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The sales-weighted fuel economy of automobiles increased dramatically from 1976 (17.2 mpg) to 1990 (27.6 mpg),<br />

but has remained fairly constant since then.<br />

Table 7.7<br />

Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies<br />

of New Domestic and Import Automobiles, Selected Sales Periods a 1976–2001<br />

Sales Period a<br />

MINICOMPACT<br />

1976 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2001<br />

Total sales, units – 428,346 52,295 76,698 44,752 19,245 33,206<br />

Market share, % – 4.7 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.4<br />

Fuel economy, mpg<br />

SUBCOMPACT<br />

– 29.4 32.7 26.4 27.0 25.6 24.6<br />

Total sales, units 2,625,929 3,441,480 2,382,339 2,030,<strong>22</strong>6 1,518,209 1,789,350 9<strong>22</strong>,287<br />

Market share, % 27.1 37.8 21.7 <strong>22</strong>.0 17.4 19.9 11.1<br />

Fuel economy, mpg<br />

COMPACT<br />

23.5 27.3 30.1 31.3 31.7 31.1 29.6<br />

Total sales, units 2,839,603 599,423 3,526,118 3,156,481 3,289,735 2,397,813 3,058,389<br />

Market share, % 29.3 6.6 32.1 34.2 37.7 26.7 36.8<br />

Fuel economy, mpg<br />

MIDSIZE<br />

17.1 <strong>22</strong>.3 29.6 28.9 30.2 30.4 31.3<br />

Total sales, units 1,815,505 3,073,103 3,117,817 2,511,503 2,498,521 3,352,198 2,669,116<br />

Market share, % 18.7 33.8 28.4 27.2 28.6 37.3 32.1<br />

Fuel economy, mpg<br />

LARGE<br />

15.3 21.3 24.9 25.9 25.9 26.8 27.2<br />

Total sales, units 2,206,102 1,336,190 1,516,249 1,279,092 1,320,608 1,297,237 1,506,890<br />

Market share, % <strong>22</strong>.8 14.7 13.8 13.9 15.1 14.4 18.1<br />

Fuel economy, mpg<br />

TWO SEATER<br />

13.9 19.3 <strong>22</strong>.3 23.5 24.1 25.3 25.4<br />

Total sales, units 199,716 215,964 373,697 170,465 53,045 1<strong>22</strong>,259 118,097<br />

Market share, % 2.1 2.4 3.4 1.8 0.6 1.4 1.4<br />

Fuel economy, mpg<br />

TOTAL<br />

20.1 21.0 27.6 28.0 24.7 25.8 26.5<br />

Total sales, units 9,686,855 9,094,506 10,968,515 9,<strong>22</strong>4,465 8,724,870 8,978,102 8,307,985<br />

Market share, % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100<br />

Fuel economy, mpg 17.2 23.2 27.0 27.6 28.0 28.2 28.5<br />

Source:<br />

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Light Vehicle MPG and Market Shares System, Oak Ridge, TN, 2002.<br />

(Additional resources: www-cta.ornl.gov)<br />

a Sales period is October 1 of the previous year through September 30 of the current year. These figures<br />

represent only those sales that could be matched to corresponding EPA fuel economy values.<br />

<strong>TRANSPORTATION</strong> <strong>ENERGY</strong> <strong>DATA</strong> <strong>BOOK</strong>: <strong>EDITION</strong> <strong>22</strong>—2002<br />

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