AUTOMOBILES & TRUCKS INDUSTRY STATISTICS

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A complete analysis of the Automoblies and Trucks industry, including trends, statistics and profiles of the 400 most successful Automotive companies, is available in the Automobile Industry Almanac.

U.S. Automotive Industry Overview
Cars Sold In the U.S. 2005	Percent of Total	Amount in Millions	Source
Small	17.1%	2.9	PRE
Medium	15.4%	2.6	PRE
Large	6.1%	1.0	PRE
Premium	8.0%	1.4	PRE
Hybrids	0.1%	0.13	PRE
Total Cars	46.7%	8.0	PRE
Trucks
Compact Pickup	4.8%	0.8	PRE
Van	8.0%	1.3	PRE
Full Size Pickup	14.2%	2.4	PRE
Sports Utility Vehicle	24.0%	4.0	PRE
Medium/Heavy	2.4%	0.4	PRE
Total Trucks	53.4%	8.9	PRE
Total Vehicles	100.0%	16.9	PRE
Market Share of U.S. Sales	2005	2004
Big 3	57.0%	61.3%	PRE
All Others	43.0%	38.7%	PRE
General Motors	25.0%	27.9%	PRE
Ford	18.0%	19.3%	PRE
DaimlerChrysler	14.0%	14.1%	PRE
Total Revenues New-Car and New-Light Truck Dealers, 2004		$714 billion	NADA
Total Number of New-Car Dealerships, 2005		21,640	NADA
Total Vehicles in Operation, Cars and Trucks, 2005		238,000,000	PRE
Total Highway Miles Traveled, 2005		288,500 million	PRE
Automotive Manufacturing Employees1, 2004		1,751,000	BEA
Automotive Retail Employees1, 2004		1,703,000	BEA
BEA = U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
NADA = National Automobile Dealers Association
PRE = Plunkett Research Estimate.
1One Employee = One Full-Time Equivalent Employee.
Source: Plunkett Research, Ltd.
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