BTS | Table 1-16: Retail Sales of New Cars by Sector

Table 1-16: Retail Sales of New Cars by Sector

(Thousands)

	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	^R1999	2000
Total	6,641	9,333	8,402	8,538	8,982	10,978	9,300	8,175	8,214	8,518	8,990	8,688	8,499	8,232	8,142	8,697	8,852
Sales of new cars
Consumer	5,645	7,103	6,252	5,907	6,100	7,092	5,677	4,424	4,566	4,646	4,610	4,341	4,052	3,875	3,988	4,397	4,694
Business	930	2,140	2,056	2,508	2,758	3,754	3,477	3,648	3,529	3,757	4,255	4,203	4,313	4,246	^R3,984	4,119	3,989
Government	66	89	94	123	124	132	147	103	119	114	124	144	134	112	^R170	181	169
Percentage of total sales
Consumer	85.0	76.1	74.4	69.2	67.9	64.6	61.0	54.1	55.6	54.5	51.3	50.0	47.7	47.1	49.0	50.6	53.0
Business	14.0	22.9	24.5	29.4	30.7	34.2	37.4	44.6	43.0	44.1	47.3	48.4	50.7	51.6	^R48.9	47.4	45.1

KEY: R = revised.

NOTES: Includes imported cars, but not vans, trucks, or sport utility vehicles. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Wealth Division, unpublished data.