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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)

  (R) 1990 (R) 1991 (R) 1992 (R) 1993 (R) 1994 (R) 1995 (R) 1996 (R) 1997 (R) 1998 (R) 1999 (R) 2000 (R) 2001 (R) 2002 (R) 2003 (R) 2004 (R) 2005 (R) 2006 (R) 2007 (R) 2008 (R) 2009 2010
Total, vehicle sales and leases 52,484 50,904 51,142 54,049 58,285 59,838 59,481 60,177 60,911 63,159 64,320 64,434 63,773 63,644 62,839 64,626 62,744 61,562 52,845 48,545 51,434
New vehicle sales and leases 14,954 13,614 14,192 15,992 18,144 18,080 18,680 18,940 20,070 22,420 22,700 21,810 20,748 20,072 20,294 20,488 20,178 20,143 16,315 13,053 14,550
Passenger cars 10,280 9,320 9,530 10,220 11,230 10,730 10,550 10,510 10,990 11,410 11,710 11,060 10,250 9,860 10,100 9,942 10,118 9,943 8,833 7,193 7,530
Light trucks 4,674 4,294 4,662 5,772 6,914 7,350 8,130 8,430 9,080 11,010 10,990 10,750 10,498 10,212 10,194 10,546 10,060 10,200 7,482 5,860 7,020
New vehicle sales 13,890 12,360 12,470 13,510 14,920 14,700 14,900 15,100 15,560 16,960 17,410 17,250 16,800 16,670 16,850 16,990 16,460 16,230 13,300 10,550 11,580
Passenger cars 9,300 8,200 8,200 8,500 9,000 8,500 8,200 8,200 8,200 8,750 9,000 8,550 8,300 8,050 8,220 8,020 8,150 8,060 7,110 5,850 5,980
Light trucks 4,590 4,160 4,270 5,010 5,920 6,200 6,700 6,900 7,360 8,210 8,410 8,700 8,500 8,620 8,630 8,970 8,310 8,170 6,190 4,700 5,600
New vehicle leases 1,064 1,254 1,722 2,482 3,224 3,380 3,780 3,840 4,510 5,460 5,290 4,560 3,948 3,402 3,444 3,498 3,718 3,913 3,015 2,503 2,970
Passenger cars 980 1,120 1,330 1,720 2,230 2,230 2,350 2,310 2,790 2,660 2,710 2,510 1,950 1,810 1,880 1,922 1,968 1,883 1,723 1,343 1,550
Light trucks 84 134 392 762 994 1,150 1,430 1,530 1,720 2,800 2,580 2,050 1,998 1,592 1,564 1,576 1,750 2,030 1,292 1,160 1,420
Used vehicle salesa 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 41,419 36,530 35,492 36,884
Value ($ in billions)b                                          
Total, new and used vehicle sales 447 437 486 524 582 611 627 642 651 698 736 737 721 738 765 776 786 774 643 575 635
New vehicle sales 227 208 240 267 291 292 298 306 316 348 380 369 371 382 407 421 445 435 351 274 311
Used vehicle sales 220 229 246 257 291 319 329 336 335 350 356 367 350 356 358 355 341 339 292 301 324
Average price (current $)b                                          
New and used vehicle sales 8,691 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 13,287 13,451 12,909 12,518 13,105
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 26,245 26,850
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 8,786

KEY: R = revised.

a Used vehicle sales include sales from franchised dealers, independent dealers, and casual sales.

b Excludes 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.

SOURCES

New vehicle sales and leases:

CNW Research, personal communication, Mar. 22, 2011.

Used vehicle sales, value, and average price:

Manheim Consulting, personal communication, Mar. 15, 2011.