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By The Numbers: Total U.S. Vehicle Sales Since 2005

Written By: Jerry Reynolds | Dec 1, 2022 10:00:00 AM

This week we take a look at total sales of vehicles in the United States from 2005 through 2022 (up to the 3rd quarter of this year).

As you can see, sales were robust in 2005, then fell slightly the following two years.  In 2008 the financial crisis hit and crashed sales that year, 2009 was even worse.

Good growth started in 2010 and sales remained robust until 2020 when COVID-19 arrived.  Then, of course, we had the microchip shortage hit in 2020 and that continues today.

No way to know yet where 2022 will end up, but best guess is when the smoke clears for 2022, there will be fewer sales than 2021.  I’ll let you know in January.


U.S. Auto Sales 2005 Through Q3 2022

Here are annual sales since 2005 and how sales compared by percentage each year:

The following sales data is sourced from GoodCarBadCar.net.


2005

16,881,867

 

2006

16,430,689

-2.75

2007

16,008,175

-2.64

2008

13,113,899

-22.07

2009

10,347,715

-26.73

2010

11,510,416

10.10

2011

12,695,712

9.34

2012

15,376,264

17.43

2013

15,490,245

0.74

2014

16,424,017

5.69

2015

17,404,970

5.64

2016

17,500,719

0.55

2017

17,212,565

-1.67

2018

17,323,849

0.64

2019

17,023,894

-1.76

2020

14,697,837

-15.83

2021

14,954,805

1.72

2022

10,738,173

 

 

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