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Top 10 Light Vehicle Registrations
The top 10 passenger cars for 2016
represented 42.1 percent of total car
registrations. Foreign vehicles produced
by Toyota, Honda and Nissan held the
top five positions. Ford occupies the
number six spot. The Chevrolet Malibu
sedan holds the seventh place, with sales
of 226,506 vehicles in 2016. In light truck
registrations, the top 10 made up 36
percent of total, with three of the top five
being domestic models from Ford, Chevy
and Dodge.
NOTE: Top 10 data have been updated to
be registrations-based, providing a more
verifiable record of vehicles in the fleet,
from published state and federal sources.
For consistency, corresponding historical
data have likewise been updated to
registrations-criteria.
As mentioned on the previous page, the
overall number of light vehicle registrations
increased 1.3 percent to 17.4 million
vehicles in 2016. The market for used
vehicles is 2.2 times the size of the new
vehicle market on a unit basis, reaching
38.3 million units in 2016. Used vehicle
registrations increased by 0.9 percent in
2016, resulting in an overall increase in
total registrations by 0.99 percent.

Top 10 Light Vehicle Registrations
(Based on 2016 C-Y NEW Registrations)
Top 10 Passenger Car Registrations

2015

Toyota Camry
Honda Civic
Toyota Corolla
Honda Accord
Nissan Altima
Ford Fusion
Chevrolet Malibu
Nissan Sentra
Hyundai Sonata
Hyundai Elantra Sedan
Top 10 Passenger Car Registrations Total
Total Passenger Car Registrations
Top 10 as a Percent of Total Passenger Cars

424,532
333,313
359,443
353,515
333,356
299,558
193,883
199,140
208,273
220,415
2,925,428
7,349,668
39.8%

Top 10 Light Truck Registrations

2015

Ford F Series
Chevrolet Silverado
Ram Ram
Honda CR-V
Nissan Rogue
Toyota RAV4
Ford Escape
Ford Explorer
Chevrolet Equinox
GMC Sierra
Top 10 Light Truck Registrations Total
Total Light Truck Registrations
Top 10 As A Percent Of Total Light Truck
Total U.S. Light Vehicle Registrations

727,846
596,749
432,986
344,587
214,059
310,482
305,655
247,590
276,632
223,645
3,680,231
9,850,498
37.4%
17,200,166

2016
388,263
366,529
362,665
343,971
309,142
265,032
226,506
218,104
197,368
180,862
2,858,442
6,782,992
42.1%

2016
774,962
581,050
471,701
355,010
320,527
306,876
306,690
249,098
239,186
227,874
3,832,974
10,640,656
36.0%
17,423,648

% Change
2015/2016
-8.5%
10.0%
0.9%
-2.7%
-7.3%
-11.5%
16.8%
9.5%
-5.2%
-17.9%
-2.3%
-7.7%

% Change
2015/2016
6.5%
-2.6%
8.9%
3.0%
49.7%
-1.2%
0.3%
0.6%
-13.5%
1.9%
4.2%
8.0%
1.3%

Source: IHS Markit© 2017

U.S Light Vehicle Market, 2001-2016 (Thousands of Vehicles)
Year
2001
2002

New
Registrations

Used
Registrations

Total
Registrations

2003
2004
2005
2006
2007

17,291
16,715
16,619
16,867
16,761
16,574
16,023

41,201
41,076
41,672
42,259
39,372
38,280

57,916
57,695
58,539
59,020
55,947
54,303

2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

13,218
10,351
11,480
12,659
14,315
15,384
16,331
17,200
17,424

36,147
35,622
36,911
36,921
37,583
35,815
36,664
38,016
38,340

49,364
45,973
48,391
49,579
51,898
51,199
52,995
55,216
55,764

% Change

Retail Lease

Commercial
Lease

Total Lease

Lease % new

-0.38%
1.46%
0.82%
-5.21%
-2.94%

2,568
2,254
1,782
1,904
2,157
2,470
2,472

94
129
117
154
183
192
196

2,662
2,383
1,899
2,058
2,340
2,662
2,668

15.4%
14.3%
11.4%
12.2%
14.0%
16.1%
16.7%

-9.10%
-6.87%
5.26%
4.16%
4.68%
-1.35%
3.51%
4.19%
0.99%

1,968
1,120
1,736
2,014
2,348
2,989
3,362
3,878
4,211

173
111
151
169
187
185
193
199
203

2,141
1,231
1,887
2,182
2,535
3,174
3,556
4,077
4,414

16.2%
11.9%
16.4%
17.2%
17.7%
20.6%
21.8%
23.7%
25.3%

Source: IHS Markit© 2017

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