Table 1-16: Retaila New Passenger Car Sales

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

(Thousands)

	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
TOTAL new passenger car sales	8,400	8,624	8,979	11,042	9,300	8,175	8,213	8,518	8,991	8,635	8,527	8,272	8,142	8,698	8,847	8,423	8,103
Domestic^b	7,119	7,053	6,581	8,205	6,897	6,137	6,277	6,742	7,255	7,129	7,254	6,917	6,762	6,979	6,831	6,325	5,878
Imports	1,280	1,571	2,398	2,838	2,403	2,038	1,937	1,776	1,735	1,506	1,273	1,355	1,380	1,719	2,016	2,098	2,226
Japan	313	808	1,906	2,218	1,719	1,500	1,452	1,328	1,239	982	727	726	691	758	863	837	923
Germany	750	493	305	424	265	193	201	186	192	207	238	297	367	467	517	523	547
Other	217	271	187	196	419	345	284	262	303	317	308	332	322	494	637	738	756

^a Retail new car sales include both sales to individuals and to corporate fleets. It also includes leased cars.

^b Includes cars produced in Canada and Mexico.

NOTE

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES

1970: American Automobile Manufacturers Association, Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures 1992 (Detroit, MI: 1992), p. 16.

1980: Ibid., Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures 1997 (Detroit, MI: 1997), p. 19.

1975, 1985-2002: Ward's, Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures 2003 (Southfield, MI: 2003), p. 21.

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