European sales of midsized crossovers are up 19% in 2021, making it the best performing segment in Europe and obviously beating the overall market, down 2%. With a total of just over 1.14 million deliveries, midsized crossovers now make up 9.7% of the total European car market, up from 8% in 2020. Luxury nameplates are up 8% and their share of the class drops from 51.4% in 2020 to 46.7% in 2021
The Ford Kuga is taking control of the class with sales up more than a third on last year, when it was in a model changeover. The Kuga knocks down the Toyota RAV4 into second place, despite a 13% improvement for the Japanese crossover. Last year’s #3 Mercedes-Benz GLC drops to #9 with sales down 29% which makes it the worst performing nameplate in the top-25. As a result, the BMW X3 jumps onto the segment podium with sales up 32%. It’s followed by the Volvo XC60 (+4%) and Audi Q5 (+14%). The Skoda Kodiaq is down one place to #6 with sales down 17% and the Peugeot 5008 is down 2% in 8th place. The Volkswagen ID.4 lands at #7 in its first full year of sales, while its sibling Skoda Enyaq lands at #10. The Mercedes-Benz GLB is up to #11, ahead of the Mazda CX-5 (-9%) and Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace which has stable sales. The latter’s clone Seat Tarraco is up 2% at #17.
The Tesla Model Y is the best selling newcomer at #14, just ahead of its EV-rivals Ford Mustang Mach-E at #16, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 at #18 and Mercedes-Benz EQC at #19, setting a new annual sales record. The Audi Q4 lands at #22 (combined with the Q4 Sportback it would be at #19), and the Kia EV6 has arrived in Q4 but lands at #33 for the year.
The Alfa Romeo Stelvio is down 5% but stays ahead of the Porsche Macan and BMW X4, while the Land Rover Discovery Sport loses just over a quarter of its sales. The Lexus NX, due for a redesign in 2022, sees sales improve 4% to stay ahead of the Jaguar F-Pace and Range Rover Velar. Biggest loser in the class are the hydrogen fuel cell Hyundai Nexo with sales down 54% at #41, the Nissan X-Trail at -46% in 30th place and the Jaguar I-Pace at -40% in 32nd place. Among Chinese models, the Aiways U5 almost reaches 1,000 deliveries while the newly launched MG Marvel R lands at #39 with its first 792 deliveries. Finally, we welcome the Genesis GV70 to the class.
| Midsized SUV segment | 2021 | 2020 | Change | 2021 share | 2020 share | 2021-Q4 | 2020-Q4 | Change | |
| 1 | Ford Kuga | 107.966 | 80.177 | 35% | 9,4% | 8,4% | 23.081 | 23.650 | -2% |
| 2 | Toyota RAV4 | 102.208 | 90.761 | 13% | 8,9% | 9,5% | 20.103 | 26.611 | -24% |
| 3 | BMW X3 | 81.466 | 61.740 | 32% | 7,1% | 6,4% | 20.861 | 16.200 | 29% |
| 4 | Volvo XC60 | 73.165 | 70.533 | 4% | 6,4% | 7,4% | 16.626 | 20.880 | -20% |
| 5 | Audi Q5 | 61.094 | 53.523 | 14% | 5,3% | 5,6% | 15.434 | 18.734 | -18% |
| 6 | Skoda Kodiaq | 57.452 | 69.516 | -17% | 5,0% | 7,2% | 9.717 | 18.230 | -47% |
| 7 | Volkswagen ID.4 | 53.605 | 4.984 | 976% | 4,7% | 0,5% | 17.166 | 4.814 | 257% |
| 8 | Peugeot 5008 | 53.119 | 54.468 | -2% | 4,6% | 5,7% | 10.058 | 15.651 | -36% |
