TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 22 - Center for ...

The sales-weighted wheelbase of new automobiles and light trucks (combined) has been rising in the 1990's, but has
been declining in this decade.
Table 7.14
Sales-Weighted Wheelbase of New
Automobiles and Light Trucks, Sales Periods a 1976–2001
(inches)
Sales
perioda Light
Automobiles and
light trucks
Automobiles trucks combined
1976 110.78 118.87 112.03
1977 109.75 117.79 111.05
1978 107.67 116.23 108.65
1979 105.77 116.27 107.93
1980 103.61 114.54 105.76
1981 102.97 114.86 105.10
1982 103.01 114.87 105.60
1983 103.76 113.73 106.10
1984 103.50 113.87 106.21
1985 102.96 113.98 106.02
1986 102.27 113.40 105.48
1987 102.11 113.27 105.52
1988 102.21 111.79 105.21
1989 102.66 112.23 105.71
1990 103.13 111.41 105.85
1991 103.27 111.09 105.82
1992 103.60 112.68 106.78
1993 104.03 112.57 107.21
1994 104.31 113.23 107.75
1995 104.95 113.37 108.31
1996 105.04 113.36 108.53
1997 105.36 113.36 108.89
1998 105.55 114.53 109.76
1999 105.77 114.70 110.06
2000 105.89 114.05 109.81
2001 105.66 113.04 109.64
Average annual percentage change
1976–2001 -0.2% -0.2% -0.1%
1991–2001 0.2% 0.2% 0.4%
Source:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Light Vehicle MPG and
Market Shares System, Oak Ridge, TN, 2002.
(Additional resources: www-cta.ornl.gov)
a Sales period is October 1 of the current year through September 30 of the next year.
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