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Table 1-18. Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Light Trucks, Selected Sales Periodsa (Thousands)

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Sales                        
Total Units 2,217 4,235 4,515 4,048 4,392 5,056 5,724 5,934 6,237 6,527 7,138 8,002
Small pickups 516 864 678 628 587 332 365 357 b575 521 460 302
Large pickups 1,115 1,691 1,574 1,309 1,452 1,878 2,199 2,184 2,042 2,051 2,378 2,830
Small vans 14 438 933 888 968 1,129 1,264 1,257 1,230 1,216 1,224 1,319
Large vans 328 536 399 308 350 388 408 401 370 387 381 417
Small utility 85 U 553 U U 733 816 903 637 782 762 942
Large utility 158 U 378 U U 594 672 832 1,382 1,570 1,933 2,191
Market share, %                        
Small pickups 23.3 20.4 15.0 15.5 13.4 6.6 6.4 6.0 9.2 8.0 6.4 3.8
Large pickups 50.3 39.9 34.9 32.3 33.1 37.1 38.4 36.8 32.7 31.4 33.3 35.4
Small vans 0.6 10.3 20.7 21.9 22.0 22.3 22.1 21.2 19.7 18.6 17.1 16.5
Large vans 14.8 12.7 8.8 7.6 8.0 7.7 7.1 6.8 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.2
Small utility 3.8 U 12.3 U U 14.5 14.3 15.2 10.2 12.0 10.7 11.8
Large utility 7.5 U 8.4 U U 11.8 11.7 14.0 22.2 24.1 27.1 27.1
Fuel economy, mpg                        
Fleet 18.1 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.4 20.5 20.4 20.2 20.4 20.1 20.3 20.1
Small pickups 25.5 26.8 25.2 25.7 25.0 24.9 25.3 25.6 25.6 24.6 24.5 24.8
Large pickups 17.0 19.0 18.9 18.8 18.9 19.6 20.1 19.4 18.9 19.4 19.1 19.3
Small vans 19.6 23.9 23.1 22.6 22.5 22.9 22.1 22.8 22.8 22.9 23.3 23.0
Large vans 16.3 16.4 16.9 17.4 16.9 17.3 17.4 17.1 17.2 17.8 18.2 17.8
Small utility 16.6 U 21.5 U U 2.0 20.4 20.4 21.7 21.5 22.9 23.0
Large utility 14.6 U 18.9 U U 18.9 19.0 18.8 19.5 18.3 18.9 18.8

a These figures represent only those sales that could be matched to corresponding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy values.
b Some 4-wheel drive pickups previously classified as large pickups were correctly reclassified as small pickups.

KEY: mpg = miles per gallon. U = data are not available.

NOTES: Numbers and percents may not add to totals due to rounding.
Fleet sales total cannot be compared with truck sales in table 1-10 for the following reasons: 1) this table includes both domestic and imported trucks, whereas the numbers in table 1-10 are for domestic trucks only; and 2) thistable covers only light trucks, whereas the numbers in table 1-10 include heavy trucks.

SOURCE: Light-Duty Vehicle MPG and Market Shares System Database, as cited in Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Transportation Energy Data Book, Edition 20, ORNL-6941 (Oak Ridge, TN: 2000), table 7.6, p. 7-7.