Table 1-18:  Retail Sales and Leases of New Cars by Sector (Thousands of vehicles),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,(R) 2005,(R) 2006,2007
Total sales and leases of new cars,"9,333","8,402","8,538","8,982","10,978","9,300","8,175","8,214","8,518","8,990","8,636","8,527","8,273","8,142","8,697","8,852","8,422","8,102","7,615","7,505","7,667","7,780","7,588"
Consumer,"7,103","6,252","5,907","6,100","7,092","5,677","4,424","4,566","4,656","4,600","4,326","4,079","3,907","3,980","4,389","4,680","4,632","4,524","4,341","4,251","4,308","4,298","4,088"
Business,"2,140","2,056","2,508","2,758","3,754","3,477","3,648","3,529","3,672","4,183","4,070","4,223","4,166","3,943","4,076","3,949","3,568","3,373","3,074","3,061","3,143","3,236","3,250"
Government,90,94,123,124,132,146,103,119,190,207,241,225,199,218,232,224,223,205,200,193,216,246,251
Percentage of total sales and leases,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Consumer,76.1,74.4,69.2,67.9,64.6,61.0,54.1,55.6,54.7,51.2,50.1,47.8,47.2,48.9,50.5,52.9,55.0,55.8,57.0,56.6,56.2,55.2,53.9
Business,22.9,24.5,29.4,30.7,34.2,37.4,44.6,43.0,43.1,46.5,47.1,49.5,50.4,48.4,46.9,44.6,42.4,41.6,40.4,40.8,41.0,41.6,42.8
Government,1.0,1.1,1.4,1.4,1.2,1.6,1.3,1.5,2.2,2.3,2.8,2.6,2.4,2.7,2.7,2.5,2.6,2.5,2.6,2.6,2.8,3.2,3.3
KEY:  R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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NOTES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"This table includes imported cars, but not vans, trucks, or sport utility vehicles.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Annual numbers  are calculated by averaging seasonally adjusted monthly data.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Government sales are determined by subtracting the consumer and business sales from total sales.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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SOURCES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1965: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Wealth Division, unpublished data.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1970-2007: Ibid., Underlying Detail for the National Income and Product Account Tables, table 7.2.5S, available at http://www.bea.gov/ as of November 2008.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,




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