What is the dollar value of U.S. new car sales each year?

How many people buy a new car in the U.S. each year?

<New car sales.
This report from NADA gives a breakdown of new car sales and light
truck sales for the years 1993 ? 2003. A graph shows the dollar value
of sales from 1993 ?2003. It also gives sales per month for 2002, 2003
and lots more information about dealerships, average prices, market
share etc.
For the years 1999 to 2003 the figures are as follows:
Year ? light-duty vehicles ? new cars
1999 -16.8 million ? 8.6 million
2000 ? 17.3 million ? 8.8 million
2001 ? 17.1 million ? 8.4 million
2002 ? 16.8 million ? 8.1 million
2003 ? 16.6 million ? 7.6 million
http://www.nada.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Newsroom/NADAData/20043/NADA_Data_2004.pdf

2000 
17.4 million units, value $380 billion. (Source: Used car market
poised for a bigger share of the action ? Brief Article, Statistical
Data included by Steve Finlay. March 2001. Findarticles.com.)
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FJN/is_7_35/ai_73839022

2001

17.2 million units, value $690 billion
http://www.nada.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Newsroom/NADAData/20021/NADAData_2002.pdf

2002	
16.8 million units, value $679 billion (Source: NADA).
http://www.nada.org/Content/NavigationMenu/MediaCenter/NADAData/20033/NADAData_2003.pdf
 

2003
16.6 million units, value $699.2 billion (Source: NADA)
http://www.nada.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Newsroom/NADAData/20043/NADA_Data_2004.pdf


During the first seven months of 2004 ? 9.9 million new cars were sold.
During the first seven months of 2003 ? 9.7 million. (Source: Ward's
Automotive Business. A Glut of Cars, New and Used by Margaret Webb
Pressler. WashingtonPost.com.)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A40784-2004Aug28?language=printer>


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