,298	88,400	11.2%
Jeep Grand Cherokee	18,507	15,715	17.8%	153,926	141,679	8.6%
Kia Sorento *	8137	9380	-13.3%	85,602	85,761	-0.2%
Mazda CX-9	1834	1559	17.6%	9621	14,160	-32.1%
Nissan Murano	7536	5166	45.9%	60,782	44,900	35.4%
Nissan Pathfinder	8028	6203	29.4%	59,111	62,997	-6.2%
Toyota 4Runner	9058	7506	20.7%	83,298	70,902	17.5%
Toyota Highlander	14,937	12,310	21.3%	127,045	116,760	8.8%
Volkswagen Touareg *	330	638	-48.3%	3208	5314	-39.6%
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Total	142,949	136,649	4.6%	1,318,903	1,292,085	2.1%

Offroaders	September 2016	September 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Jeep Wrangler *	14,255	17,486	-18.5%	148,627	157,255	-5.5%
Nissan Xterra *	---	766	-100%	38	10,012	-99.6%
Toyota FJ Cruiser *	---	1	-100%	8	224	-96.4%
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Total	14,255	18,253	-21.9%	148,673	167,491	-11.2%

Tall Wagons  & Crossovers	September 2016	September 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Honda Crosstour *	5	777	-99.4%	725	7227	-90.0%
Subaru Outback *	16,978	15,126	12.2%	126,426	108,419	16.6%
Toyota Venza *	6	1584	-99.6%	580	19,157	-97.0%
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Total	16,989	17,487	-2.8%	127,731	134,803	-5.2%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
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 Outback and Venza here but also with midsize cars, too, and the pricey FJ Cruiser and Xterra with smaller utilities and the Volkswagen Touareg with luxury SUVs... 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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