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Table 4-54: Motor Vehicles Scrappeda

(Thousands)

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  1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
TOTAL motor vehicles 8,298 6,576 10,137 9,829 11,073 10,850 12,781 8,413 12,369 10,332 10,811 12,509 11,665 11,664 14,299 14,122 13,296 12,085 11,903
Passenger cars 7,461 5,669 8,405 7,729 8,897 8,565 11,194 7,366 7,824 7,414 7,527 8,244 6,819 7,216 8,085 7,650 U U U
Trucks 837 908 1,732 2,100 2,177 2,284 1,587 1,048 4,545 2,918 3,284 4,265 4,846 4,447 6,214 6,472 U U U

KEY: U = data are not available.

a Data are for the period July 1 to June 30 of the given year.

NOTES

Figures represent vehicles that are not re-registered.

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE

1970-2001: The Polk Co., personal communication, July 31, 2002.

2002-2004: National Automobile Dealers Association, "NADA Data: Vehicles in Operation and Scrappage," AutoExec, May 2005, p. 56, Internet site http://www.nada.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Newsroom/NADAData/NADA_Data.htm as of June 13, 2005.
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