BTS | Table 1-17: New and Used Passenger Car Sales and Leases

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Table 1-17: New and Used Passenger Car Sales and Leases

(Thousands of vehicles)

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	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Total, vehicle sales and leases	51,390	49,599	49,807	51,940	55,186	56,476	55,891	56,351	56,375	57,618	58,964	59,742	59,835	60,215	59,410
New vehicle sales and leases	13,860	12,309	12,857	13,883	15,045	14,718	15,090	15,114	15,534	16,879	17,344	17,118	16,810	16,643	16,865
Passenger cars	9,300	8,175	8,214	8,518	8,990	8,636	8,527	8,273	8,142	8,697	8,852	8,422	8,102	7,615	7,505
Light Trucks	4,560	4,134	4,643	5,365	6,055	6,081	6,563	6,842	7,392	8,183	8,492	8,696	8,708	9,029	9,360
New vehicle sales^a	13,285	11,566	11,654	12,031	12,526	12,070	12,127	11,690	11,947	12,468	13,181	13,510	13,639	13,594	13,608
Passenger cars	8,766	7,508	7,332	7,321	7,275	6,841	6,721	6,211	5,968	6,396	6,580	6,407	6,370	5,932	5,737
Light Trucks	4,519	4,058	4,322	4,710	5,251	5,228	5,406	5,480	5,979	6,073	6,601	7,103	7,269	7,663	7,871
New vehicle leases^b	575	743	1,203	1,852	2,519	2,648	2,963	3,424	3,587	4,411	4,163	3,608	3,171	3,049	3,257
Passenger cars	534	667	882	1,197	1,715	1,795	1,806	2,062	2,174	2,301	2,272	2,015	1,732	1,683	1,768
Light Trucks	41	76	321	655	804	853	1,157	1,362	1,413	2,110	1,891	1,593	1,439	1,366	1,489
Used vehicle sales^c	37,530	37,290	36,950	38,057	40,141	41,758	40,801	41,237	40,841	40,739	41,620	42,624	43,025	43,572	42,545
Value ($ in billions)^d
Total, new and used vehicle sales	446	438	486	524	582	611	627	642	651	698	737	737	721	738	759
New vehicle sales	227	208	240	267	291	292	298	306	316	348	380	369	371	382	392
Used vehicle sales	219	230	246	257	291	319	329	336	335	350	357	367	350	356	367
Average Price (current $)^d
New and used vehicle sales	8,672	8,823	9,759	10,078	10,543	10,818	11,221	11,385	11,545	12,098	12,491	12,321	12,034	12,253	12,774
New vehicle sales	16,350	16,880	18,655	19,200	19,335	19,819	19,727	20,214	20,276	20,534	21,850	21,507	22,005	22,894	23,200
Used vehicle sales	5,830	6,157	6,656	6,742	7,245	7,644	8,073	8,139	8,211	8,587	8,578	8,619	8,130	8,180	8,629

^aNew vehicle sales data is calculated by subtracting CNW Marketing's vehicle leasing data from BEA's data which combines sales and leases (see below for sources).

^b Consumer leases only.

^c Used car sales include sales from franchised dealers, independent dealers, and casual sales.

^d Includes leased vehicles.

NOTE

Vehicle sales, value of sales, and average prices are from different sources and cannot be calculated from the data presented in this table.

SOURCES

New vehicle sales and leases:
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Underlying Detail for the National Income and Product Account Tables, Internet site http://www.bea.doc.gov/ as of Mar. 4, 2005, table 7.2.5S.

New vehicle sales:
Calculated by U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

New vehicle leases:
CNW Marketing / Research, personal communication, Mar. 2, 2005.

Used vehicle sales, value, and average price:

Manheim, Used Car Market Report, (Atlanta, GA: Annual issues), Internet site http://www.manheimnews.com/UCMR/reports/ManheimUCMR2005-4uN73r/ as of Mar. 3, 2005.