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Home » US car sales analysis 2018 Q2 – Mid-sized SUV segment

US car sales analysis 2018 Q2 – Mid-sized SUV segment

August 2, 2018 by Krzysztof Wozniak 1 Comment

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Sales stagnate, with only Honda Pilot and Chevy Traverse recording really good sales growth


Sales in the US Mid-sized SUV segment rose by 3.9% to 989,582 in the first half of 2018, after growth slowed down to just 1.0% in the second quarter. Nonetheless, this was enough for the segment to retain its position ahead of the Compact segment that it just lost out to in overall 2017 stats, behind only the Compact SUV and Pick-up segments. However, the segment may yet slip back into the red this year, as after a lot of activity in 2017 (new arrivals included Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia, Mazda CX-9  and VW Atlas), there is a surprising dearth of new metal coming in 2018, the only exception being the recently-revealed Chevrolet Blazer and the new Hyundai Santa Fe, although the new Ford Explorer may yet come to market towards the end of the year.

Highlights:

  • Toyota Highlander was once again the only model in the Top 3 to see its sales rise, allowing it to jump ahead of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, and not that far behind the segment-leading Ford Explorer – if this is how the year finishes, it will be the highest placement for the Toyota since it finished second to the Chevrolet Traverse in 2008
  • Speaking of, the new Traverse saw its sales grow by some 30%, but was outsold by an equally-ascendant Honda Pilot, whose third generation is slowly but surely gaining back the ground it lost in the past few years
  • Ford Edge, Toyota 4Runner and Hyundai Santa Fe all more-less held onto their sales, a particularly good performance for the about-to-be-replaced Hyundai
  • Behind the Hyundai its Kia Sorento, fresh off a facelift, saw its sales rise by 5%, enough to put it ahead of the GMC Acadia, which lost 30% in the second quarter, a worrying result for a model in only its second year on the market
  • Further back the sporty, five-seat Nissan Murano continued to outsell the more family-oriented, seven-seat Pathfinder, suggesting Chevrolet is right to introduce the smaller, sharply-styled Blazer to sit alongside the larger Traverse
  • The new Volkswagen Atlas fell behind somewhat in the second quarter and YTD only sold a quarter as well as the segment leaders, suggesting the large VW still has a long way to go in this segment
  • Sales of the new Buick Enclave rose by more than a quarter as Buick dealers clearly steered customers away from the Chinese-built Envision, whose sales fell by more than half as a result
  • The new Subaru Ascent made its debut a the back of the standings, but with the brand already describing the model’s introduction as “the most successful in its history”, it’s reasonable to expect it will climb up the charts quickly

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About Krzysztof Wozniak

Kriss grew up in Poland reading German car magazines, before moving to England and graduating to the British magazines, which he still considers the best in the world and continues reading them after he'd moved to the US. In college he promised himself he's buy himself a used Porsche before he turned 30 (not to be accused of having a mid-life crisis), but instead family needs dictated a Subaru Outback. Still waiting for that perfect moment to buy a used 2008-ish Cayman...
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  1. Losange says

    August 3, 2018 at 22:05

    Although too big for my taste, most of these SUVs are very attractive and offer good value for money. Especially the Kia Sorento and Mazda CX-9.

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