Table 1-16: Retail a New Passenger Car Sales

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

(Thousands of units)

	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
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	7,610
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	5,527
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	2,083
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	817
Germany	750	493	305	424	265	193	201	186	192	207	238	297	367	467	517	523	547	544
Other	217	271	187	196	419	345	284	262	303	317	308	332	322	494	637	738	756	722

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

^bIncludes 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, 1985-2003: Ward's, Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures 2004 (Southfield, MI: 2003), p. 22.

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