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Table 1-17: New and Used Passenger Car Sales and Leases

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 1-17: New and Used Passenger Car Sales and Leases

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(Thousands of vehicles)

  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 (R) 2008 2009
Total, vehicle sales and leases (R) 51,667 (R) 49,820 (R) 50,057 (R) 52,243 (R) 55,539 (R) 56,864 (R) 56,250 (R) 56,727 (R) 56,799 (R) 58,140 (R) 59,426 (R) 60,092 (R) 60,164 (R) 60,539 (R) 59,844 (R) 61,583 (R) 59,614 (R) 57,879 50,024 46,093
New vehicle sales and leases (R) 14,137 (R) 12,530 (R) 13,107 (R) 14,186 (R) 15,398 (R) 15,106 (R) 15,449 (R) 15,490 (R) 15,958 (R) 17,401 (R) 17,806 (R) 17,468 (R) 17,139 (R) 16,967 (R) 17,299 (R) 17,445 (R) 17,049 (R) 16,460 13,493 10,601
Passenger cars 9,300 8,175 8,214 8,518 8,990 8,636 8,527 8,273 8,142 8,697 8,852 8,422 (R) 8,103 (R) 7,611 (R) 7,545 (R) 7,720 (R) 7,821 (R) 7,618 6,814 5,456
Light Trucks (R) 4,837 (R) 4,355 (R) 4,892 (R) 5,668 (R) 6,407 (R) 6,470 (R) 6,922 (R) 7,218 (R) 7,816 (R) 8,704 (R) 8,954 (R) 9,046 (R) 9,035 (R) 9,357 (R) 9,753 (R) 9,725 (R) 9,228 (R) 8,842 6,680 5,145
New vehicle salesa (R) 13,562 (R) 11,787 (R) 11,904 (R) 12,334 (R) 12,879 (R) 12,458 (R) 12,486 (R) 12,066 (R) 12,371 (R) 12,990 (R) 13,644 (R) 13,861 (R) 13,967 (R) 13,919 (R) 14,042 (R) 14,047 (R) 13,816 (R) 13,002 11,232 8,893
Passenger cars 8,766 7,508 7,332 7,321 7,275 6,841 6,721 6,211 (R) 5,968 6,395 6,581 6,407 6,371 (R) 5,928 (R) 5,777 (R) 5,859 (R) 6,128 (R) 5,875 5,649 4,581
Light Trucks (R) 4,796 (R) 4,279 (R) 4,571 (R) 5,013 (R) 5,603 (R) 5,617 (R) 5,765 (R) 5,856 (R) 6,403 (R) 6,595 (R) 7,063 (R) 7,454 (R) 7,596 (R) 7,991 (R) 8,264 (R) 8,188 (R) 7,688 (R) 7,127 5,582 4,313
New vehicle leasesb 575 743 1,203 1,852 2,519 2,648 2,963 3,424 3,587 4,411 4,162 3,607 (R) 3,172 (R) 3,048 3,257 3,397 3,233 3,458 2,262 1,708
Passenger cars 534 667 882 1,197 1,715 1,795 1,806 2,062 2,174 2,301 2,272 2,015 1,732 1,683 1,768 1,861 1,693 1,743 1,164 876
Light Trucks 41 76 321 655 804 853 1,157 1,362 1,413 2,110 1,891 1,593 1,439 1,366 1,489 1,536 1,540 1,715 1,098 833
Used vehicle salesc 37,530 37,290 36,950 38,057 40,141 41,758 40,801 41,237 40,841 40,739 41,620 42,624 43,025 43,572 42,545 44,138 42,566 (R) 41,419 36,530 35,492
Value ($ in billions)d                                        
Total, new and used vehicle sales 447 437 486 524 582 611 627 642 651 698 736 737 721 738 765 776 786 774 643 575
New vehicle sales 227 208 240 267 291 292 298 306 316 348 380 369 371 382 407 421 445 435 351 274
Used vehicle sales 220 229 246 257 291 319 329 336 335 350 356 367 350 356 358 355 341 339 292 301
Average Price (current $)d                                        
New and used vehicle sales (R) 8,691 (R) 8,813 9,759 10,078 10,543 10,818 11,221 11,385 11,545 12,098 12,469 12,321 12,034 12,253 12,868 12,695 (R) 13,287 13,451 12,909 12,519
New vehicle sales 16,350 16,880 18,655 19,200 19,335 19,819 19,727 20,214 20,276 20,534 21,850 21,507 22,005 22,894 24,082 24,796 26,854 26,950 26,477 26,249
Used vehicle sales 5,857 6,143 6,656 6,742 7,245 7,644 8,073 8,139 8,211 8,587 8,547 8,619 8,130 8,180 8,410 8,036 8,009 8,186 7,986 8,483

KEY: R = revised.

a New vehicle sales data is calculated by subtracting CNW Marketing's vehicle leasing data from BEA's data which combines sales and leases (see below for sources).

b Consumer leases only.

c Used car sales include sales from franchised dealers, independent dealers, and casual sales.

d Includes leased vehicles.

NOTES

Average price cannot be calculated from the data presented in this table because the vehicle sales and value of sales are from different sources.

Components may not add to totals due to rounding.

New vehicle sales and leases reported in this table are not seasonally adjusted. These data are not comparable to the data reported in table 1-18 due to differences that arise from the seasonal adjustment.

SOURCES

New vehicle sales and leases:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Underlying Detail for the National Income and Product Account Tables, Table 7.2.5S, available at http://www.bea.gov/ as of Sept. 1, 2010.

New vehicle sales:

Calculated by U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

New vehicle leases:

CNW Marketing / Research, personal communication, Aug. 30, 2010.

Used vehicle sales, value, and average price:

Manheim Consulting, personal communication, Aug. 27, 2010.