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Table 1-14: RetailaNew Passenger Car Sales

(Thousands)

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  1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
TOTAL new passenger car sales 8,400 8,624 8,979 11,042 9,300 8,175 8,213 8,518 8,991 8,635 8,527 8,272 R8,142 8,698 8,847
Domesticb 7,119 7,053 6,581 8,205 6,897 6,137 6,277 6,742 7,255 7,129 7,254 6,917 R6,762 6,979 6,831
Imports                              
Japan 313 808 1,906 2,218 1,719 1,500 1,452 1,328 1,239 982 727 726 691 758 863
Germany 750 493 305 424 265 193 201 186 192 207 238 297 367 467 517
Other 217 271 187 196 419 345 284 262 303 317 308 332 R322 494 637
Total 1,280 1,571 2,398 2,838 2,403 2,038 1,937 1,776 1,735 1,506 1,273 1,355 R1,380 1,719 2,016

KEY: R = revised.

a Retail new car sales include both sales to individuals and to corporate fleets. It also includes leased cars.

b Includes cars produced in Canada and Mexico.

SOURCES: 1970: American Automobile Manufacturers Association, Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures 1992 (Detroit, MI: 1992), p. 16.

1980: Ibid., Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures 1997 (Detroit, MI: 1997), p. 19.

1975, 1985-2000: Ward's, Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures 2001 (Southfield, MI: 2001), p. 21.