Light-Duty Vehicles Produced in the United States

1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Cars 8.237 9.722 11.3 11.175 10.794 9.443 8.733 7.819 8.002 10.675 10.791 11.015 10.731 10.736 10.018 8.81 8.524 8.108 8.456 8.415 9.396 7.89 8.334 7.971 8.376 9.125 8.405 8.301 7.921 7.537 8.027 7.993 8.082 7.319 5.636 6.061 5.743 7.393 8.226 7.639 7.899 7.131 6.979 5.962 5.279 4.245 3.548 3.413
Vans 0.457 0.502 0.514 0.625 0.481 0.242 0.245 0.311 0.383 0.676 0.855 1.044 1.114 1.133 1.278 1.262 1.034 1.221 1.441 1.418 1.662 1.409 1.265 1.489 1.463 1.691 1.232 1.243 1.232 0.953 1.481 1.166 0.847 0.79 0.368 0.559 0.521 0.662 0.571 0.672 0.655 0.63 0.617 0.508 0.555 0.401 0.298 0.374
SUVs 0.187 0.243 0.283 0.38 0.401 0.184 0.136 0.163 0.29 0.625 0.736 0.773 0.874 0.968 0.926 0.708 1.095 1.004 1.311 1.623 1.816 1.89 2.45 2.581 2.83 3.143 3.45 4.19 4.146 4.714 4.085 3.757 4.233 3.996 2.322 3.22 4.276 4.036 4.824 5.272 6.398 6.611 7.366 7.53 7.784 7.098 7.742 6.965
Pickups 1.343 1.866 2.026 2.268 2.207 1.437 1.44 1.441 1.628 2.043 2.078 2.532 2.147 2.459 2.232 1.835 1.92 1.84 2.002 2.669 2.271 1.955 2.408 2.415 2.544 2.612 2.519 2.38 2.474 2.505 2.3 2.188 2.113 1.794 0.989 1.276 1.479 1.357 1.577 1.929 1.786 1.907 2.054 2.259 2.521 1.975 2.224 2.105
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Explore the Automotive Trends Data (2023)
This chart shows the number and types of light-duty vehicles produced in the United States from 1975 to 2022. U.S. light-duty vehicle production was significantly impacted by the economic recession between 2009 and 2012. In 2017, for the first time, the number of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) exceeded the number of cars produced; by 2021, twice as many SUVs were produced than cars. Vehicle production dipped again from 2020 to 2022 as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic and subsequent supply-chain issues. In 2022, cars made up 26.55% of light-duty vehicles, while vans made up 2.91%, SUVs made up 54.17%, and pickups made up 16.37%. For comparison, see U.S. HEV Sales by Model.

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