Compact crossover SUV

The Toyota RAV4 was the worldwide best-selling compact crossover SUV and the best-selling SUV of any kind in 2020.[1]

Compact crossover SUV is an automobile classification used mainly in North America to describe a segment of crossover SUV, a type of sport utility vehicle, between subcompact crossover SUV and mid-size crossover SUV.

By the late 2010s, the segment had emerged as the most popular automobile segment in several regions. For example, nearly one in every four cars sold in the United States in 2019 was a compact crossover, at about 24.2 percent.[2]

The best-selling vehicle in the segment in 2020 was the Toyota RAV4, with 995,762 units sold globally. It was also the second best-selling automobile in the world after the Toyota Corolla in 2021.[3]

  1. ^ "Global sales of the Toyota RAV4 reach 10 million units". Toyota Europe Newsroom. April 10, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "US car sales analysis 2019 - Compact crossovers". carsalesbase.com. January 27, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "The world's best-selling cars". Autocar. Retrieved February 7, 2022.