Digital Auto Care Factbook 2019 - 61

Top 10 Light Vehicle Registrations
The top 10 passenger cars for 2017
represented 43.3 percent of total new
registrations. Foreign vehicles produced
by Toyota, Honda and Nissan held the
top six positions. Domestic vehicles
produced by Ford and Chevrolet
occupied the seventh and eighth
positions respectively.
The top 10 light truck registrations made
up 37.9 percent of total new registrations
with three of the top five being domestic
models from Ford, Chevy and Dodge.
As mentioned on the previous page,
the overall number of new light vehicle
registrations totaled 17.1 million in 2017.
The market for used vehicles is 2.3
times the size of the new vehicle market
on a unit basis, reaching 39.3 million
units in 2017. Used vehicle registrations
increased by 1.7 percent in 2017, resulting
in an overall increase in total registrations
by 0.7 percent.
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.

Top 10 Light Vehicle Registrations
(Based on 2017 C-Y NEW Registrations)
Top 10 Passenger Car Registrations
Toyota Camry
Honda Civic
Honda Accord
Toyota Corolla
Nissan Altima
Nissan Sentra
Ford Fusion
Chevrolet Malibu
Hyundai Elantra Sedan
Chevrolet Cruze
Top 10 Passenger Car Registrations Total
Total Passenger Car Registrations
Top 10 as a Percent of Total Passenger Cars

Top 10 Light Truck Registrations
Ford F Series
Chevrolet Silverado
Ram
Toyota RAV4
Honda CR-V
Nissan Rogue
Ford Escape
Chevrolet Equinox
Ford Explorer
Jeep Grand Cherokee
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

2016

2017

% Change
2016/2017

388,263
366,529
343,971
362,665
309,142

386,198
376,385
324,544
314,031
256,443

-0.5%
2.7%
-5.6%
-13.4%
-17.0%

218,104

211,321

-3.1%

265,032
226,506
180,862
132,891
2,793,965
6,783,586
41.2%

208,878
191,895
191,001
186,670
2,647,366
6,107,789
43.3%

-21.2%
-15.3%
5.6%
40.5%
-5.2%
-10.0%

2016

2017

774,963
581,050
472,646
351,034
355,010
320,527
306,690
239,186
249,098
209,290
3,859,494
10,648,004
36.2%
17,431,590

845,523
587,194
486,268
410,909
377,373
362,348
307,149
291,355
270,071
240,574
4,178,764
11,027,206
37.9%
17,134,995

% Change
2016/2017
9.1%
1.1%
2.9%
17.1%
6.3%
13.0%
0.1%
21.8%
8.4%
14.9%
8.3%
3.6%
-1.7%

Source: © 2018 IHS Markit

U.S Light Vehicle Market, 2001-2017 (Thousands of Vehicles)
Year
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
YOY % Chg.

New
Registrations

Used
Registrations

Total
Registrations

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

13,218
10,351
11,480
12,659
14,315
15,384
16,331
17,200
17,432
17,135
-1.7%

36,147
35,622
36,911
36,921
37,583
35,815
36,664
38,023
38,602
39,265
1.7%

49,364
45,973
48,391
49,579
51,898
51,199
52,995
55,224
56,034
56,400
0.7%

% Change

Retail Lease

Commercial
Lease

Total Lease

Lease % new

-0.4%
1.5%
0.8%
-5.2%
-2.9%

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%

1,968
1,120
1,736
2,014
2,348
2,989
3,362
3,877
4,210
4,074
-3.2%

173
111
151
169
187
185
194
200
204
177
-13.2%

2,141
1,231
1,887
2,182
2,535
3,174
3,556
4,077
4,413
4,251
-3.7%

16.2%
11.9%
16.4%
17.2%
17.7%
20.6%
21.8%
23.7%
25.3%
24.8%

-9.1%
-6.9%
5.3%
4.2%
4.7%
-1.3%
3.5%
4.2%
1.5%
0.7%

Source: © 2018 IHS Markit

The 2019 Digital Factbook is Copyright © 2019 Auto Care Association and/or its licensor. 
All other rights reserved.  Use of the 2019 Digital Factbook is subject to compliance with the Legal Terms and Conditions found on page 119 of this report.

61
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Digital Auto Care Factbook 2019
