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Table 1-20: Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Light Trucks

(Thousands of vehicles)

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Salesa                                
TOTAL units 2,217 4,235 4,515 4,048 4,392 5,056 5,724 5,934 6,237 6,527 7,138 8,002 8,307 8,020 8,673 8,617
Small pickups 516 864 1,136 1,004 1,001 1,093 1,160 1,068 1,010 978 891 1,111 1,072 819 762 744
Large pickups 1,115 1,691 1,116 934 1,038 1,117 1,405 1,473 1,607 1,594 1,947 2,022 1,969 1,988 2,210 2,077
Small vans 14 438 1,012 948 1,038 1,203 1,350 1,331 1,307 1,298 1,273 1,372 1,272 1,141 1,165 1,066
Large vans 328 536 319 248 281 315 321 328 293 304 331 364 369 324 350 322
Small SUV 52 442 402 349 382 416 433 510 580 350 487 662 756 895 878 853
Medium SUV 152 187 434 493 582 785 916 1,077 1,272 1,448 1,586 1,758 2,167 2,069 2,448 2,692
Large SUV 40 78 94 72 71 126 140 149 168 555 622 713 702 785 861 864
Market share, percent                                
Small pickups 23.3 20.4 25.2 24.8 22.8 21.6 20.3 18.0 16.2 15.0 12.5 13.9 12.9 10.2 8.8 8.6
Large pickups 50.3 39.9 24.7 23.1 23.6 22.1 24.5 24.8 25.8 24.4 27.3 25.3 23.7 24.8 25.5 24.1
Small vans 0.6 10.3 22.4 23.4 23.6 23.8 23.6 22.4 21.0 19.9 17.8 17.1 15.3 14.2 13.4 12.4
Large vans 14.8 12.7 7.1 6.1 6.4 6.2 5.6 5.5 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.0 4.0 3.7
Small SUV 2.3 10.4 8.9 8.6 8.7 8.2 7.6 8.6 9.3 5.4 6.8 8.3 9.1 11.2 10.1 9.9
Medium SUV 6.9 4.4 9.6 12.2 13.3 15.5 16.0 18.1 20.4 22.2 22.2 22.0 26.1 25.8 28.2 31.2
Large SUV 1.8 1.8 2.1 1.8 1.6 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.7 8.5 8.7 8.9 8.5 9.8 9.9 10.0
Fuel economy, mpg                                
Fleet 18.1 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.4 20.5 20.4 20.2 20.4 20.1 20.3 20.0 20.4 20.5 20.2 20.5
Small pickups 25.5 26.8 24.5 24.6 23.7 23.3 24.1 24.4 24.8 24.1 24.1 22.6 22.0 21.3 21.3 21.7
Large pickups 17.0 19.0 17.5 17.5 17.8 18.0 18.5 17.8 17.9 18.5 18.3 18.1 18.7 19.0 18.4 18.3
Small vans 19.6 23.9 22.3 22.2 21.9 22.4 21.6 22.4 22.3 22.5 23.0 22.8 23.0 23.2 23.0 23.5
Large vans 16.3 16.4 17.1 17.4 17.2 17.5 17.5 17.2 17.3 18.0 18.2 17.7 18.2 18.3 18.5 17.9
Small SUV 17.7 22.1 22.5 21.8 21.7 21.9 21.8 22.0 22.6 23.3 23.7 23.6 23.8 24.3 25.3 25.4
Medium SUV 14.9 17.2 19.7 19.9 19.8 19.9 19.5 19.2 19.6 19.1 20.0 20.0 20.4 20.5 20.5 21.3
Large SUV 13.7 17.1 16.5 16.4 15.8 16.4 16.4 16.1 17.3 17.5 17.4 17.1 17.5 17.6 17.5 17.6

KEY: mpg = miles per gallon; SUV = sport utility vehicle.

a Sales period is October 1 of the previous year through September 30 of the current year. These figures represent only those sales that could be matched to corresponding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy values.

NOTES

Fleet sales total cannot be compared with truck sales in table 1-12 for the following reasons: 1) this table includes both domestic and imported trucks, whereas the numbers in table 1-12 are for domestic trucks only; and 2) this table covers only light trucks, whereas the numbers in table 1-12 include heavy trucks.

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE

Light-Duty Vehicle MPG and Market Shares System Database, as cited in Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Transportation Energy Data Book, Edition 24, table 4.8, p. 4-8, and similar tables in earlier editions (Oak Ridge, TN).