SUVs drive sales in America

U.S. sales of Tesla cars and Tata Motors’ Jaguar brand surged in the first seven months of this year, boosted by the electric auto maker’s Model X and Jaguar’s F-Pace, its first SUV

Change in vehicle sales (January-July, 2015-16)

-20% 0 20 40 60 80

Tesla 80.8

Jaguar 58.5

Volvo 29.3

Land Rover 14.5

Rolls Royce 5.2

Honda 5.1

Mitsubishi 4.2

Audi 3.6

Ford 3.3

Subaru 2.7

Porsche 2.4

All vehicles 1.3

Mercedes 1.0

-2.5 Toyota

-8.4 BMW

-13.6 Volkswagen

-18.2 Fiat

19,800 Vehicles sold by Tesla Jan-Jul 2016

Tesla Model X: About to reach full production, Tesla delivered 4,600 Model X’s last quarter. Acceleration to 100km/h in 3.3 seconds,and on to 250km/h. Price: $93,700

14,389

Jaguar F-Pace: British-built SUV reached U.S. dealerships in May and immediately became Jaguar’s bestseller. Range-topper, powered by 3.0 litre petrol engine, can hit 100km/h in 5.4 seconds. $40,990-$42,390  

Source: motorintelligence.com