In May 2015, for the fifth consecutive month, more than one-third of the new vehicles sold in the United States were SUVs and crossovers. Year-over-year, the share of the market earned by utility vehicles increased from slightly less than 32% to slightly more than 34%, a gain equal to 50,000 extra sales in a market which saw passenger car volume tumble by nearly 30,000 units.
Led by the Honda CR-V, which was actually down 1% in May 2015, the U.S. SUV/crossover market was strengthened by new products last month. May was the second full month for the Jeep Renegade in what turned out to be the highest-volume month in the Jeep brand's history. Not only did Jeep sell more than 20,000 Wranglers for the first time ever, not only did Jeep break the Cherokee's sales record, but they also sold 4,416 copies of the Renegade.
Honda added 6,381 HR-Vs in the model's first month on sale. With the new XC90 increasingly available, Volvo sold 741, a 60% year-over-year improvement. Chevrolet reported its first month with more than 5,000 Trax sales.
And among the higher-volume vehicles, the Chevrolet Equinox, Toyota RAV4, and Nissan Rogue all posted double-digit percentage gains. Overall SUV/crossover sales jumped 10% as a result. Sales of the category are up 12% to nearly 2.4 million through the first five months of 2015.
Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures. Follow on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and on Facebook.
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