The full-sized SUV segment in the US continues to outperform the overall market, although the gap is narrowing. Large SUV sales are down 16% in the first half of 2022. At just under 220,000 deliveries, large SUVs now make up 3.2% of the total US car market, up from 3.1% in the first half of 2021. And in the second quarter, the class matched the overall market at -21%. 
Eight of the top-9 best sellers in this class outperform the segment average, while the remaining seven nameplates all lose share. The Chevrolet Tahoe is still king with a 12% decline in deliveries, while its sibling GMC Yukon is down just 9%. With the Chevrolet Suburban in 4th place and the Cadillac Escalade in 5th, General Motors has a share of 56.7% of the class, up from 53.1% in the first half of 2021, but down from a dominant 61.3% in the first quarter of this year. That’s because their biggest rival Ford Expedition had a very slow start of 2022 with a 5th place in Q1. It moves back onto the segment podium after Q2 but is still down by 52% on last year. The Jeep Wagoneer was in 4th place in Q2, outselling the Suburban. The Nissan Armada is down 70% but still well ahead of the Toyota Sequoia which had just 55 deliveries in the second quarter as an all-new generation is arriving in showrooms. Its stablemate Toyota Land Cruiser is no longer sold in North America.
Luxury full-sized SUVs are down 4% in first half of 2022, improving their share of the segment almost 4 percentage points to 31.8%. The Cadillac Escalade outperforms the class at -5%, but the BMW X7 is the best performing nameplate in the class at +26%, leapfrogging its nemesis Mercedes-Benz GLS which is down 12%. The Jeep Grand Wagoneer outsells the Lincoln Navigator which is down 34% but in Q2 the two domestic luxury SUVs where almost level as the Navigator was down just 11%. They both move ahead of the Range Rover which struggled in Q2 as an all-new generation is just coming to showrooms. The Infiniti QX80 (-62%) is struggling but stays well ahead of the Lexus LX (-21%).
US Full-sized SUV sales 2022-H1
| Large SUV segment | 2022-H1 | 2021-H1 | Change | 2022 Share | 2021 Share | 2022-Q2 | Change | |
| 1 | Chevrolet Tahoe | 45.048 | 50.946 | -12% | 20,5% | 19,5% | 21.069 | -25% |
| 2 | GMC Yukon | 38.366 | 42.315 | -9% | 17,5% | 16,2% | 17.070 | -28% |
| 3 | Ford Expedition | 22.847 | 47.508 | -52% | 10,4% | 18,2% | 13.129 | -48% |
| 4 | Chevrolet Suburban | 21.321 | 24.516 | -13% | 9,7% | 9,4% | 8.897 | -33% |
| 5 | Cadillac Escalade | 19.726 | 20.716 | -5% | 9,0% | 7,9% | 9.221 | -15% |
| 6 | Jeep Wagoneer | 17.275 | 0 | New | 7,9% | 0,0% | 10.220 | New |
| 7 | BMW X7 | 14.168 | 11.279 | 26% | 6,4% | 4,3% | 7.706 | 18% |
| 8 | Mercedes-Benz GLS | 12.394 | 14.042 | -12% | 5,6% | 5,4% | 6.191 | -5% |
| 9 | Jeep Grand Wagoneer | 7.101 | 0 | New | 3,2% | 0,0% | 3.932 | New |
| 10 | Lincoln Navigator | 6.050 | 9.228 | -34% | 2,8% | 3,5% | 3.902 | -11% |
| 11 | Range Rover | 5.653 | 7.615 | -26% | 2,6% | 2,9% | 1.153 | -66% |
| 12 | Nissan Armada | 4.540 | 14.894 | -70% | 2,1% | 5,7% | 2.897 | -60% |
| 13 | Infiniti QX80 | 2.867 | 7.631 | -62% | 1,3% | 2,9% | 1.803 | -45% |
| 14 | Lexus LX | 1.797 | 2.289 | -21% | 0,8% | 0,9% | 1.239 | 31% |
| 15 | Toyota Sequoia | 477 | 4.338 | -89% | 0,2% | 1,7% | 55 | -98% |
| 16 | Toyota Land Cruiser | 39 | 3.550 | -99% | 0,0% | 1,4% | 11 | -99% |
| Segment total | 219.669 | 260.867 | -16% | 108.495 | -21% |
Source: Manufacturers.