New Retail Sales of Trucks 10,000 Pounds GVW and Less in the United States, 1970-2006
Light trucks, which include pick-ups, minivans, sport-utility vehicles, and other trucks less than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight (GVW), accounted for more than half of light vehicle sales since 2001.
| Percentages | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calendar year |
Light truck sales (a) (thousands) |
Import (b) | Big 3 Sales (c) |
Diesel (d) | Light trucks of light-duty vehicle sales (e) |
Light trucks of total truck sales |
| 1970 | 1,463 | 4.50% | --- | (f) | 14.80% | 80.40% |
| 1975 | 2,281 | 10.00% | --- | (f) | 20.90% | 87.90% |
| 1980 | 2,440 | 19.70% | --- | 3.60% | 21.40% | 88.90% |
| 1981 | 2,189 | 20.30% | --- | 3.10% | 20.40% | 89.80% |
| 1982 | 2,470 | 16.50% | --- | 8.50% | 23.60% | 92.80% |
| 1983 | 2,984 | 15.60% | --- | 6.70% | 24.50% | 93.60% |
| 1984 | 3,863 | 15.70% | 78.80% | 4.80% | 27.10% | 93.00% |
| 1985 | 4,458 | 17.20% | 78.20% | 3.80% | 28.80% | 93.60% |
| 1986 | 4,594 | 20.10% | 76.90% | 3.70% | 28.60% | 94.30% |
| 1987 | 4,610 | 17.90% | 78.30% | 2.30% | 31.00% | 93.90% |
| 1988 | 4,800 | 12.60% | 81.60% | 2.30% | 31.10% | 93.20% |
| 1989 | 4,610 | 10.90% | 81.90% | 2.90% | 31.80% | 93.30% |
| 1990 | 4,548 | 13.20% | 80.90% | 3.10% | 32.80% | 93.90% |
| 1991 | 4,123 | 12.80% | 79.40% | 3.20% | 33.50% | 94.50% |
| 1992 | 4,629 | 8.60% | 83.10% | 3.30% | 36.00% | 94.40% |
| 1993 | 5,351 | 6.80% | 83.40% | 3.70% | 38.60% | 94.20% |
| 1994 | 6,033 | 6.50% | 82.90% | 3.90% | 40.20% | 94.00% |
| 1995 | 6,053 | 6.50% | 83.40% | 4.10% | 41.20% | 93.40% |
| 1996 | 6,519 | 6.60% | 83.80% | 3.70% | 43.30% | 94.10% |
| 1997 | 6,797 | 8.40% | 81.90% | 4.80% | 46.60% | 94.10% |
| 1998 | 7,299 | 8.90% | 80.50% | 1.70% | 47.30% | 93.30% |
| 1999 | 8,073 | 9.50% | 78.00% | 5.90% | 48.10% | 92.60% |
| 2000 | 8,387 | 9.90% | 76.10% | 4.80% | 48.70% | 93.90% |
| 2001 | 8,700 | 11.30% | 75.30% | 5.30% | 50.80% | 96.10% |
| 2002 | 8,713 | 12.20% | 74.70% | 4.90% | 51.80% | 96.40% |
| 2003 | 8,938 | 13.50% | 72.40% | 4.30% | 54.00% | 95.50% |
| 2004 | 9,361 | 13.10% | 70.10% | 5.50% | 55.40% | 95.50% |
| 2005 | 9,281 | 13.20% | 68.20% | 3.70% | 54.70% | 94.90% |
| 2006 | 8,724 | 15.70% | 64.10% | 3.70% | 52.90% | 94.10% |
| Average annual percentage change | ||||||
| 1970-2006 | 5.1% | |||||
| 1996-2006 | 3.0% | |||||
Four-wheel drive and diesel - 1970–88: Ward's Communications, Ward’s Automotive Yearbook, Detroit, MI, 1989, p. 168, and annual. 1989–on: Ward's Communications, Ward’s Automotive Yearbook, Factory Installation Reports, Detroit, MI, 2007, and annual. Transplants - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Light-Duty Vehicle MPG and Market Shares System, Oak Ridge, TN, 2004.
All other - 1970–97: American Automobile Manufacturers Association, Motor Vehicle Facts and Figures 1998, Detroit, MI, 1998, pp. 8, 15, 24, and annual. 1998–on: Ward’s Communications, Ward’s Automotive Yearbook, Detroit, MI, 2007. (Additional resources: www.aama.com, www.wardsauto.com)
(a) Includes all trucks of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight and less sold in the U.S.
(b) Excluding transplants.
(c) Big 3 includes Chrysler, Ford and General Motors. Beginning in 1998, Ford includes Land Rover and Volvo light trucks and GM includes Saab. Trucks include light, medium and heavy trucks.
(d) Based on model year factory installations.
(e) Light-duty vehicles include cars and light trucks.
(f) Indicates less than 1 percent.
