Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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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 2004 2005 2006
Salesa                                      
TOTAL units 1,862 3,667 3,803 4,048 4,064 4,754 5,709 5,749 5,253 6,123 6,485 6,838 7,447 7,200 7,813 7,823 7,771 8,534 8,409
Small Pickups 452 497 289 309 252 263 358 298 221 131 260 213 101 81 197 194 162 13 8
Midsize Pickups 98 616 600 873 716 743 1040 700 698 690 829 761 766 545 466 527 380 327 236
Large Pickups 887 964 945 738 872 996 1271 1273 1036 1587 1326 1571 1746 1893 1717 1753 1470 2122 2167
Small Vans 16 93 30 15 40 12 11 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midsize Vans 130 600 1124 943 1088 1323 1295 1552 1298 1126 1357 1292 1522 938 1131 1121 984 1530 1397
Large Vans 96 162 107 76 93 106 112 104 109 139 132 171 170 294 112 111 127 100 86
Small SUV 60 115 189 136 129 144 188 189 120 489 316 314 400 390 354 264 338 172 104
Midsize SUV 100 563 447 904 799 1038 1265 1397 1528 1401 1623 1762 1863 1944 1802 2093 2318 2161 2440
Large SUV 23 57 72 54 75 129 169 230 241 560 642 754 879 1115 2034 1760 1992 2109 1971
Market share, percent                                      
Small Pickups 24.3 13.6 7.6 7.6 6.2 5.5 6.3 5.2 4.2 2.1 4.0 3.1 1.4 1.1 2.5 2.5 2.1 0.2 0.1
Midsize Pickups 5.3 16.8 15.8 21.6 17.6 15.6 18.2 12.2 13.3 11.3 12.8 11.1 10.3 7.6 6.0 6.7 4.9 3.8 2.8
Large Pickups 47.6 26.3 24.8 18.2 21.5 21.0 22.3 22.1 19.7 25.9 20.4 23.0 23.4 26.3 22.0 22.4 18.9 24.9 25.8
Small Vans 0.9 2.5 0.8 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Midsize Vans 7.0 16.4 29.6 23.3 26.8 27.8 22.7 27.0 24.7 18.4 20.9 18.9 20.4 13.0 14.5 14.3 12.7 17.9 16.6
Large Vans 5.2 4.4 2.8 1.9 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.3 2.0 2.5 2.3 4.1 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.2 1.0
Small SUV 3.2 3.1 5.0 3.4 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.3 2.3 8.0 4.9 4.6 5.4 5.4 4.5 3.4 4.3 2.0 1.2
Midsize SUV 5.4 15.4 11.8 22.3 19.7 21.8 22.2 24.3 29.1 22.9 25.0 25.8 25.0 27.0 23.1 26.8 29.8 25.3 29.0
Large SUV 1.2 1.6 1.9 1.3 1.8 2.7 3.0 4.0 4.6 9.1 9.9 11.0 11.8 15.5 26.0 22.5 25.6 24.7 23.4
Fuel Economy, mpg                                      
Fleet 18.6 20.6 20.7 21.3 20.8 21.0 20.8 20.5 20.8 20.6 20.9 20.5 20.8 20.6 20.6 20.9 20.9 21.2 22.5
Small Pickups 24.3 26.7 24.8 25.0 24.6 26.3 24.9 24.4 24.6 24.9 24.5 23.2 26.3 26.5 23.2 23.2 23.0 24.9 26.3
Midsize Pickups 25.9 25.7 24.7 24.6 23.8 23.7 24.0 24.7 24.8 24.2 23.9 22.5 22.8 21.8 21.1 22.8 21.6 23.4 23.8
Large Pickups 17.2 17.7 18.0 18.2 18.3 18.7 18.4 18.0 18.2 18.9 18.6 18.5 19.3 18.9 18.7 18.9 19.4 19.6 19.5
Small Vans 19.0 25.5 23.9 24.0 27.0 28.2 27.0 26.5 26.2                    
Midsize Vans 16.9 19.8 21.8 21.9 21.8 22.3 22.0 22.2 22.8 22.6 23.3 23.0 23.5 24.0 23.7 24.1 23.8 24.2 24.5
Large Vans 16.0 16.1 16.5 16.7 16.9 17.0 17.0 17.1 17.1 18.6 18.3 17.9 18.0 17.7 17.9 18.7 19.2 19.1 19.0
Small SUV 18.8 22.1 23.4 23.6 23.4 23.2 24.1 24.2 28.5 22.8 23.8 24.1 22.5 24.9 24.7 25.2 23.6 25.0 23.1
Midsize SUV 14.3 19.7 19.1 20.2 19.9 20.0 19.8 19.6 20.0 20.5 20.8 21.0 21.0 21.7 21.8 22.4 22.5 22.7 23.2
Large SUV 14.3 16.9 16.7 16.2 15.7 16.3 16.4 16.6 17.3 17.5 17.4 17.2 17.6 18.5 19.1 18.8 18.9 19.7 20.0

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.

Note

A new database is used in 2007 and all years have been updated with that data. These numbers are not comparable with previous editions of NTS

SOURCE

Light-Duty Vehicle MPG and Market Shares System Database, as cited in Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Transportation Energy Data Book, Edition 26, table 4.8, p. 4-8, and similar tables in earlier editions (Oak Ridge, TN).