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Table 1-19: Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Automobiles

(Thousands of vehicles)

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  1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 (R) 2004 (R) 2005 (R) 2006 2007
Sales                                        
TOTAL units 9,443 10,791 8,810 8,524 8,108 8,456 8,415 9,396 7,890 8,335 7,972 8,379 9,128 8,408 (R) 8,304 (R) 7,951 7,538 8,025 8,109 7,580
Small Cars 4,825 5,519 4,999 5,032 4,440 4,537 4,720 5,190 4,197 4,443 3,839 3,919 4,266 4,065 (R) 3,801 (R) 3,698 3,275 3,183 3,243 2,562
Midsize Cars 2,987 2,777 2,342 2,114 2,120 2,330 2,057 2,515 2,359 2,399 2,968 3,141 2,894 2,480 2,807 2,483 2,522 2,886 2425 2748
Large Cars 963 1,512 1,092 1,012 1,240 1,103 1,277 1,306 1,066 1,195 913 1,059 1,665 1,416 1,252 1,261 1,185 1,234 1548 1390
Small Wagons 310 496 160 209 143 301 206 198 90 149 99 78 68 212 236 338 300 365 486 635
Midsize Wagons 257 341 184 122 137 166 138 176 169 149 153 181 234 236 208 171 158 238 308 153
Large Wagons 102 145 31 34 27 19 16 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 118 98 91
Market share, percent                                        
Small Cars 51.1 51.1 56.7 59.0 54.8 53.7 56.1 55.2 53.2 53.3 48.2 46.8 46.7 48.3 45.8 (R) 46.5 43.4 39.7 40.0 33.8
Midsize Cars 31.6 25.7 26.6 24.8 26.1 27.6 24.4 26.8 29.9 28.8 37.2 37.5 31.7 29.5 33.8 31.2 33.5 36.0 29.9 36.3
Large Cars 10.2 14.0 12.4 11.9 15.3 13.0 15.2 13.9 13.5 14.3 11.5 12.6 18.2 16.8 15.1 15.9 15.7 15.4 19.1 18.3
Small Wagons 3.3 4.6 1.8 2.5 1.8 3.6 2.4 2.1 1.1 1.8 1.2 0.9 0.7 2.5 2.8 4.3 4.0 4.5 6.0 8.4
Midsize Wagons 2.7 3.2 2.1 1.4 1.7 2.0 1.6 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.2 2.1 3.0 3.8 2.0
Large Wagons 1.1 1.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.2
Fuel economy, mpg                                        
Fleet 23.5 27 27.8 28.0 27.6 28.2 28.0 28.3 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.2 28.2 28.4 28.6 28.9 28.9 29.5 29.2 29.4
Small Cars 26.1 29.8 29.8 30.0 30.0 30.5 30.4 30.7 30.8 30.9 30.9 30.3 30.3 30.7 30.7 30.6 30.5 31.1 31 30.3
Midsize Cars 21.6 24.9 26.2 26.0 25.8 26.1 25.9 26.1 26.5 26.5 27.1 27.1 27.0 27.2 27.7 28.3 28.7 29.8 29.6 30.8
Large Cars 19.1 22.3 23.7 23.6 23.8 24.2 24.1 24.5 24.3 24.5 24.6 24.8 25.6 25.4 26.0 26.0 26.0 26.4 25.9 25.3
Small Wagons 28.6 32.5 29.6 30.6 30.2 32.5 32.9 33.3 31.6 32.2 32.1 31.5 29.2 27.3 26.1 30.2 31.4 32.5 31.4 33.2
Midsize Wagons 21.1 25.2 25.3 25.9 26.2 26.2 26.0 26.6 26.3 26.3 26.2 26.3 27.3 26.6 27.4 27.2 26.4 26.0 27.8 26.7
Large Wagons 19.1 20.9 (R) 22.7 (R) 22.9 (R) 22.7 (R) 22.5 (R) 22.9 (R) 22.8 (R) 23.2 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 22.0 22.2 21.7 22.3

KEY: mpg = miles per gallon, NA = not applicable, R = revised.

NOTE

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Transportation Energy Data Book, Edition 27, table 4.7 (Oak Ridge, TN), available at http://cta.ornl.gov/data/index.shtml as of November 2008.
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