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Automobiles
Highway Vehicle Stock and New Sales
2001 Calendar Year
Stock – Vehicle registrations by model year are from The Polk Company’s National Vehicle
Population Profile. Vehicles were distributed into size classes using the percentages in
Table A.20. This method assumed that all vehicles, large and small, were scrapped at the same
rate. Shares were generated from the ORNL MPG and Market Shares Database, 2003.
Table A.20
Shares by Automobile Size Class and Model Year
Year Minicompact Subcompact Compact Midsize Large Two-seater Total
Pre-1977 7.1% 22.0% 16.4% 29.5% 23.0% 2.0% 100.0%
1977 7.2% 16.2% 25.7% 21.7% 27.4% 1.8% 100.0%
1978 8.5% 19.0% 15.2% 33.0% 22.3% 2.0% 100.0%
1979 5.5% 30.7% 8.4% 33.8% 19.4% 2.2% 100.0%
1980 4.7% 37.8% 6.6% 33.8% 14.7% 2.4% 100.0%
1981 3.3% 33.0% 13.4% 35.1% 12.5% 2.7% 100.0%
1982 2.9% 31.4% 17.0% 33.1% 13.0% 2.6% 100.0%
1983 2.6% 26.8% 22.0% 31.7% 14.5% 2.4% 100.0%
1984 0.4% 24.6% 27.1% 30.0% 14.7% 3.2% 100.0%
1985 0.6% 21.7% 32.1% 28.4% 13.8% 3.4% 100.0%
1986 1.8% 22.4% 33.2% 26.9% 13.2% 2.5% 100.0%
1987 1.4% 19.5% 39.1% 25.2% 12.5% 2.3% 100.0%
1988 0.8% 19.1% 40.5% 24.6% 13.2% 1.8% 100.0%
1989 0.2% 19.3% 36.2% 28.9% 13.8% 1.6% 100.0%
1990 0.9% 22.0% 34.2% 27.2% 13.9% 1.8% 100.0%
1991 0.9% 26.1% 29.5% 27.9% 13.9% 1.7% 100.0%
1992 1.2% 25.3% 30.6% 27.7% 14.1% 1.1% 100.0%
1993 0.9% 22.6% 32.3% 29.1% 14.2% 0.9% 100.0%
1994 0.5% 22.1% 35.2% 26.5% 14.9% 0.8% 100.0%
1995 0.5% 17.4% 37.8% 28.6% 15.1% 0.6% 100.0%
1996 0.4% 15.2% 40.3% 28.8% 14.6% 0.7% 100.0%
1997 0.5% 18.3% 35.5% 30.6% 14.1% 1.0% 100.0%
1998 0.2% 18.5% 28.6% 38.4% 13.0% 1.3% 100.0%
1999 0.1% 18.8% 27.4% 38.8% 13.7% 1.2% 100.0%
2000 0.2% 19.9% 26.7% 37.4% 14.4% 1.4% 100.0%
2001 0.4% 11.2% 36.8% 32.1% 18.1% 1.4% 100.0%
Business fleet autos – Bobit Publishing Company, Automotive Fleet Research Department,
Automotive Fleet Factbook 2002, Redondo Beach, CA, 2002.
Personal autos – Difference between total vehicle stock and business fleet autos.
TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 23—2003