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Light trucks take a record 69% of U.S. market

U.S. light-truck sales as a whole in the U.S. grew 7.7 percent in 2018, according to the Automotive News Data Center, to 11.98 million units — a level that car sales have never reached.


Car sales plunged 13 percent and would have dipped even further but for Tesla finally achieving decent production of its Model 3 sedan in the second half of the year, Chesbrough noted.


Car sales fell to 31 percent of sales, from 36 percent a year ago and 50 percent in 2013. The 5.4 million cars sold last year represented the fewest since they had tail fins, in 1958.

Source: https://www.autonews.com/sales/light...d-69-us-market