Table 1018.

Franchised New Car Dealerships--Summary

See notes.

Item Unit 1980 1985 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Dealerships \1 Number 27,900 24,725 24,825 22,250 21,800 21,725 21,650 21,640 21,495 21,200 20,770
Sales Billion dollars 131 252 316 650 690 680 699 714 699 675 693
New cars sold \2 Millions 9.0 11.0 9.3 8.8 8.4 8.1 7.6 7.5 7.7 7.8 7.6
Used vehicles sold Millions 9.7 13.3 14.2 20.5 21.4 19.4 19.5 19.7 19.7 19.2 18.5

Employment 1,000 745 856 924 1,114 1,130 1,130 1,130 1,130 1,138 1,120 1,115
Annual payroll Billion dollars 11.0 20.1 24.0 46.1 48.0 48.8 50.0 50.5 51.5 52.9 53.9
Advertising expenses Billion dollars 1.2 2.8 3.7 6.4 6.6 7.5 8.5 8.3 7.7 7.8 7.9

Dealer pretax profits as a percentage of salPercent 0.6 2.2 1.0 1.6 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5

Inventory: \3
Domestic: \4
Total 1,000 2,112 2,339 2,537 3,183 2,824 2,727 3,085 3,267 2,991 2,943 2,712
Days' supply Days 57 60 73 68 63 63 63 75 70 71 67
Imported: \4
Total 1,000 269 345 707 468 508 521 618 646 566 605 619
Days' supply Days 31 30 72 50 51 49 49 59 52 51 51

Source: National Automobile Dealers Association, McLean, VA,

NADA Data, annual.

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HEADNOTE
[131 represents $131,000,000,000]

SYMBOL
NA Not available.

FOOTNOTES
\1 At beginning of year.
\2 Data provided by Ward's Automotive Reports.
\3 Annual average. Includes light trucks.
\4 Classification based on where automobiles are produced
(i.e., automobiles manufactured by foreign companies but produced
in the U.S. are classified as domestic).

Source: National Automobile Dealers Association, McLean, VA,

NADA Data, annual.
http://www.nada.org/Publications/NADADATA/
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Item Unit

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Dealerships \1 Number
Sales Billions o
New cars sold \2 1,000
Used vehicles sold Millions

Employment 1,000
Annual payroll Billions o
Advertising expenses Billions o

Dealer pretax profits as a percentage of sales Percent

Inventory: \3
Domestic: \4
Total 1,000
Days' supply Days
Imported: \4
Total 1,000
Days' supply Days
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NA Not available.
\1 At beginning of year.
\2 Data provided by Ward's Automotive Reports.
\3 Annual average. Includes light trucks.
\4 Classification based on where automobiles are produced
(i.e., automobiles manufactured by foreign companies but produced
in the U.S. are classified as domestic).

Source: National Automobile Dealers Association, McLean, VA,

NADA Data, annual.

http://www.nada.org/
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1970 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

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30,800 27,900 26,350 25,700 24,725 24,725 24,725
51.8 130.5 144.5 154.7 187.7 225.9 251.6
8,393 8,979 8,533 7,978 9,181 10,393 11,042
11,283 9.72 9,910 9,780 10,630 12,410 13.30

703 745 707 694 722 795 856

5.5 11.0 11.6 12.5 14.5 17.8 20.1
0.4 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.7 2.1 2.8

2.0 0.6 1.2 1.3 2.1 2.2 2.2

1,409 2,112 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 2,339

60 57 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 60

(NA) 269 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 345

(NA) 31 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 30
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1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

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24,825 25,150 25,025 25,000 24,825 24,200 23,500
270.4 280.5 303.3 311.6 316.0 301.3 333.8
11,409 10,186 10,544 9,770 9,300 8,176 8,211
13,490 13,250 14,570 14,610 14.18 14,270 14,176

897 926 960 954 924 879 875

21.7 22.6 24.7 24.4 24.0 23.5 25.1
3.2 3.7 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.8

2.2 1.9 1.7 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.4

(NA) (NA) (NA) 2,830 2,537 2,259 2,334

(NA) (NA) (NA) 77 73 71 68

(NA) (NA) (NA) 772 707 694 614

(NA) (NA) (NA) 70 72 83 81
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1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

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22,950 22,850 22,800 22,750 22,700 22,600 22,400
377.3 430.6 456.2 490.0 507.5 546.3 606.5
8,519 8,991 8,635 8,527 8,272 8,137 8,699
15,308 16,903 18.48 19.17 19.19 19.33 20.07

908 963 996 1,031 1,046 1,048 1,081

26.7 29.8 33.1 35.4 37.4 39.8 42.5
4.1 4.3 4.6 5.0 5.1 5.3 5.6

1.6 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.8

2,487 2,521 2,974 2,856 2,813 2,732 2,901

64 61 71 66 66 63 62

533 453 445 317 338 350 378

76 67 72 58 54 54 47
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2000 2001 2002

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22,250 21,800 21,725
650.3 690.4 679.5
8,847 8,423 8,103
20.45 21.39 19.42

1,114 1,130 1,130

46.1 48.0 48.8
6.4 6.6 7.5

1.6 2.0 1.9

3,183 2,824 2,727

68 63 63

468 508 521

50 51 49
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