Sales of compact crossovers in the US are up 37% in the first half of 2021, beating the overall market, up 29%. That means the largest segment in the US grows its share of the US passenger car market to 23.6%, up from 22.2% in the first half of 2020 and stable on all of 2020, at a volume of nearly 1,970,000 deliveries, up more than half a million.

The Toyota RAV4 stays on top of the ranking but sees its share of the segment drop a percentage point to 11.2%. The RAV4 was outsold in Q2 by the Honda CR-V by over 13,500 deliveries and sees its year-to-date lead shrunk to 8,000 units. The Nissan Rogue is in a comfortable third place as the best performing nameplate in the top-15 at +70%. The Chevrolet Equinox is the worst performer in the top-15 and the only in the red at -4%. In Q2 the Subaru Forester was outsold by the Mazda CX-5, while the Subaru Outback and Ford Escape were outsold by the Hyundai Tucson thanks to that model’s new generation. The Jeep Cherokee is knocked out of the top-10 and is now under threat from the Volkswagen Tiguan and newcomer Ford Bronco Sport. The Kia Sportage keeps its share of the segment almost stable, but the Chevrolet Blazer has 5% fewer sales than last year while the Jeep Compass is down 29% and the GMC Terrain is down 15%. On the other hand, the Buick Envision is up 76% thanks to the new generation. We welcome the Ford Mustang Mach E at #29, outselling the Dodge Journey, Mitsubishi Outlander and its more direct rival Volkswagen ID.4.

The luxury part of the segment outperforms the mainstream compact crossovers with sales up 82%. Luxury crossovers now make up 18.2% of the segment so far in 2021, up from 13.7% in the first half of 2020 and up from 14.1% in all of 2020. Most of this gain can be attributed to the thunderous arrival of the new luxury leader Tesla Model Y. It sells more than double the volume of the next best luxury crossover BMW X3 and lands in the overall top-10 with 3.9% share of the class. The X3 is up 81% thanks to a very strong second quarter in which it leapfrogs the Mercedes-Benz GLC, up 34% on last year. The GLC also drops behind the Lexus NX, up 41% and was outsold in Q2 by the Acura RDX as well. The Volvo XC60 leapfrogs the Cadillac XT5 while the Mercedes-Benz GLB and Infiniti QX50 move ahead of the Lincoln Corsair. The Range Rover Velar is under threat from the Alfa Romeo Stelvio and Jaguar F-Pace. In its first quarter, the Infiniti QX55 lands at #40.

US compact crossover sales 2021 – first half

Compact SUV segment 2021-H1 2020-H1 Change 2021 Share 2020 Share
1 Toyota RAV4 221.195 183.360 21% 11,2% 12,8%
2 Honda CR-V 213.199 138.898 53% 10,8% 9,7%
3 Nissan Rogue 182.289 106.965 70% 9,3% 7,4%
4 Chevrolet Equinox 118.666 124.251 -4% 6,0% 8,6%
5 Subaru Forester 95.965 85.860 12% 4,9% 6,0%
6 Mazda CX-5 92.621 65.072 42% 4,7% 4,5%
7 Subaru Outback 87.619 62.305 41% 4,5% 4,3%
8 Ford Escape 85.492 84.797 1% 4,3% 5,9%
9 Hyundai Tucson 83.517 57.941 44% 4,2% 4,0%
10 Tesla Model Y 76.429 0 New 3,9% 0,0%
11 Jeep Cherokee 67.158 56.938 18% 3,4% 4,0%
12 Volkswagen Tiguan L 65.153 47.494 37% 3,3% 3,3%
13 Ford Bronco Sport 60.514 0 New 3,1% 0,0%
14 Kia Sportage 53.374 39.618 35% 2,7% 2,8%
15 Chevrolet Blazer 39.855 41.870 -5% 2,0% 2,9%
16 BMW X3 36.273 20.074 81% 1,8% 1,4%
17 Jeep Compass 34.154 48.221 -29% 1,7% 3,4%
18 Audi Q5 33.566 18.031 86% 1,7% 1,3%
19 GMC Terrain 33.533 39.231 -15% 1,7% 2,7%
20 Lexus NX 32.066 22.725 41% 1,6% 1,6%
21 Mercedes-Benz GLC 30.149 22.559 34% 1,5% 1,6%
22 Acura RDX 27.690 22.750 22% 1,4% 1,6%
23 Buick Envision 26.002 14.813 76% 1,3% 1,0%
24 Volvo XC60 20.592 12.212 69% 1,0% 0,8%
25 Cadillac XT5 19.346 14.806 31% 1,0% 1,0%
26 Mercedes-Benz GLB 17.441 11.519 51% 0,9% 0,8%
27 Infiniti QX50 13.749 9.069 52% 0,7% 0,6%
28 Lincoln Corsair 13.507 11.133 21% 0,7% 0,8%
29 Ford Mustang Mach E 12.975 0 New 0,7% 0,0%
30 Dodge Journey 12.765 20.586 -38% 0,6% 1,4%
31 Porsche Macan 11.489 7.741 48% 0,6% 0,5%
32 Mitsubishi Outlander 11.314 16.176 -30% 0,6% 1,1%
33 Volkswagen ID.4 6.230 0 New 0,3% 0,0%
34 Range Rover Velar 5.989 6.117 -2% 0,3% 0,4%
35 Alfa Romeo Stelvio 5.313 3.915 36% 0,3% 0,3%
36 Jaguar F-Pace 5.112 5.892 -13% 0,3% 0,4%
37 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 4.358 6.346 -31% 0,2% 0,4%
38 BMW X4 4.351 3.161 38% 0,2% 0,2%
39 Land Rover Discovery Sport 3.578 3.859 -7% 0,2% 0,3%
40 Infiniti QX55 1.242 0 New 0,1% 0,0%
41 Jaguar I-Pace 609 1.046 -42% 0,0% 0,1%
42 Hyundai Nexo 134 76 76% 0,0% 0,0%
43 Jeep Patriot 4 1 300% 0,0% 0,0%
44 Volkswagen Tiguan 3 5 -40% 0,0% 0,0%
45 Toyota FJ Cruiser 1 0 0,0% 0,0%
46 Lincoln MKT 0 129 -100% 0,0% 0,0%
Segment total 1.966.581 1.437.562 37%

Source: Manufacturers.