Table 1-16: Retail(a) New Passenger Car Sales (Thousands of units)

Friday, February 3, 2017

	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total new passenger car sales	8,400	8,624	8,949	10,979	9,303	8,185	8,213	8,518	8,991	8,620	8,479	8,217	8,085	8,638	8,778	8,352	8,042	7,556	7,483	7,660	7,762	7,562	6,769	5,402	5,636	6,090	7,244	7,585	(R) 7,689	7,525
Domestic^b	7,119	7,053	6,580	8,205	6,919	6,162	6,286	6,742	7,255	7,114	7,206	6,862	6,705	6,919	6,762	6,254	5,817	5,473	5,333	5,473	5,417	5,197	4,491	3,558	3,791	4,143	5,119	5,433	(R) 5,591	5,611
Imports	1,280	1,572	2,369	2,775	2,384	2,023	1,927	1,776	1,735	1,506	1,272	1,355	1,380	1,719	2,016	2,098	2,226	2,083	2,149	2,187	2,345	2,365	2,278	1,843	1,844	1,947	2,125	2,153	2,098	1,914
Japan	313	808	1,894	2,171	1,719	1,500	1,452	1,328	1,239	982	727	726	691	758	863	837	930	830	810	923	1,154	1,183	1,142	829	799	806	905	897	820	731
Germany	750	493	292	408	263	193	201	186	192	207	237	297	367	467	517	523	547	544	542	534	575	582	507	407	482	522	545	566	546	468
Other	217	271	184	196	402	330	275	262	303	317	308	332	322	494	637	738	749	709	797	729	616	600	630	606	563	619	676	690	733	714

KEY: R = revised.

^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.

1980-2015: WardsAuto.com, Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures (Southfield, MI: Annual Issues), pp. 17, 21, and similar pages in earlier editions..

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