US Car Sales

Sales figures in thousands.

	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990
Total, vehicle sales and leases	59,410	60,215	59,835	59,742	58,964	57,618	56,375	56,351	55,891	56,476	55,186	51,940	49,807	49,599	51,390
New vehicle sales and leases	16,865	16,643	16,810	17,118	17,344	16,879	15,534	15,114	15,090	14,718	15,045	13,883	12,857	12,309	13,860
Passenger cars	7,505	7,615	8,102	8,422	8,852	8,697	8,142	8,273	8,527	8,636	8,990	8,518	8,214	8,175	9,300
Light Trucks	9,360	9,029	8,708	8,696	8,492	8,183	7,392	6,842	6,563	6,081	6,055	5,365	4,643	4,134	4,560
New vehicle sales	13,608	13,594	13,639	13,510	13,181	12,468	11,947	11,690	12,127	12,070	12,526	12,031	11,654	11,566	13,285
Passenger cars	5,737	5,932	6,370	6,407	6,580	6,396	5,968	6,211	6,721	6,841	7,275	7,321	7,332	7,508	8,766
Light Trucks	7,871	7,663	7,269	7,103	6,601	6,073	5,979	5,480	5,406	5,228	5,251	4,710	4,322	4,058	4,519
New vehicle leases	3,257	3,049	3,171	3,608	4,163	4,411	3,587	3,424	2,963	2,648	2,519	1,852	1,203	743	575
Passenger cars	1,768	1,683	1,732	2,015	2,272	2,301	2,174	2,062	1,806	1,795	1,715	1,197	882	667	534
Light Trucks	1,489	1,366	1,439	1,593	1,891	2,110	1,413	1,362	1,157	853	804	655	321	76	41
Used vehicle sales	42,545	43,572	43,025	42,624	41,620	40,739	40,841	41,237	40,801	41,758	40,141	38,057	36,950	37,290	37,530
Sales (in billions of $)
Total, new and used vehicle sales	759	738	721	737	737	698	651	642	627	611	582	524	486	438	446
New vehicle sales	392	382	371	369	380	348	316	306	298	292	291	267	240	208	227
Used vehicle sales	367	356	350	367	357	350	335	336	329	319	291	257	246	230	219
Average Price (today's dollars)
New and used vehicle sales	12,774	12,253	12,034	12,321	12,491	12,098	11,545	11,385	11,221	10,818	10,543	10,078	9,759	8,823	8,672
New vehicle sales	23,200	22,894	22,005	21,507	21,850	20,534	20,276	20,214	19,727	19,819	19,335	19,200	18,655	16,880	16,350
Used vehicle sales	8,629	8,180	8,130	8,619	8,578	8,587	8,211	8,139	8,073	7,644	7,245	6,742	6,656	6,157	5,830

Average Age of Vehicles

	2001	1995	1990	1983	1977	1969
Automobile	8.5	8.2	7.6	7.2	5.5	5.1
Van	7	6.7	5.9	8.5	6.4	N/A
Sport utility	6.1	6.6	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pickup	9.4	9.7	8.4	8.5	7.3	N/A
Other truck	16.8	14.9	14.5	12.4	11.6	N/A
RV/motor home	12.5	13.2	10.4	10.7	4.5	N/A

Source: The R.L. Polk Co