U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Vehicle Technologies Program

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.

New Light Vehicle Market Share
Graph showing the new light-vehicle market shares,from 1976 to 2003

Supporting Information

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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