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Table 7.4
New Retail Sales of Trucks 10,000 Pounds GVW and Less in the United States, 1970-98
Percentages
Light truck Four-wheel drive Light trucks of Light trucks
Calendar sales” of domestic light-duty of total
year (thousands) ImporP Transplants” Dieseld light trucksd vehicle Sal& truck sales
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1970-9s
1988-98
1,463
1,757
2,239
2,745
2,338
2,281
2,956
3,430
3,808
3,311
2,440
2,189
2,470
2,984
3,863
4,458
4,594
4,610
4,800
4,610
4,548
4,123
4,629
5,351
6,033
6,053
6,519
6,797
7,299
5.9%
4.3%
4.5%
4.8%
6.4%
8.5%
7.5%
10.0%
8.0%
9.4%
8.8%
14.1%
19.7%
20.3%
16.5%
15.6%
15.7%
17.2%
20.1%
17.9%
12.6%
10.9%
13.2%
12.8%
8.6%
6.8%
6.5%
6.5%
6.6%
8.4%
8.9%
f
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
2.3%
1.7%
2.4%
2.6%
3.4%
4.5%
5.5%
7.1%
8.1%
7.5f%
f
f
1.0%
1.2%
3.6%
3.1%
8.5%
6.7%
4.8%
3.8%
3.7%
2.3%
2.3%
2.9%
3.1%
3.2%
3.3%
3.7%
3.9%
4.1%
3.7%
4.8%
1.7%
18.0%
23.4%
23.8%
24.6%
28.5%
29.4%
20.7%
18.6%
16.8%
28.5%
27.0%
29.1%
27.0%
32.0%
32.1%
3 1.4%
31.6%
34.4%
31.6%
32.6%
34.4%
39.1%
35.7%
39.6%
43.8%
Average annual percentage change
14.8%
14.6%
17.0%
19.4%
20.9%
20.9%
22.6%
23.5%
25.2%
23.7%
21.4%
20.4%
23.6%
24.5%
27.1%
28.8%
28.6%
31.0%
31.1%
31.8%
32.8%
33.5%
36.0%
38.6%
40.2%
41.2%
43.3%
466%
47.3%
80.4%
83.4%
83.3%
84.2%
84.2%
87.9%
89.8%
89.7%
89.2%
88.7%
88.9%
89.8%
92.8%
93.6%
93.0%
93.6%
94.3%
93.9%
93.2%
93.3%
93.9%
94.5%
94.4%
94.2%
94.0%
93.4%
94.1%
94.1%
93.3%
Source:
Four-wheel drive - 1970-88: Ward’s Communications, Ward’s Automotive Yearbook, Detroit, MI, 1989, p. 168, and annual.
1989-97: Ward’s Communications, Ward’s Automotive Yearbook, Factory Installation Reports, Detroit, MI, 1998, p. 300,
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: Ward’s Communications, Ward’s Automotive Yearbook, Detroit, Ml
(Additional resources: www.aama.com, www.wardsauto.com)
” Includes all trucks of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight and less sold in the U.S.
b Excluding transplants.
’ Based on mode1 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.
dBased on mode1 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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