In 2022, U.S. auto shoppers bought approximately 2.86 million autos. Meanwhile, light trucks accounted for more than 79 percent of light vehicles sold to individual customers and corporate fleets in the United States.
U.S. auto sales from 1990 to 2022
(in millions)
Characteristic
Passenger car sales in millions
2022
2.86
2021
3.35
2020
3.4
2019
4.72
2018
5.31
2017
6.09
2016
6.88
2015
7.53
2014
7.71
2013
7.59
2012
7.25
2011
6.09
2010
5.64
2009
5.4
2008
6.77
2007
7.56
2006
7.76
2005
7.66
2004
7.48
2003
7.56
2002
8.04
2001
8.35
2000
8.78
1999
8.64
1998
8.08
1997
8.22
1996
8.48
1995
8.62
1994
8.99
1993
8.52
1992
8.21
1991
8.18
1990
9.3
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BEA. (February 24, 2023). U.S. auto sales from 1990 to 2022 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/183601/us-sales-of-passenger-cars-since-1990/
BEA. "U.S. auto sales from 1990 to 2022 (in millions)." Chart. February 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/183601/us-sales-of-passenger-cars-since-1990/
BEA. (2023). U.S. auto sales from 1990 to 2022 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/183601/us-sales-of-passenger-cars-since-1990/
BEA. "U.S. Auto Sales from 1990 to 2022 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/183601/us-sales-of-passenger-cars-since-1990/
BEA, U.S. auto sales from 1990 to 2022 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/183601/us-sales-of-passenger-cars-since-1990/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
U.S. auto sales from 1990 to 2022 (in millions) [Graph], BEA, February 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/183601/us-sales-of-passenger-cars-since-1990/
