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In 2000, light trucks, which include pick-ups, minivans, sport-utility vehicles, and other trucks less than 10,000
pounds gross vehicle weight (GVW), accounted for 48.7% of light vehicle sales.
Table 7.6
New Retail Sales of Trucks 10,000 Pounds GVW and Less in the United States, 1970–2001
Light truck
Percentages
Calendar sales
year
a
(thousands) Importb Transplants c
Diesel d
Four-wheel drive
of domestic
light trucksd Light trucks of
light-duty
vehicle salese Light trucks
of total
truck sales
1970 1,463 4.5%
f g f
14.8% 80.4%
1975 2,281 10.0%
f g
23.4% 20.9% 87.9%
1980 2,440 19.7% 0.9% 3.6% 20.7% 21.4% 88.9%
1981 2,189 20.3% 0.0% 3.1% 18.6% 20.4% 89.8%
1982 2,470 16.5% 0.0% 8.5% 16.8% 23.6% 92.8%
1983 2,984 15.6% 0.0% 6.7% 28.5% 24.5% 93.6%
1984 3,863 15.7% 2.0% 4.8% 27.0% 27.1% 93.0%
1985 4,458 17.2% 2.6% 3.8% 29.1% 28.8% 93.6%
1986 4,594 20.1% 2.3% 3.7% 27.0% 28.6% 94.3%
1987 4,610 17.9% 1.7% 2.3% 32.0% 31.0% 93.9%
1988 4,800 12.6% 2.4% 2.3% 32.1% 31.1% 93.2%
1989 4,610 10.9% 2.6% 2.9% 31.4% 31.8% 93.3%
1990 4,548 13.2% 3.4% 3.1% 31.6% 32.8% 93.9%
1991 4,123 12.8% 4.5% 3.2% 34.4% 33.5% 94.5%
1992 4,629 8.6% 5.5% 3.3% 31.6% 36.0% 94.4%
1993 5,351 6.8% 7.1% 3.7% 32.6% 38.6% 94.2%
1994 6,033 6.5% 8.1% 3.9% 34.4% 40.2% 94.0%
1995 6,053 6.5% 7.5% 4.1% 39.1% 41.2% 93.4%
1996 6,519 6.6% 8.4% 3.7% 35.7% 43.3% 94.1%
1997 6,797 8.4% 7.0% 4.8% 39.6% 46.6% 94.1%
1998 7,299 8.9% 7.6% 1.7% 43.8% 47.3% 93.3%
1999 8,073 9.5% 8.7% 5.9% 43.3% 48.1% 92.6%
2000 8,387 9.9% 11.3% 4.8% 41.7% 48.7% 93.9%
2001 8,598 10.0% 12.8% 5.3% 42.2% 50.5% 95.0%
Average annual percentage change
1970–2001 5.9%
1991–2001 7.6%
Source:
Four-wheel drive - 1970–88: Ward's Communications, Ward's Automotive Yearbook, Detroit, MI, 1989, p. 168, and annual.
1989–on: Ward's Communications, Ward's Automotive Yearbook, Factory Installation Reports, Detroit, MI, 2001, and
annual.
Transplants - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Light-Duty Vehicle MPG and Market Shares System, Oak Ridge, TN, 1996.
All other - 1970–97: American Automobile Manufacturers Association, Motor Vehicle Facts and Figures 1998, Detroit, MI,
1998, pp. 8, 15, 24, and annual. 1998–on: Ward’s Communications, Ward’s 2000 Motor Vehicle Facts and Figures,
Detroit, MI, p. 24, and annual.
(Additional resources: www.aama.com, www.wardsauto.com)
a Includes all trucks of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight and less sold in the U.S.
b Excluding transplants.
c
Based on model year data. A transplant is a light truck which was built in the U.S. by a foreign firm. Also included
are joint ventures built in the U.S.
d
Based on model year factory installations. Column was revised.
e Light-duty vehicles include automobiles and light trucks.
f Data are not available.
g Indicates less than 1 percent.
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