Table 1-17: Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Automobiles, Selected Sales Periodsa
Table 1-17: Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Automobiles, Selected Sales Periodsa
(Thousands)
1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
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Sales | |||||||||||||
Total Units | 9,095 | 10,969 | 9,224 | 8,380 | 8,107 | 8,388 | 8,916 | 8,725 | 8,652 | 8,261 | 8,071 | 8,646 | 8,978 |
Minicompact | 428 | 52 | 77 | 96 | 108 | 84 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 40 | 12 | 13 | 19 |
Subcompact | 3,441 | 2,382 | 2,030 | 2,256 | 2,074 | 1,945 | 2,015 | 1,518 | 1,315 | 1,510 | 1,491 | 1,622 | 1,789 |
Compact | 599 | 3,526 | 3,156 | 2,425 | 2,451 | 2,655 | 3,077 | 3,290 | R3,493 | 2,937 | 2,309 | 2,367 | 2,398 |
Midsize | 3,073 | 3,118 | 2,512 | 2,306 | 2,250 | 2,446 | 2,360 | 2,499 | 2,488 | 2,531 | 3,107 | 3,359 | 3,352 |
Large | 1,336 | 1,516 | 1,279 | 1,161 | 1,141 | 1,187 | 1,340 | 1,321 | 1,259 | 1,162 | 1,050 | 1,181 | 1,297 |
Two-seater | 216 | 374 | 170 | 135 | 83 | 70 | 67 | 53 | 62 | 81 | 101 | 103 | 122 |
Market share, % | |||||||||||||
Minicompact | 4.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Subcompact | 37.8 | 21.7 | 22.0 | 26.9 | 25.6 | 23.2 | 22.6 | 17.4 | 15.2 | 18.3 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 19.9 |
Compact | 6.6 | 32.1 | 34.2 | 28.9 | 30.2 | 31.7 | 34.5 | 37.7 | 40.4 | 35.6 | 28.6 | 27.4 | 26.7 |
Midsize | 33.8 | 28.4 | 27.2 | 27.5 | 27.7 | 29.2 | 26.5 | 28.6 | 28.8 | 30.6 | 38.5 | 38.9 | 37.3 |
Large | 14.7 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 14.6 | R14.1 | 13.0 | 13.7 | 14.4 |
Two-seater | 2.4 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
Fuel economy, mpg | |||||||||||||
Fleet | 23.2 | 27.0 | 27.6 | 27.7 | 27.7 | 27.8 | 27.8 | 28.0 | 28.3 | 28.3 | 28.3 | 28.0 | 28.2 |
Minicompact | 29.4 | 32.7 | 26.4 | 29.3 | 30.6 | 29.9 | 27.8 | 27.0 | 27.2 | 26.3 | 23.9 | 24.8 | 25.6 |
Subcompact | 27.3 | 30.1 | 31.3 | 31.6 | 31.8 | 31.9 | 31.3 | 31.7 | 32.1 | 32.6 | 31.3 | 31.0 | 31.1 |
Compact | 22.3 | 29.6 | 28.9 | 28.8 | 28.7 | 29.3 | 29.8 | 30.2 | 30.4 | 30.0 | 30.8 | 30.2 | 30.4 |
Midsize | 21.3 | 24.9 | 25.9 | 25.9 | 25.8 | 25.7 | 25.6 | 25.9 | 26.4 | 26.3 | 26.9 | R27.0 | 26.8 |
Large | 19.3 | 22.3 | 23.5 | 23.3 | 23.7 | 24.0 | 24.2 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.5 | 24.6 | 24.4 | 25.3 |
Two-seater | 21.0 | 27.6 | 28.0 | 27.3 | 25.9 | 24.8 | 23.9 | 24.7 | 25.4 | 26.3 | 25.4 | R25.2 | 25.8 |
KEY: mpg = miles per gallon; R = revised.
a These figures represent only those sales that could be matched to corresponding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy values.
NOTE: Numbers and percents may not add to totals due to rounding.
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 7.5, p. 7-6, and personal communication, Oct. 11, 2001.