The Honda CR-V, soon to be the middle rung on Honda's crossover ladder, was America's best-selling SUV in January 2015.
This was the CR-V's fifth consecutive month atop the SUV/CUV leaderboard. 2014 was the third consecutive year that the CR-V led the category on an annual basis.
• CR-V accounted for 26% of Honda brand sales
• Pilot sales nearly doubled, YOY
• Jeeps grab three top 10 spots for tenth time in eleven months
Perhaps of more interest than the CR-V's position relative to its peers is its new-found dominance in Honda showrooms.
Although the CR-V didn't outsell all non-pickup trucks in January as it did during the previous two months, the CR-V was Honda's most popular model for the fourth consecutive month.
One month might be a fluke. Two months may simply require the alignment of stars. Three months indicates something. Four months might just be a trend.
| Rank | SUV/Crossover | January 2015 | January 2014 | % Change |
| #1 | Honda CR-V | 23,211 | 18,232 | 27.3% |
| #2 | Ford Escape | 20,054 | 19,459 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Toyota RAV4 | 19,824 | 16,880 | 17.4% |
| #4 | Chevrolet Equinox | 19,555 | 14,547 | 34.4% |
| #5 | Ford Explorer | 17,036 | 12,810 | 33.0% |
| #6 | Nissan Rogue | 15,649 | 13,831 | 13.1% |
| #7 | Jeep Cherokee | 15,154 | 10,505 | 44.3% |
| #8 | Jeep Grand Cherokee | 12,806 | 12,207 | 4.9% |
| #9 | Honda Pilot | 12,315 | 6,224 | 97.9% |
| #10 | Jeep Wrangler | 11,683 | 9,553 | 22.3% |
Although all of America's 15 best-selling SUVs and crossovers posted measurable year-over-year sales improvements in January 2015, the Ford Escape and Jeep Grand Cherokee stood out for their lack of double-digit expansion. The overall utility vehicle market was 19% stronger last month than it was at the same time one year earlier. The CR-V, Chevrolet Equinox, Ford Explorer, Jeep Cherokee, Honda Pilot, and Jeep Wrangler all grew at an above-average rate.
Toyota's RAV4, the utility vehicle which most recently outsold the CR-V, recorded a 17% jump to 19,824 units, just 230 sales shy of the second-ranked Escape. Set to be replaced shortly, the Honda Pilot nearly doubled its January 2014 U.S. sales total and, in the process, outsold newer and older three-row crossovers like the Toyota Highlander (up 4% to 11,060) and Chevrolet Traverse (up 89% to 10,151), respectively.
Together, the top ten produced 14.5% of all new vehicle sales activity in America in January 2015, up from the 13.8% managed by January 2014's ten most popular SUVs and crossovers. The overall utility vehicle market generated 34% of the auto industry's January 2015 volume, up from 32.4% a year ago.
Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures.
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