Only 4 Crossover Sedans Have Ever Been Sold in AmericaAutoblogCobus F. PotgieterSun, September 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM UTCAdd us on GoogleAutoblog and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article.The crossover sedan isn't commonplace, but it sure is persistent. In America, the format has been around for 27 years, tried out each time by a different manufacturer, and with a hiatus in between until the next automaker gave it a shot to see if this time, at last, this odd vehicle type will finally take off and make a big splash.So, for this story, we stick to the traditional definitions of sedans and crossovers, which is to say a conventional 3-box shape with four doors, a trunk lid (not a hatchback), and a high-riding stance. That means that cars like the Polestar 2, which looks like a crossover sedan but has a hatchback, don't qualify.The Only Current Crossover Sedan: Toyota CrownOnly one crossover sedan is on sale in America today: the Toyota Crown. Crown is the oldest Toyota nameplate in the U.S., having first gone on sale here as the Toyopet Crown in 1958, when it was a traditional sedan. Today's Toyota Crown arrived as a brand-new model for MY2023 after a 50-year hiatus for the Crown nameplate. At 196 inches long, it's one of the largest midsize sedans on sale here, and it replaced the Toyota Avalon.2027 Toyota CrownToyotaView the 2 images of this gallery on the original articleAdvertisementAdvertisementBut it's also a crossover, with a raised stance and wheel-arch cladding. The 5.8 inches of ground clearance is hardly an inch more than a typical sedan's, but it's immediately noticeable and gives you more confidence in winter driving and on rougher roads. To underscore the crossover aspirations, all trims have AWD. Hybrid powertrains in naturally aspirated 236-hp or turbocharged 340-hp guises provide the motivation.The Crown Signia wagon (below) only arrived for MY2025, and it's been more popular with Americans, being another inch or so higher off the ground and with a more traditional Subaru Outback-type wagon-crossover approach. It's a more versatile car than the sedan. The Crown sedan sold almost 20,000 units in its launch year, but it's fallen to about 12,000 in 2025, with cumulative sales of around 57,000 units to date. The Crown Signia sold 20,550 units in 2025, its first full year on the market, and has outsold the sedan ever since. In other markets, Toyota sells the Crown as a regular sedan and a Crown Sport crossover as well.2026 Toyota Crown Signia in Bronze AgeToyotaThe Predecessors: 2016-2019 Volvo S60 Cross CountryThe last time anybody tried to field a crossover sedan here was around a decade ago, when Volvo sold its compact S60 Cross Country. It was a high-riding version of the regular S60, and essentially just a V60 Cross Country wagon, but with a traditional sedan body. It had the obligatory body cladding and an impressive ground clearance of 7.9 inches.2016-2019 Volvo S60 Cross CountryVolvoView the 2 images of this gallery on the original articleAdvertisementAdvertisementThis oddity came with a 240-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter 4-pot with AWD and was sold for only two model years. American sales never took off, and Volvo never sold more than 563 in a single model year, with a mere 1,435 units sold in the U.S. over four model years.The Predecessors: 1999 Subaru Legacy SUSThe Subaru Outback crossover wagon has been sold in the U.S. since 1995, when it was still a trim level in the Legacy lineup. It's become a separate model in its own right, and the third-most popular Subaru here after the Crosstrek and Forester, with around 157,000 units sold in 2025. But back in the '90s, when the Mk2 Legacy was on sale here, Ernie Boch Sr., a Massachusetts Subaru dealer, had the idea of the Legacy Sports Utility Sedan, which would be a raised sedan version of the Outback wagon, for Subaru fans negotiating some of the rougher Northwestern roads.1999 Subaru Legacy SUS 30th Anniversary EditionBring a TrailerView the 2 images of this gallery on the original articleIt had 7.3 inches of ground clearance and came with a 165-hp 2.5-liter engine, a 4-speed automatic, and, of course, Subaru's AWD system. Subaru eventually made 7,249 units of the SUS for sale in the U.S., and would continue to sell higher-riding variants of the Legacy sedan in small numbers under the Outback Sedan name until 2007.The Original: 1980 AMC Eagle Sedan1982 AMC Eagle SedanBring a TrailerView the 2 images of this gallery on the original articleAdvertisementAdvertisementLong before any of these high-riding sedans hit the market, American Motor Corporation (AMC) created the world's first crossover and put it on sale all the way back in 1979. The 1980 AMC Eagle was introduced as a high-riding AWD passenger car in the wake of the 1979 Oil Crisis, as an alternative to heavy and thirsty trucks and SUVs. It was offered in the popular wagon form (below left), but also in a sedan and even a coupe (below center). The 3-door hatch Kammback and the convertible Sundancer (below right) would arrive a year later, sold for only two model years. There was even an SX/4 2-door fastback coupe variant of the Eagle.1980 AMC Eagle Limited WagonBring a TrailerView the 3 images of this gallery on the original articleThe Eagle was built over nine model years until MY1988, and the wagon was, expectedly, the most popular, with 118,819 sold. The 4-door sedan eventually moved 27,501 units. Roy Lunn, AMC Jeep's chief design engineer, essentially joined an AMC Concord body with a Jeep 4WD system to create a crossover below the larger Jeep Wagoneer SUV, but it came with refinements such as independent front suspension – a first for a mass-produced American-made 4WD vehicle – and passenger-car comfort. But ground clearance was around seven inches, giving it far better all-road ability than any sedan at the time, especially when combined with the Jeep-derived full-time 4WD system.But Wait, There's More…Citroën C4 XCitroën GermanyView the 2 images of this gallery on the original articleAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Eagle, SUS, S60 CC, and Crown are the only four crossover sedans ever sold in the U.S., but they are not the only ones. A handful more have been available in select international markets as automakers try to squeeze sales out of increasingly more specialized niches. These are:Citroën C4 X (above left)Citroën C3L (above right)Renault/Dacia Logan Stepway (below left)Qoros 3 GT (below right)Renault Dacia Logan StepwayRenault/Dacia RussiaView the 2 images of this gallery on the original articleFinal ThoughtsWith 57,000 units and counting, the current Toyota Crown is now the most popular crossover sedan ever sold in America, but that's still a drop in the SUV ocean, and its popularity has started to wane ever since the introduction of the higher-riding Crown Signia wagon variant. An oddity misunderstood by most people and without the interior volume and cargo flexibility of a proper wagon, the crossover sedan will forever remain a comparatively rare sight on our roads, but remains one of those motoring unicorns that we point to and smile whenever we're lucky to see one. And it all started right here, with the first crossover ever built by an American automaker in the '70s.AdvertisementAdvertisementThis story was originally published by Autoblog on Sep 27, 2026, where it first appeared in the Crossover section. Add Autoblog as a Preferred Source by clicking here.