Hottest Selling SUVs for September 2015

For over a year the Honda CR-V has been America’s hottest selling SUV/crossover. September marks the 13th consecutive month the CR-V has held the number one spot with 29,925 sales and an increase of 26.1 percent from last year same month.

The Ford Escape had an incredible 31.1 percent increase in sales over last year same month to take the number two spot away from the Toyota RAV4.

Out of the top twenty vehicles on the list only one did not show an improvement over September 2014. The Jeep Patriot, number 20 on the list, showed a -6.4 percent deficient with only 8,533 sales. The year-to-date (YTD) numbers for the patriot are still holding strong with 88,719 for 2015, a 26.8 percent increase over 2014’s YTD of 69,958. Some auto experts are blaming the Jeep Renegade as to why the Patriots numbers are slowly declining.

Three of the twenty SUVs/crossovers on the list had amazing year-over-year increases of over 40 percent. The Kia Sorento sold 9,380 Sorentos for a 42 percent increase, the Dodge Journey increased its sales by 44.6 percent, and the Nissan Rogue showed an impressive 45.5 percent improvement for September 2015.

See where all the other SUVs and crossovers ranked on the hottest selling list below.

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Top 20 Hottest Selling SUVs/Crossovers for September 2015

Rank	SUV/Crossover	September 2015	September 2014	% Change	YTD 2015	YTD 2014	% Change
1	Honda CR-V	29,925	23,722	26.1%	259,499	241,015	7.7%
2	Ford Escape	28,473	21,4718	31.1%	233,012	230,162	1.2%
3	Toyota RAV4	26,963	22,424	18.7%	227,781	202,069	12.7%
4	Nissan Rogue	25,064	17,229	45.5%	213,207	154,568	37.9%
5	Chevrolet Equinox	21,537	17,266	24.7%	214,042	184,805	15.8%
6	Ford Explorer	20,715	15,795	31.1%	190,171	158,652	19.9%
7	Jeep Cherokee	20,224	14,639	38.2%	161,112	128,133	25.7%
8	Jeep Wrangler	17,583	13,955	26.0%	157,513	134,068	17.5%
9	Jeep Grand Cherokee	15,758	12,854	22.6%	141,849	136,310	4.1%
10	Subaru Forester	15,364	12,584	22.1%	129,568	117,940	9.9%
11	Toyota Highlander	12,403	10,542	17.7%	116,851	105,526	10.7%
12	GMC Terrain	10,935	8,310	31.6%	83,395	79,444	5.0%
13	Hyundai Santa Fe	10,752	8945	20.2%	88,400	78,907	12.0%
14	Dodge Journey	10,457	7,230	44.6%	79,395	70,686	12.3%
15	Ford Edge	10,262	7,695	33.4%	95,709	86,051	11.2%
16	Honda Pilot	10,238	7,824	30.9%	98,980	80,247	23.3%
17	Kia Sorento	9,380	6,606	42.0%	85,761	76,578	12.0%
18	Mazda CX-5	9,107	8,097	12.5%	82,013	78,190	4.9%
19	Chevrolet Traverse	8,857	7,821	13.2%	92,963	79,560	16.8%
20	Jeep Patriot	8,533	9,117	-6.4%	88,719	69,958	26.8%