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Table 1-18: Retail Sales of New Cars by Sector (Thousands)

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
TOTAL Sales of new cars	6,641	9,333	8,402	8,538	8,982	10,978	9,300	8,175	8,214	8,518	^R8,991	^R8,687	^R8,527	^R8,273	8,142	8,697	8,852	8,422
Consumer	5,645	7,103	6,252	5,907	6,100	7,092	5,677	4,424	4,566	^R4,657	^R4,600	^R4,351	^R4,079	^R3,909	3,988	^R4,389	^R4,696	4,640
Business	930	2,140	2,056	2,508	2,758	3,754	3,477	3,648	3,529	^R3,748	^R4,268	^R4,186	^R4,273	^R4,217	3,984	^R4,135	3,989	3,617
Government	66	89	94	123	124	132	147	103	119	^R113	124	^R151	^R176	^R147	^R171	^R173	^R167	166
Percentage of total sales
Consumer	85.0	76.1	74.4	69.2	67.9	64.6	61.0	54.1	55.6	^R54.7	^R51.2	^R50.1	^R47.8	^R47.3	49.0	^R50.5	53.0	55.1
Business	14.0	22.9	24.5	29.4	30.7	34.2	37.4	44.6	43.0	^R44.0	^R47.5	^R48.2	^R50.1	^R51.0	48.9	^R47.5	45.1	42.9

KEY: R = revised.

NOTES

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

Numbers may not add to totals due to roundings.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Wealth Division, unpublished data.