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Table 1-18: Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Light Trucks, Selected Sales Periodsa

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Sales                          
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
Small pickups 516 864 R1,136 R1,004 R1,001 R1,093 R1,160 R1,068 R1,010 R978 R891 R1,111 1,072
Large pickups 1,115 1,691 R1,116 R934 R1,038 R1,117 R1,405 R1,473 R1,607 R1,594 R1,947 R2,022 1,969
Small vans 14 438 R1,012 R948 R1,038 R1,203 R1,350 R1,331 R1,307 R1,298 R1,273 R1,372 1,272
Large vans 328 536 R319 R248 R281 R315 R321 R328 R293 R304 R331 R364 369
Small SUVR 52 442 402 349 382 416 433 510 580 350 487 662 756
Medium SUVR 152 187 434 493 582 785 916 1,077 1,272 1,448 1,586 1,758 2,167
Large SUVR 40 78 94 72 71 126 140 149 168 555 622 713 702
Market share, %                          
Small pickups 23.3 20.4 R25.2 R24.8 R22.8 R21.6 R20.3 R18.0 R16.2 R15.0 R12.5 R13.9 12.9
Large pickups 50.3 39.9 R24.7 R23.1 R23.6 R22.1 R24.5 R24.8 R25.8 R24.4 R27.3 R25.3 23.7
Small vans 0.6 10.3 R22.4 R23.4 R23.6 R23.8 R23.6 R22.4 R21.0 R19.9 R17.8 R17.1 15.3
Large vans 14.8 12.7 R7.1 R6.1 R6.4 R6.2 R5.6 R5.5 R4.7 R4.7 R4.6 R4.5 4.4
Small SUVR 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
Medium SUVR 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
Large SUVR 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
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 R20.0 20.4
Small pickups 25.5 26.8 R24.5 R24.6 R23.7 R23.3 R24.1 R24.4 R24.8 R24.1 R24.1 R22.6 22.0
Large pickups 17.0 19.0 R17.5 R17.5 R17.8 R18.0 R18.5 R17.8 R17.9 R18.5 R18.3 R18.1 18.7
Small vans 19.6 23.9 R22.3 R22.2 R21.9 R22.4 R21.6 R22.4 R22.3 R22.5 R23.0 R22.8 23.0
Large vans 16.3 16.4 R17.1 17.4 R17.2 R17.5 R17.5 R17.2 R17.3 R18.0 18.2 R17.7 18.2
Small SUVR 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
Medium SUVR 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
Large SUVR 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

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

a These figures represent only those sales that could be matched to corresponding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy values.

NOTES: Numbers and percents may not add to totals due to rounding.

Fleet sales total cannot be compared with truck sales in table1-10 for the following reasons: 1) this table includes both domestic and imported trucks, whereas the numbers in table 1-10 are for domestic trucks only; and 2) this table covers only light trucks, whereas the numbers in table1-10 include heavy trucks.

SOURCE: Light-Duty Vehicle MPG and Market Shares System Database, as cited in Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Transportation Energy Data Book, Edition 20, ORNL-6941 (Oak Ridge, TN: 2000), table 7.6, p. 7-7, and personal communication, Oct. 11, 2001.