| 9 | Mercedes-Benz GLC | 50.580 | 71.150 | -29% | 4,4% | 7,4% | 19.857 | 28.234 | -30% |
| 10 | Skoda Enyaq | 48.283 | 741 | 6416% | 4,2% | 0,1% | 20.598 | 741 | 2680% |
| 11 | Mercedes-Benz GLB | 34.628 | 26.817 | 29% | 3,0% | 2,8% | 6.127 | 12.293 | -50% |
| 12 | Mazda CX-5 | 28.889 | 31.703 | -9% | 2,5% | 3,3% | 4.185 | 8.122 | -48% |
| 13 | Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace | 28.463 | 28.524 | 0% | 2,5% | 3,0% | 4.224 | 6.714 | -37% |
| 14 | Tesla Model Y | 27.687 | 0 | New | 2,4% | 0,0% | 15.070 | 0 | New |
| 15 | Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupe | 24.369 | 28.010 | -13% | 2,1% | 2,9% | – | – | – |
| 16 | Ford Mustang Mach-E | 23.054 | 185 | 12362% | 2,0% | 0,0% | 7.481 | 185 | 3944% |
| 17 | Seat Tarraco | 21.694 | 21.229 | 2% | 1,9% | 2,2% | 2.360 | 5.231 | -55% |
| 18 | Hyundai Ioniq 5 | 19.954 | 0 | New | 1,7% | 0,0% | 10.994 | 0 | New |
| 19 | Mercedes-Benz EQC | 18.233 | 14.645 | 24% | 1,6% | 1,5% | 5.405 | 7.156 | -24% |
| 20 | Honda CR-V | 17.312 | 20.239 | -14% | 1,5% | 2,1% | 3.559 | 5.875 | -39% |
| 21 | Alfa Romeo Stelvio | 16.650 | 17.438 | -5% | 1,5% | 1,8% | 4.742 | 5.701 | -17% |
| 22 | Audi Q4 | 16.472 | 0 | New | 1,4% | 0,0% | 10.010 | 0 | New |
| 23 | Porsche Macan | 15.757 | 16.865 | -7% | 1,4% | 1,8% | 5.604 | 6.178 | -9% |
| 24 | Land Rover Discovery Sport | 15.729 | 21.348 | -26% | 1,4% | 2,2% | 2.043 | 5.876 | -65% |
| 25 | BMW X4 | 15.151 | 16.981 | -11% | 1,3% | 1,8% | 3.458 | 4.332 | -20% |
| 26 | Mitsubishi Outlander | 13.897 | 33.729 | -59% | 1,2% | 3,5% | 2.083 | 7.576 | -73% |
| 27 | Lexus NX | 13.773 | 13.284 | 4% | 1,2% | 1,4% | 2.341 | 3.588 | -35% |
| 28 | Jaguar F-Pace | 12.055 | 11.026 | 9% | 1,1% | 1,1% | 1.586 | 1.971 | -20% |
| 29 | Range Rover Velar | 11.212 | 12.784 | -12% | 1,0% | 1,3% | 2.105 | 2.556 | -18% |
| 30 | Nissan X-Trail | 10.512 | 19.376 | -46% | 0,9% | 2,0% | 1.277 | 4.200 | -70% |
| 31 | Jeep Wrangler | 8.723 | 7.262 | 20% | 0,8% | 0,8% | 2.496 | 1.795 | 39% |
| 32 | Jaguar I-Pace | 8.079 | 13.444 | -40% | 0,7% | 1,4% | 2.217 | 7.136 | -69% |
| 33 | Kia EV6 | 7.941 | 0 | New | 0,7% | 0,0% | 7.841 | 0 | New |
| 34 | Subaru Forester | 6.179 | 6.377 | -3% | 0,5% | 0,7% | 1.497 | 1.932 | -23% |
| 35 | Renault Koleos | 6.048 | 6.916 | -13% | 0,5% | 0,7% | 1.259 | 1.407 | -11% |
| 36 | Audi Q4 Sportback | 3.111 | 0 | New | 0,3% | 0,0% | 2.498 | 0 | New |
| 37 | Suzuki Across | 2.179 | 1.855 | 17% | 0,2% | 0,2% | 1.131 | 1.572 | -28% |
| 38 | Aiways U5 | 946 | 619 | 53% | 0,1% | 0,1% | 357 | 573 | -38% |
| 39 | MG Marvel R | 792 | 0 | New | 0,0% | 0,0% | 766 | 0 | New |
| 40 | Jeep Cherokee | 339 | 2.237 | -85% | 0,0% | 0,2% | 55 | 382 | -86% |
| 41 | Hyundai Nexo | 214 | 468 | -54% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 71 | 139 | -49% |
| 42 | Genesis GV70 | 143 | 0 | New | 0,0% | 0,0% | 77 | 0 | New |
| 43 | Mahindra XUV500 | 44 | 37 | 19% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 27 | 8 | 238% |
| Segment total | 1.143.536 | 959.001 | 19% | 288.494 | 276.243 | 4% |
Car sales statistics are from the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
Sources: Manufacturers, ANDC, JATO Dynamics.