BTS | Table 1-18: Retail Sales and Leases of New Cars by Sector

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Table 1-18: Retail Sales and Leases of New Cars by Sector

(Thousands of vehicles)

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	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total sales and leases of new cars	9,333	8,402	8,538	8,982	10,978	9,300	8,175	8,214	8,518	8,990	8,636	8,527	8,273	8,142	8,697	8,852	8,422	8,102	7,615	7,505	7,667
Consumer	7,103	6,252	5,907	6,100	7,092	5,677	4,424	4,566	4,656	4,600	4,326	4,079	3,907	3,980	4,389	4,680	4,632	(R) 4,524	(R) 4,341	(R) 4,251	4,305
Business	2,140	2,056	2,508	2,758	3,754	3,477	3,648	3,529	3,672	4,183	4,070	4,223	4,166	3,943	4,076	3,949	3,568	(R) 3,373	(R) 3,074	(R) 3,061	3,146
Government	89	94	123	124	132	147	103	119	190	207	241	225	199	218	232	224	223	(R) 205	(R) 200	(R) 193	216
Percentage of total sales and leases
Consumer	76.1	74.4	69.2	67.9	64.6	61.0	54.1	55.6	54.7	51.2	50.1	47.8	47.2	48.9	50.5	52.9	55.0	(R) 55.8	(R) 57.0	(R) 56.6	56.1
Business	22.9	24.5	29.4	30.7	34.2	37.4	44.6	43.0	43.1	46.5	47.1	49.5	50.4	48.4	46.9	44.6	42.4	(R) 41.6	(R) 40.4	(R) 40.8	41.0
Government	1.0	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.6	1.3	1.5	2.2	2.3	2.8	2.6	2.4	2.7	2.7	2.5	2.6	(R) 2.5	(R) 2.6	(R) 2.6	2.8

KEY: R = revised.

NOTES

Includes imported cars, but not vans, trucks, or sport utility vehicles.

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES

1960-65: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Wealth Division, unpublished data.

1970-2005: Ibid., Underlying Detail for the National Income and Product Account Tables, Internet site http://www.bea.gov/ as of Oct. 12, 2006, table 7.2.5S; personal communication Oct. 26, 2006.