Table 1-10. Sales or Deliveries of New Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances

Civilian aircraft (shipments)	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Transport^a	245	233	311	315	387	278	521	589	567	408	309	256	269	374	^R559	^P620
Helicopters	N	598	482	864	1,366	384	603	571	324	258	308	292	278	346	^R363	^P342
General aviation	7,588	11,852	7,283	14,072	11,881	2,029	1,144	1,021	899	964	928	1,077	1,130	1,569	^R2,213	^P2,455
Highway
Passenger car (new retail sales)	6,641,000	9,332,000	8,400,000	8,624,000	8,979,000	11,042,000	9,300,000	8,175,000	8,213,000	8,518,000	8,991,000	8,635,000	8,527,000	8,272,000	8,139,000	U
Motorcycle (new retail sales)^b	N	N	1,125,000	940,000	1,070,000	710,000	303,000	280,000	278,000	293,000	306,000	309,000	330,000	356,000	432,000	U
Truck (factory sales, domestic)^c	1,194,475	1,716,564	1,660,446	2,231,630	1,667,283	3,356,905	3,692,474	3,363,445	4,039,518	4,870,675	5,617,866	5,689,551	5,748,147	6,125,935	6,407,702	U
Bus (includes school bus) (factory sales)	^I	35,241	31,994	40,530	34,385	33,533	32,731	24,058	22,484	24,549	22,409	23,918	27,583	26,882	27,483	U
Recreational vehicle (shipments)	N	192,830	380,300	339,600	178,500	351,700	347,300	293,700	382,700	420,200	518,800	475,200	466,800	438,800	441,300	U
Bicycle^d	N	N	N	N	9,000,000	11,400,000	10,800,000	11,600,000	11,600,000	13,000,000	12,500,000	12,000,000	10,900,000	11,000,000	11,100,000	U
Transit (deliveries)
Motor bus^e	2,415	3,000	1,424	5,261	4,572	3,367	4,779	4,722	3,426	4,836	5,418	6,022	6,016	^R6,329	^P6,450	U
Light rail	0	0	0	0	32	63	55	17	35	54	72	38	39	76	^P80	U
Heavy rail	416	580	308	127	130	441	10	6	163	260	55	72	10	34	^P120	U
Trolley bus	0	0	0	1	98	0	118	149	0	24	36	3	3	0	^P32	U
Commuter rail	214	666	302	2,165	152	179	83	187	110	8	47	38	111	198	^P122	U
Class I rail (deliveries)
Freight car^f	57,047	77,822	66,185	72,392	85,920	12,080	32,063	24,678	25,761	35,239	48,819	60,853	57,877	50,396	75,685	74,223
Locomotive	389	1,387	1,029	772	1,480	522	530	472	321	504	821	928	761	743	889	709
Amtrak (deliveries)
Passenger train car	N	N	N	109	109	N	58	0	0	0	64	76	92	10	0	0
Locomotive	N	N	N	30	17	10	0	0	20	26	18	10	0	111	35	0
Water transport
Merchant vessel^g	20	13	13	15	23	14	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	4	2
Recreational boat^h	N	N	N	N	642,800	674,600	525,300	448,000	466,750	498,775	576,200	663,760	634,750	610,100	^R571,100	605,500

^a U.S.-manufactured fixed-wing aircraft over 33,000 pounds empty weight, including all jet transports plus the 4-engine turboprop-powered Lockheed L-100.
^b Includes domestic and imported vehicles. Prior to 1985, all terrain vehicles (ATVs) were included in the motorcycle total. In 1995, the Motorcycle Industry Council revised its data for the years 1985 to present to exclude ATVs from its totals.
^c Includes large passenger or utility vehicles that may be considered cars in other tables.
^d Includes domestic and imported vehicles, wheel sizes 20 inches and over. 1997 and 1998 data are projections.
^e Buses or bus-type vehicles only. Includes demand response. Excludes vanpool vans and most rural and smaller systems prior to 1984. Transit motor bus figure is also included as part of the bus total in the highway category.
^f Includes all railroads and private car owners.
^gSelf-propelled, 1,000 or more gross tons.
^h Retail unit estimates. Includes outboard, inboard, and sterndrive boats, jet boats (since 1995), personal watercraft (since 1991), sailboats and canoes. Also includes inflatable boats (until 1992) and sailboards (until 1990).
^I Included in truck figure.

KEY: N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are not available.

SOURCES:
Civilian aircraft:
1960-98: Aerospace Industries Association, Aerospace Facts and Figures (Washington, DC: Annual issues), "Civil Aircraft Shipments".
1999: Ibid., Internet site www.aia-aerospace.org/departments/stats/Table5.html, as of July 13, 2000.
Highway:
Passenger cars and trucks:
1960-97: American Automobile Manufacturers Association, Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures, 1998 (Southfield, MI: 1999), p. 21 (passenger car) and p. 6 (truck).
1998: Ward's Communications, Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures, 1999 (Detroit, MI: 1998), p. 21 (passenger car) and p. 6 (truck).
Motorcycles:
1970-98: Motorcycle Industry Council, Inc., Motorcycle Statistical Annual, 1999 (Irvine, CA: 1999), p. 5 and similar tables in earlier editions.
Buses:
1965-97: American Automobile Manufacturers Association, Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures, 1998 (Detroit, MI: 1998), p. 6 and similar tables in earlier editions.
1998: Ward's Communications, Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures, 1999 (Detroit, MI: 1999), p. 6 and personal communication, July 14, 2000.
Recreational vehicles:
1965-97: Ibid., Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures, 1998 (Detroit, MI: 1998), p. 12 and similar tables in earlier editions.
1998: Ward's Communications, Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures, 1999 (Detroit, MI: 1998), p. 11.
Bicycles:
1980-98: National Bicycle Dealers Association, Internet site http://www.nbda.com as of Mar. 5, 1999, and personal communication, Sept. 24, 1996.
Transit:
1960-98: American Public Transit Association 2000, Public Transportation Fact Book (Washington, DC: March 2000), table 56 and similar tables in earlier editions.
Class I rail:
1960-98: Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 1999), p. 54 and similar tables in earlier editions.
Amtrak:
1975-80: Ibid., Railroad Facts (Washington, DC: 1997), p. 17 and similar tables in earlier editions.
1985-99: Amtrak Annual Report, Statistical Appendix (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).
Water:
Merchant vessel:
1960-99: U.S. Department of Transprotation, Maritime Administration, Merchant Fleets of the World (Washington, DC: Annual issues).
Recreational boat: 1980-99: National Marine Manufacturers Association, Boating 1999 (Chicago, IL: 2000), annual retail unit estimates.

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