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America's minivan market shrunk by more than 60,000 sales, or 5.3%, in 2003 as the overall market slowed, as well, albeit at a much slower rate. New vehicle sales in the United States were down 1% year-over-year in 2003.
The Chrysler Group controlled much of the minivan category in 2003 with 34.8% market share, but that was down from 36% in 2002. Overall, domestic brands - including Chevrolet with the Astro and GMC with the Safari - owned 65.5% of the minivan category.
The best-selling minivan in America was the Dodge Caravan. The second-ranked Honda Odyssey was 79,331 sales back of the Dodge, which was still available in short and long wheelbase variants.
General Motors sold 199,954 minivans, equal to 18.6% of the overall minivan market. GM no longer markets a minivan in America.
Ford sold 131,449 minivans in 2003. Ford no longer sells minivans in America.
6.4% of the new vehicles sold in the United States in 2003 were minivans, down from 6.7% in 2002. Complete 2003 sales figures for every minivan sold in the U.S. are below.
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Source: Automakers & ANDC
* clearly partly commercial-oriented
- Minivan Sales In America - 2005 Year End
Nine years ago, America's minivan market was worth 1.1 million units to the U.S. auto industry. That was basically level with the number of minivans sold in 2004. Honda, with its revamped Odyssey, produced big volume gains. But with a surge in Town...
- Minivan Sales In America - 2009 Year End
As America's new vehicle market collapsed to just 10.4 million units in 2009, a 21% year-over-year sales decline, minivan sales dropped by 30% to just 447,867, a decrease of 194,799 units. The Chrysler Group's market share in the segment grew...
- Minivan Sales In America - 2008 Year End
Minivan sales in the United States plunged 23% in 2008, a year that ended in great turmoil, as total new vehicle sales slid 18%. Minivans accounted for 4.9% of the auto industry's 2008 U.S. sales volume, down from 5.2% in 2007. In other words, an...
- Minivan Sales In America - 2007 Year End
For the third consecutive year, sales of minivans declined in the United States. The 16% year-over-year drop in 2007 equalled a loss of 155,338 sales during a year in which overall new vehicle sales declined by a little more than 2%, a drop of 407,000...
- Minivan Sales In America - 2006 Year End
America's auto industry slid 3% in 2006, equal to a loss of more than 400,000 sales. Minivan volume, however, was down more significantly. The 11% decline, one that was motivated by all but a handful of products, equalled 122,130 fewer U.S. minivan...
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Minivan Sales In America - 2003 Year End
• Complete U.S. Minivan Market Sales Figures - 2004 Year End
The Chrysler Group controlled much of the minivan category in 2003 with 34.8% market share, but that was down from 36% in 2002. Overall, domestic brands - including Chevrolet with the Astro and GMC with the Safari - owned 65.5% of the minivan category.
The best-selling minivan in America was the Dodge Caravan. The second-ranked Honda Odyssey was 79,331 sales back of the Dodge, which was still available in short and long wheelbase variants.
General Motors sold 199,954 minivans, equal to 18.6% of the overall minivan market. GM no longer markets a minivan in America.
Ford sold 131,449 minivans in 2003. Ford no longer sells minivans in America.
6.4% of the new vehicles sold in the United States in 2003 were minivans, down from 6.7% in 2002. Complete 2003 sales figures for every minivan sold in the U.S. are below.
Click Column Headers To Sort Minivans By Volume Or % Change
Minivan | 2003 | 2002 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet Astro * | 40,123 | 50,616 | -20.7% |
| Chevrolet Venture | 94,521 | 94,056 | 0.5% |
| Chrysler Town & Country | 140,007 | 126,378 | 10.8% |
| Chrysler Voyager | 1093 | 37,392 | -97.1% |
| Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan | 233,394 | 244,911 | -4.7% |
| Ford Freestar | 15,771 | --- | --- |
| Ford Windstar | 113,465 | 148,875 | -23.8% |
| GMC Safari * | 10,950 | 13,665 | -19.9% |
| Honda Odyssey | 154,063 | 153,467 | 0.4% |
| Kia Sedona | 50,628 | 39,088 | 29.5% |
| Mazda MPV | 30,689 | 34,403 | -10.8% |
| Mercury Monterey | 2213 | --- | --- |
| Mercury Villager | --- | 16,442 | -100% |
| Nissan Quest | 23,170 | 17,480 | 32.6% |
| Oldsmobile Silhouette | 14,772 | 22,597 | -34.6% |
| Pontiac Montana | 39,588 | 47,836 | -17.2% |
| Toyota Sienna | 105,499 | 80,915 | 30.4% |
| Volkswagen EuroVan | 4735 | 6673 | -29.0% |
--- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 1,074,681 | 1,134,794 | -5.3% |
* clearly partly commercial-oriented
- Minivan Sales In America - 2005 Year End
Nine years ago, America's minivan market was worth 1.1 million units to the U.S. auto industry. That was basically level with the number of minivans sold in 2004. Honda, with its revamped Odyssey, produced big volume gains. But with a surge in Town...
- Minivan Sales In America - 2009 Year End
As America's new vehicle market collapsed to just 10.4 million units in 2009, a 21% year-over-year sales decline, minivan sales dropped by 30% to just 447,867, a decrease of 194,799 units. The Chrysler Group's market share in the segment grew...
- Minivan Sales In America - 2008 Year End
Minivan sales in the United States plunged 23% in 2008, a year that ended in great turmoil, as total new vehicle sales slid 18%. Minivans accounted for 4.9% of the auto industry's 2008 U.S. sales volume, down from 5.2% in 2007. In other words, an...
- Minivan Sales In America - 2007 Year End
For the third consecutive year, sales of minivans declined in the United States. The 16% year-over-year drop in 2007 equalled a loss of 155,338 sales during a year in which overall new vehicle sales declined by a little more than 2%, a drop of 407,000...
- Minivan Sales In America - 2006 Year End
America's auto industry slid 3% in 2006, equal to a loss of more than 400,000 sales. Minivan volume, however, was down more significantly. The 11% decline, one that was motivated by all but a handful of products, equalled 122,130 fewer U.S. minivan...