Sales of compact crossovers in the US slightly outperform the overall market in the first three quarters of 2022, down 11% on last year. The largest class in terms of sales now has a 23.7% share of the market, slightly up from 23.3% last year, at just over 2.4 million deliveries. In the third quarter, compact crossover sales were up 6% in a stable overall market.
Best selling crossover in the United States is still the Toyota RAV4, adding one percentage point of share thanks to sales down just 3% on last year, while its closest rival Honda CR-V sees a 38% decline in deliveries. In Q3, the RAV4 was up 11% but the CR-V was still down 19%. The Chevrolet Equinox drops from second back to third place but still shows a strong recovery on last year’s troublesome performance. It was up 44% in Q3 and is now back into positive territory year-to-date. The Nissan Rogue, last year still #3, loses almost half of its sales and drops down to fifth place, despite being one of the freshest models in the top-5. In the third quarter, the Kia Sportage (+47%), Ford Escape (+35%) and Hyundai Tucson (+28%) show great strength, the South-Korean models thanks to their respective new generations. As a result, the two of them are now in positive territory year-to-date, while the Escape is down just 2%. In contrast, the Mazda CX-5 (-24%), Subaru Outback (-21%) and Subaru Forester (-22%) are still struggling in Q3. At least the Forester outsells the Ford Bronco Sport by quite a large margin (7,000 deliveries) in Q3 to close the year-to-date gap.
After a strong start of the year, the Jeep Compass falls behind in Q3, although it still manages to leapfrog the GMC Terrain, whose 81% improvement in Q3 and 51% gain YTD are just a result of a horrible performance last year. The Volkswagen Tiguan outsells both of them in the third quarter to close the gap to the top-13. The Chevrolet Blazer has a strong Q3 but that barely gets it out of red figures year-to-date, while reversely the Mitsubishi Outlander has a horrid Q3 but is still well in the plus for the year.After a bad start of the year, the Jeep Cherokee has a stable Q3 but it’s still -61% so far in 2022.
In the all-electric subsegment, the Ford Mustang Mach-E is a distant second at #23 with sales up 49%, followed by the newcomers Hyundai Ioniq 5 at #28 and its sibling Kia EV6 at #30. Their luxury sibling Genesis GV60 lands at #45 just ahead of the Mercedes-Benz EQB and Jaguar I-Pace, and behind the other newcomer Audi Q4 e-tron. The latter’s platform sibling Volkswagen ID.4 moves up to #35, down 10% on last year. We welcome the Toyota bZ4X at #48, just behind the Hyundai Nexo but ahead of the Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron, the four-door coupe version of Audi’s EV.
The luxury part of the segment outperforms the mainstream compact crossovers with sales down just 3%. Luxury crossovers make up 21.3% of the segment in the first three quarters of 2022, up from 19.5% in the same period of 2021. The Tesla Model Y is up an estimated 34% and sells almost triple the volume of the next best luxury crossover Mercedes-Benz GLC which is up an impressive 46% despite being due for a redesign, distancing the BMW X3, down 5% and Audi Q5 down 14%. Both the latter were up by single digits in the third quarter. The Lexus NX sees a 37% decline in deliveries as a new generation is due soon, while the Acura RDX is down by more than half (-58% in Q3) and is leapfrogged by the Volvo XC60 (-18%). In the third quarter, the RDX was also outsold by the Cadillac XT5 which was up 32% in Q3 but -24% so far this year. It’s closing in on its crosstown rival Lincoln Corsair, up 78% in Q3. The Mercedes-Benz GLB somewhat recovers in Q3 with sales up 8%, but is still down by almost a quarter for the year. An 8% loss for the Infiniti QX50 narrows its year-to-date loss to -50% but no such improvement for the Range Rover Velar, down 44% in Q3.
