For calendar year 2019, U.S. light-duty vehicle sales totaled 16.965 million which is just slightly less than 2018.
January 13, 2020For calendar year 2019, U.S. light-duty vehicle sales totaled 16.965 million which is just slightly less than 2018. For the past five years annual sales remained about 17 million. In 2009, during the Great Recession, light-duty vehicle sales fell to 10.3 million vehicles.
![Light-duty vehicle sales from 1970 to 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/full_article_width/public/2020/01/f70/fotw1116.png?itok=ZJ2Xua_4)
Note: Includes all vehicles up to 14,000 lb gross vehicle weight rating.
Source: Ward’s Automotive.