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SUV人気の実態:販売台数ランキングに見えない真の需要
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SUV人気の実態:販売台数ランキングに見えない真の需要

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SUVの販売台数は多いものの、ブランド別ランキングでは上位に入りにくいという現象について、自販連のデータを基に分析。ジムニーやライズ、ランクルシリーズなどが実際に売れており、ハイブリッドシステムの進化や燃料価格高騰の中でも、ユーザーは満足度の高い車を選ぶ傾向がある。

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SUVの販売台数は多いものの、ブランド別ランキングでは上位に入りにくいという現象が見られる。これは1車種当たりの販売台数が分散しているためであり、実際の人気はランキングから見えにくくなっている。

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SUVの人気が衰えを知らない。

日本自動車販売協会連合会(自販連)が公表している、乗用車のブランド通称名別ランキングで見ると、SUVでベスト20にランクインしている車種が少ないことから、SUV人気に疑問を持つ人もいるかもしれない。しかし、それは集計の問題だ。SUVは数多く販売されているため、1車種当たりの台数が少なくなる。そのため、実態が見えにくくなっていると考えられるのだ。

コンパクトSUVのジムニーやライズ(兄弟車としてダイハツのロッキーもある)がランキング上位にあり、ランクルシリーズは高価格であるにもかかわらず、売れている。ジムニーは軽自動車の割合も多いため、普通車のランキングでは本当の人気が分かりにくい。

また、ハイトワゴンと融合させたクロスオーバーSUVというジャンルも登場し、軽自動車やコンパクトカークラスでも人気を博している。

直近では、日産が新型キックスを発売し、かなりの人気だ。日産のハイブリッドシステム「e-POWER」が第3世代になったことで燃費性能が向上したが、あのスタイリングで高い燃費性能を実現しているからこそ魅力的に映るのだろう。クルマの電動化によって省燃費が実現されると、クルマのサイズ、重量、デザインの自由度が高まる。

最近は燃料価格が高止まりしており、ユーザーの燃料代に対する感覚はシビアになっているはずだが、それでも大きな出費となるクルマの購入は「どうせ買うなら満足度の高いクルマを選びたい」という気持ちが勝るようだ。

Open Questions

  • 今後、SUVの販売は電動化の進展とともにどのように変化するか
  • 軽自動車ベースのSUVが今後も主流を維持するかどうか

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