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Item
1990
1995
2000
2002
2004
2005
Total Sales of New Cars
9,300
8,636
8,852
8,102
7,505
7,667
Consumer
5,677
4,326
4,680
4,521
4,186
4,305
Business
3,477
4,070
3,949
3,376
3,112
3,146
Government
147
241
224
205
207
216
Percentage of Total Sales
Consumer
61.0
50.1
52.9
55.8
55.8
56.1
Business
37.4
47.1
44.6
41.7
41.5
41.0
Government
1.6
2.8
2.5
2.5
2.8
2.8
Note: sales are in thousands: 9,300 represents 9,300,000; includes imported cars but not vans, trucks or sport utility vehicles Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, 2004.
Item
1990
1995
2000
2002
2004
2005
New Motor Vehicle Sales
14,169
15,204
17,806
17,132
17,297
17,445
New Car Sales
9,436
8,687
8,852
8,102
7,505
7,667
Domestic
6,790
7,178
6,833
5,871
5,350
5,480
Import
2,645
1,510
2,019
2,231
2,155
2,187
New Truck Sales
4,733
6,517
8,954
9,030
9,792
9,778
Light
4,428
6,089
8,492
8,708
9,360
9,281
Domestic
3,996
5,694
7,651
7,647
8,115
8,065
Import
432
395
841
1,061
1,245
1,216
Other
306
429
462
322
432
497
Domestic car production
6,231
6,351
5,542
5,019
4,230
4,321
Avg expenditure per new car(in dollars)
14,371
17,959
20,600
21,248
21,969
22,021
Domestic (in dollars)
13,936
16,864
18,577
18,897
19,607
19,433
Import (in dollars)
15,510
23,202
27,447
27,436
27,835
28,529
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business , February 2005, and unpublished data..