Midsize SUV Sales in U.S. - October 2013 YTD

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Ford Sells Lots Of Explorers, Not So Many Flexes America's favorite three-row utility vehicle in October 2013 was the Ford Explorer. Indeed, the Explorer is America's favourite three-row vehicle, full stop.  No minivan sells anywhere near as often as the Explorer. 2013's best-selling minivan, the Honda Odyssey, likely won't top 130,000 units in 2013.  Ford has already sold 161,222 Explorers, 149,431 of which were civilian vehicles.  Ford Police Interceptor Utility sales are up 144% to 11,791 this year. • All Vehicles Ranked By October 2013 & YTD U.S. Sales • All 91 SUVs & Crossovers Ranked By October 2013 YTD U.S. Sales Click Chart To Expand Through 2013's first ten months, General Motors has sold 207,108 Lambda platform crossovers - Acadia, Enclave, Traverse - far outweighing what Ford has managed with the Explorer alone, in terms of volume.  Sales of SUVs and crossovers at Ford and Lincoln are up 10.5% to 603,332 through ten months of 2013. GM SUV/CUV sales, further pushed forward by the addition of the Buick Encore, are up 15.8% to 779,019 through the end of October. Even without the Encore, GM utility vehicle sales are up 11.9%. Japanese automakers own 22% of the midsize category, as it's defined in the first table below. Detroit manufacturers still attract the majority of buyers who are looking for bigger mainstream brand SUVs and crossovers.  Indeed, among the biggest SUVs, GM owns nearly three quarters of the market. You can select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank midsize SUVs and crossovers any which way you like.