Table 1-19: Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Automobiles
Table 1-19: Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Automobiles
(Thousands of vehicles)
1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
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Salesa | ||||||||||||||||
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 | 8,308 | 8,336 | 7,698 |
Minicompact | 428 | 52 | 77 | 96 | 108 | 84 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 40 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 33 | 54 | 80 |
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 | 922 | 636 | 459 |
Compact | 599 | 3,526 | 3,156 | 2,425 | 2,451 | 2,655 | 3,077 | 3,290 | 3,493 | 2,937 | 2,309 | 2,367 | 2,398 | 3,058 | 3,217 | 3,018 |
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 | 2,669 | 2,918 | 2,624 |
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 | 1,507 | 1,377 | 1,351 |
Two-seater | 216 | 374 | 170 | 135 | 83 | 70 | 67 | 53 | 62 | 81 | 101 | 103 | 122 | 118 | 134 | 165 |
Market share, percent | ||||||||||||||||
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 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
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 | 11.1 | 7.6 | 6.0 |
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 | 36.8 | 38.6 | 39.2 |
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 | 32.1 | 35.0 | 34.1 |
Large | 14.7 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 13.7 | 14.4 | 18.1 | 16.5 | 17.5 |
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 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
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 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 28.7 |
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 | 24.6 | 26.2 | 29.0 |
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 | 29.6 | 27.6 | 27.1 |
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 | 31.3 | 31.5 | 31.5 |
Midsize | 21.3 | 24.9 | 25.9 | 25.9 | 25.8 | 25.7 | 25.6 | 25.9 | 26.4 | 26.3 | 26.9 | 27.0 | 26.8 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 28.0 |
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 | 25.4 | 25.5 | 25.9 |
Two-seater | 21.0 | 27.6 | 28.0 | 27.3 | 25.9 | 24.8 | 23.9 | 24.7 | 25.4 | 26.3 | 25.4 | 25.2 | 25.8 | 26.5 | 25.2 | 25.1 |
KEY: mpg = miles per gallon.
a Sales period is October 1 of the previous year through September 30 of the current year. These figures represent only those sales that could be matched to corresponding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy values.
NOTE
Numbers 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 24, table 4.7, p. 4-7, and similar tables in earlier editions (Oak Ridge, TN).