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Fact #332: August 9, 2004
New Light Vehicle Market Shares, 1976–2003

The market share for light trucks have been growing since the early 1980s — much of it due to the increase in sales of sport utility vehicles (SUVs). The graph below shows the car market shares in shades of green and the light truck market shares in shades of blue.

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New Light Vehicle Market Share: Cars 1976–2003 (%)

	Mini- Compact Car	Two- Seater Car	Mini- Compact & Two- Seater Car	Sub- Compact Car	Compact Car	Midsize Car	Large Car
1976	0.0	1.7	1.7	21.7	23.5	15.0	18.2
1977	6.5	1.7	8.2	15.4	21.7	15.6	19.9
1978	6.7	1.5	8.3	15.0	12.0	26.1	17.6
1979	4.3	1.7	6.0	24.4	6.7	26.9	15.4
1980	3.8	1.9	5.7	30.4	5.3	27.2	11.8
1981	2.7	2.2	5.0	27.1	11.0	28.8	10.2
1982	2.3	2.1	4.3	24.6	13.3	25.9	10.2
1983	2.0	1.8	3.8	20.5	16.8	24.3	11.1
1984	0.3	2.4	2.7	18.2	20.0	22.1	10.9
1985	0.3	2.5	2.8	15.7	23.2	20.5	10.0
1986	1.2	1.8	3.0	15.9	23.6	19.1	9.4
1987	1.0	1.6	2.6	13.5	27.2	17.3	8.7
1988	0.6	1.2	1.8	13.1	27.8	16.9	9.1
1989	0.1	1.1	1.2	13.1	24.7	19.7	9.4
1990	0.6	1.2	1.8	14.8	23.0	18.3	9.3
1991	0.8	1.1	1.9	18.2	19.5	18.6	9.3
1992	0.9	0.7	1.5	16.6	19.6	18.0	9.1
1993	0.6	0.5	1.2	14.5	19.8	18.2	8.8
1994	0.4	0.5	0.8	13.8	21.0	16.1	9.2
1995	0.3	0.4	0.7	10.4	22.4	17.0	9.0
1996	0.2	0.4	0.6	8.8	23.5	16.7	8.5
1997	0.3	0.5	0.8	10.2	19.9	17.1	7.9
1998	0.1	0.7	0.7	9.8	15.2	20.4	6.9
1999	0.1	0.6	0.7	9.7	14.2	20.2	7.1
2000	0.1	0.7	0.8	10.4	13.9	19.4	7.5
2001	0.2	0.7	0.9	5.6	18.7	16.3	9.2
2002	0.3	0.8	1.1	3.7	18.9	17.2	8.1
2003	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.8	18.5	16.1	8.3

 

New Light Vehicle Market Share: Trucks, Vans, and SUVs 1976–2003 (%)

	Small Pickup	Large Pickup	Small Van	Large Van	Small SUV	Medium SUV	Large SUV
1976	1.4	13.1	0.2	4.8	0.0	0.4	0.1
1977	2.1	13.2	0.2	3.2	0.0	0.5	0.1
1978	2.2	13.4	0.2	4.8	0.0	0.3	0.1
1979	3.3	12.0	0.1	4.3	0.4	0.4	0.1
1980	4.6	9.9	0.1	2.9	0.5	1.3	0.3
1981	4.4	8.9	0.1	3.0	0.4	0.8	0.2
1982	5.9	10.2	0.1	3.9	0.3	1.0	0.3
1983	7.8	8.4	0.1	4.2	1.5	1.1	0.4
1984	6.2	10.0	1.6	3.9	2.8	1.1	0.5
1985	5.7	11.1	2.9	3.5	2.9	1.2	0.5
1986	6.3	10.2	4.1	3.3	3.4	1.2	0.6
1987	6.5	10.3	4.9	3.2	3.8	1.5	0.5
1988	6.8	9.6	5.6	3.2	3.9	1.5	0.6
1989	5.9	10.6	5.8	3.2	3.1	2.7	0.7
1990	8.3	8.1	7.4	2.3	2.9	3.2	0.7
1991	8.1	7.5	7.6	2.0	2.8	4.0	0.6
1992	8.0	8.3	8.3	2.2	3.1	4.7	0.6
1993	8.1	8.3	8.9	2.3	3.1	5.8	0.9
1994	7.9	9.6	9.2	2.2	3.0	6.3	1.0
1995	7.3	10.0	9.1	2.2	3.5	7.3	1.0
1996	6.8	10.8	8.8	2.0	3.9	8.5	1.1
1997	6.6	10.8	8.8	2.1	2.4	9.8	3.8
1998	5.9	12.8	8.4	2.2	3.2	10.4	4.1
1999	6.7	12.1	8.2	2.2	4.0	10.6	4.3
2000	6.2	11.4	7.4	2.1	4.4	12.5	4.1
2001	5.0	12.2	7.0	2.0	5.5	12.7	4.8
2002	4.5	13.0	6.9	2.1	5.2	14.4	5.1
2003	4.6	12.7	6.5	2.0	5.2	16.5	5.3

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