Digital Auto Care Factbook & Lang Annual 2018 - LANG8

Section I-Aftermarket Highlights

AFTERMARKET ANALYSIS BY TYPE OF VEHICLE
* The Foreign nameplate vehicle aftermarket (including Import and Transplant models) averaged 4.6% annual product growth between 2006 and 2016, stronger than the 1.8% average annual aftermarket gain of all light vehicle products at user-price.
* Domestic nameplate cars and light trucks generated 55.4% of 2016 light vehicle aftermarket product sales, down from 66.0% of the 2006 market.
* Light trucks were responsible for 63.0% of 2016 light vehicle product sales, up from 56.2%
of the 2006 light vehicle aftermarket.
* Light trucks generated 72.0% of total aftermarket product growth between 2006 and 2016,
followed by Heavy Trucks with 19.2% growth share; while Other types of aftermarket volume accounted for 6.3% of product growth. Cars generated 2.5% of aftermarket product
sales growth over this ten-year span.
VEHICLE AGE
* Passenger car average age reached 12.1 years in the U.S. on January 1, 2017, the highest
average age for cars since World War II.
* Domestic nameplate cars had a much higher average age than Foreign nameplate cars at
the beginning of 2017: 14.2 years versus 10.6 years.
* Light trucks averaged 12.0 years on January 1, 2017, up from 10.1 years ten years earlier.
* Domestic nameplate light trucks had a higher average age at the beginning of 2017 than
Foreign nameplate light trucks: 12.7 years versus 10.3 years.
* Foreign nameplate light trucks recorded a 1.8 year increase in average age between 2007
and 2017 climbing from 8.5 years to 10.3 years.
* Foreign nameplate cars recorded a 1.6 year increase in average age between 2007 and
2017, climbing from 9.0 years to 10.6 years.
* The average age of all light vehicles grew from 10.2 years in 2007 to 11.5 years during
2013, increasing to 12.0 years by 2016, and reaching a record-high 12.1 years on January
1, 2017.
DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
* The Traditional distribution channel accounted for 22.9% of car and light truck 2016 aftermarket product sales, the second largest product share among the five leading aftermarket
channels.
* Specialized distribution recorded 13.6% of 2016 car and light truck aftermarket product
volume, down from 14.1% during 2015 and 16.5% share of the 2006 market.
* The OE (Original Equipment) channel represented 18.2% of car and light truck 2016 aftermarket product volume, third in light vehicle aftermarket share, and down from 23.2%
share during 2006.
* Integrated distribution claimed 38.2% of car and light truck 2016 aftermarket product volume, strongest among the five major channels.
* The Import channel represented 6.9% of 2016 light vehicle aftermarket products.
* Traditional distribution accounted for 28.6% of car and light truck aftermarket product
growth between 2006 and 2016.
* Specialized distribution fell $0.1 billion in car and light truck aftermarket product volume
between 2006 and 2016 and did not contribute to market expansion.
* The OE (Original Equipment) channel suffered a 0.6% average annual decline in product
volume between 2006 and 2016, as its annual product sales fell from $20.7 billion to $19.5
billion at user-price over these ten years.
* Integrated distribution climbed from $30.1 billion in 2006 aftermarket product volume for
cars and light trucks to $40.8 billion during 2016, generating 55.7% of total light vehicle
product growth.
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