US compact crossover sales 2022 Q1-Q3
| Compact SUV segment | 2022 Q1-Q3 | 2021 Q1-Q3 | Change | 2022 Share | 2022-Q3 | Change | |
| 1 | Toyota RAV4 | 303.341 | 313.447 | -3% | 12,5% | 102.456 | 11% |
| 2 | Honda CR-V | 178.687 | 290.140 | -38% | 7,4% | 62.085 | -19% |
| 3 | Chevrolet Equinox | 163.324 | 151.110 | 8% | 6,7% | 46.646 | 44% |
| 4 | Tesla Model Y (est.) | 162.000 | 121.229 | 34% | 6,7% | 54.000 | 21% |
| 5 | Nissan Rogue | 130.135 | 234.647 | -45% | 5,4% | 42.460 | -19% |
| 6 | Hyundai Tucson | 125.625 | 116.047 | 8% | 5,2% | 41.554 | 28% |
| 7 | Mazda CX-5 | 115.949 | 137.343 | -16% | 4,8% | 34.145 | -24% |
| 8 | Ford Escape | 109.311 | 111.791 | -2% | 4,5% | 35.391 | 35% |
| 9 | Subaru Outback | 105.404 | 122.978 | -14% | 4,4% | 28.063 | -21% |
| 10 | Kia Sportage | 89.739 | 78.778 | 14% | 3,7% | 37.383 | 47% |
| 11 | Ford Bronco Sport | 79.976 | 81.204 | -2% | 3,3% | 21.427 | 4% |
| 12 | Subaru Forester | 79.405 | 132.254 | -40% | 3,3% | 28.468 | -22% |
| 13 | Jeep Compass | 66.966 | 58.029 | 15% | 2,8% | 20.631 | -14% |
| 14 | GMC Terrain | 65.619 | 43.434 | 51% | 2,7% | 17.917 | 81% |
| 15 | Volkswagen Tiguan L | 64.336 | 85.000 | -24% | 2,7% | 25.608 | 29% |
| 16 | Mercedes-Benz GLC | 55.515 | 38.131 | 46% | 2,3% | 19.456 | 144% |
| 17 | BMW X3 | 51.104 | 53.993 | -5% | 2,1% | 18.453 | 4% |
| 18 | Chevrolet Blazer | 50.615 | 50.339 | 1% | 2,1% | 17.511 | 67% |
| 19 | Audi Q5 | 43.132 | 49.920 | -14% | 1,8% | 17.143 | 5% |
| 20 | Lexus NX | 31.651 | 50.544 | -37% | 1,3% | 12.036 | -35% |
| 21 | Mitsubishi Outlander | 31.613 | 22.924 | 38% | 1,3% | 7.184 | -38% |
| 22 | Jeep Cherokee | 30.852 | 78.750 | -61% | 1,3% | 11.495 | -1% |
| 23 | Ford Mustang Mach E | 28.089 | 18.855 | 49% | 1,2% | 10.414 | 77% |
| 24 | Volvo XC60 | 25.753 | 31.583 | -18% | 1,1% | 8.421 | -23% |
| 25 | Acura RDX | 21.144 | 44.236 | -52% | 0,9% | 6.905 | -58% |
| 26 | Lincoln Corsair/MKC | 20.277 | 17.005 | 19% | 0,8% | 6.239 | 78% |
| 27 | Cadillac XT5 | 18.894 | 24.852 | -24% | 0,8% | 7.260 | 32% |
| 28 | Hyundai Ioniq 5 | 18.492 | 0 | New | 0,8% | 4.800 | New |
| 29 | Buick Envision | 18.208 | 37.164 | -51% | 0,8% | 7.307 | -35% |
| 30 | Kia EV6 | 17.564 | 0 | New | 0,7% | 4.996 | New |
| 31 | Mercedes-Benz GLB | 17.350 | 22.875 | -24% | 0,7% | 5.850 | 8% |
| 32 | Porsche Macan | 15.953 | 16.579 | -4% | 0,7% | 5.271 | 4% |
| 33 | Mazda CX-50 | 13.376 | 0 | New | 0,6% | 8.589 | New |
| 34 | Genesis GV70 | 13.307 | 5.274 | 152% | 0,5% | 4.994 | 6% |
| 35 | Volkswagen ID.4 | 11.072 | 12.279 | -10% | 0,5% | 6.657 | 10% |
| 36 | Infiniti QX50 | 8.548 | 16.991 | -50% | 0,4% | 2.986 | -8% |
| 37 | Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross | 8.361 | 6.941 | 20% | 0,3% | 2.649 | 3% |
| 38 | BMW X4 | 6.630 | 6.871 | -4% | 0,3% | 1.658 | -34% |
| 39 | Alfa Romeo Stelvio | 6.151 | 8.003 | -23% | 0,3% | 2.102 | -22% |
| 40 | Range Rover Velar | 4.775 | 9.689 | -51% | 0,2% | 2.080 | -44% |
| 41 | Land Rover Discovery Sport | 3.889 | 5.178 | -25% | 0,2% | 1.377 | -14% |
| 42 | Jaguar F-Pace | 3.780 | 7.012 | -46% | 0,2% | 1.740 | -8% |
| 43 | Infiniti QX55 | 3.643 | 2.977 | 22% | 0,2% | 1.169 | -33% |
| 44 | Audi Q4 e-tron | 1.070 | 0 | New | 0,0% | 1.070 | New |
| 45 | Genesis GV60 | 1.040 | 0 | New | 0,0% | 807 | New |
| 46 | Mercedes-Benz EQB |
739 | 0 | New | 0,0% | 739 | New |
| 47 | Jaguar I-Pace | 423 | 809 | -48% | 0,0% | 104 | -48% |
| 48 | Hyundai Nexo | 345 | 282 | 22% | 0,0% | 74 | -50% |
| 49 | Toyota bZ4X | 232 | 0 | New | 0,0% | 0 | New |
| 50 | Dodge Journey | 187 | 13.827 | -99% | 0,0% | 31 | -97% |
| 51 | Audi Q4 Sportback e-tron | 42 | 0 | New | 0,0% | 42 | New |
| Segment total | 2.423.633 | 2.731.314 | -11% | 807.843 | 6% |
Source: Manufacturers.