BTS | Table 1-17. Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Automobiles, Selected Sales Periods (a) (Thousands)

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Table 1-17. Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Automobiles, Selected Sales Periods^a(Thousands)

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	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Sales
Total Units	9,095	10,969	9,224	8,380	8,107	8,388	8,916	8,725	8,652	8,261	8,071	8,646
Minicompact	428	52	77	96	108	84	57	45	34	40	12	13
Subcompact	3,441	2,382	2,030	2,256	2,074	1,945	2,015	1,518	1,315	1,510	1,491	1,622
Compact	599	3,526	3,156	2,425	2,451	2,655	3,077	3,290	3,492	2,937	2,309	2,367
Midsize	3,073	3,118	2,512	2,306	2,250	2,446	2,360	2,499	2,488	2,531	3,107	3,359
Large	1,336	1,516	1,279	1,161	1,141	1,187	1,340	1,321	1,259	1,162	1,050	1,181
Two-seater	216	374	170	135	83	70	67	53	62	81	101	103
Market share, %
Minicompact	4.7	0.5	0.8	1.1	1.3	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.1
Subcompact	37.8	21.7	22.0	26.9	25.6	23.2	22.6	17.4	15.2	18.3	18.5	18.8
Compact	6.6	32.1	34.2	28.9	30.2	31.7	34.5	37.7	40.4	35.6	28.6	27.4
Midsize	33.8	28.4	27.2	27.5	27.7	29.2	26.5	28.6	28.8	30.6	38.5	38.9
Large	14.7	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.1	14.2	15.0	15.1	14.6	15.1	13.0	13.7
Two-seater	2.4	3.4	1.8	1.6	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.7	1.0	1.3	1.2
Fuel economy, mpg
Fleet	23.2	27.0	27.6	27.7	27.7	27.8	27.8	28.0	28.3	28.3	28.3	28.0
Minicompact	29.4	32.7	26.4	29.3	30.6	29.9	27.8	27.0	27.2	26.3	23.9	24.8
Subcompact	27.3	30.1	31.3	31.6	31.8	31.9	31.3	31.7	32.1	32.6	31.3	31.0
Compact	22.3	29.6	28.9	28.8	28.7	29.3	29.8	30.2	30.4	30.0	30.8	30.2
Midsize	21.3	24.9	25.9	25.9	25.8	25.7	25.6	25.9	26.4	26.3	26.9	26.9
Large	19.3	22.3	23.5	23.3	23.7	24.0	24.2	24.1	24.2	24.5	24.6	24.4
Two-seater	21.0	27.6	28.0	27.3	25.9	24.8	23.9	24.7	25.4	26.3	25.4	25.3

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

KEY: mpg = miles per gallon.

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

SOURCE: Light-Duty Vehicle MPG and Market Shares System Database, as cited in Oak Ridge NationalLaboratory, Transportation Energy Data Book, Edition 20, ORNL-6941 (Oak Ridge, TN: 2000), table 7.5, p. 7-6.

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Table 1-17. Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Automobiles, Selected Sales Periodsa (Thousands)

Table 1-17. Period Sales, Market Shares, and Sales-Weighted Fuel Economies of New Domestic and Imported Automobiles, Selected Sales Periods^a(Thousands)