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DOMESTIC PASSENGER CAR FLEET AVERAGE CHARACTERISTICS
MODEL YEAR 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
CAFE, MPG 17.6 18.7 19.3 22.6 24.2 25.0 24.4 25.5 26.3 26.9 27.0 27.4 27.2 26.9 27.3 27.0 27.8 27.5 27.7 28.1 27.8 28.6 28.0 28.7 28.7 29.1 29.1 29.3
% OF TOTAL FLEET 82.9 81.5 80.8 71.2 71.6 70.2 69.8 74.0 71.7 67.4 61.6 61.8 61.7 57.3 59.1 57.5 59.4 61.7 62.7 70.0 63.6 65.7 66.2 64.6 55.2 64.9 52.3 63.6
CURB WEIGHT, LB 3913 3569 3391 3075 3101 3002 3153 3031 3033 2977 2982 3025 3062 3060 3071 3100 3046 3098 3146 3111 3143 3119 3124 3132 3168 3166 3161 3277
EQUIVALENT TEST WEIGHT, LB 4192 3850 3698 3370 3390 3291 3447 3324 3349 3283 3270 3278 3362 3339 3359 3407 3341 3404 3432 3413 3440 3421 3432 3436 3463 3458 3461 3578
ROOMINESS, CU.FT. 116 116 115 110 114 113 115 112 113 111 116 112 113 113 113 113 112 112 113 111 111 111 111 112 112 112 113 114
N/V 34.3 34.9 35.7 37.8 36.7 36.7 34.9 36.4 35.4 35.9 35.7 35.3 35.2 35.1 34.8 34.4 35.4 34.2 34.4 33.9 34.0 34.6 34.4 34.5 33.5 34.4 33.4 33.6
DYNO HP   10.8 11.7 9.7 9.5 8.9 8.9 8.4 8.3 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.8 6.7 6.7 10.0 11.6 11.8 10.9 12.2 12.1
DISPLACEMENT, CU.IN. 315 290 270 215 211 197 211 199 200 192 190 189 190 192 191 192 184 188 188 178 180 174 176 176 179 174 181 180
S.I. DPL, CU.IN. 315 290 269 211 203 193 210 199 200 192 190 189 190 192 191 192 184 188 188 178 180 174 176 176 179 174 181 180
DIESEL DPL, CU.IN. N/A 350 328 350 342 320 314 205 186 122 122    ---    ---    ---    ---    ---    ---    ---    ---    ---    ---    ---    ---    ---    ---    ---    ---    ---
HP/CURB WEIGHT, HP/LB 0.0369 0.0371 0.0379 0.0355 0.0341 0.0347 0.0356 0.0365 0.0378 0.0391 0.0403 0.0418 0.0436 0.0458 0.0438 0.0448 0.0456 0.0484 0.0493 0.0500 0.0502 0.0511 0.0530 0.0524 0.0535 0.0543 0.0548 0.0539
CID/ETW 0.075 0.075 0.073 0.064 0.062 0.060 0.061 0.060 0.060 0.058 0.058 0.057 0.055 0.057 0.056 0.056 0.054 0.054 0.053 0.051 0.051 0.050 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.051 0.051
TFC/IW, GAL/MI/LB E-5 1.36 1.38 1.42 1.33 1.26 1.24 1.21 1.21 1.17 1.15 1.16 1.13 1.11 1.13 1.10 1.10 1.09 1.09 1.07 1.05 1.05 1.04 1.05 1.03 1.02 1.01 0.99 0.97
FUEL CONS/ROOMINESS,  GAL/MI/CU.FT. E-3 0.493 0.460 0.457 0.408 0.373 0.360 0.362 0.364 0.351 0.343 0.340 0.328 0.332 0.333 0.329 0.332 0.325 0.332 0.325 0.321 0.324 0.323 0.325 0.317 0.316 0.312 0.308 0.305
ROOMINESS/CURB WT, CU.FT./LB 0.0299 0.0331 0.0345 0.0365 0.0378 0.0385 0.0374 0.0376 0.0379 0.0378 0.0398 0.0378 0.0373 0.0373 0.0371 0.0368 0.0374 0.0365 0.0362 0.0361 0.0356 0.0358 0.0357 0.036 0.0357 0.0358 0.0354 0.0351
% DIESELS 0.0 0.5 1.4 3.0 5.6 3.8 1.3 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
% TURBO/SUPERCHARGED ENGINES   0.2 0.9 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 2.0 3.1 3.2 3.5 2.2 1.9 1.2 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.5 1.3 1.2 3.9 4.4 4.0 0.0 0.08 0.21
% FRONT WHEEL DRIVE   2.5 4.4 21.4 32.4 44.4 41.0 50.3 59.3 67.9 68.8 78.8 75.5 79.6 83.3 87.7 86.0 85.0 84.5 86.9 87.8 90.9 90.9 88.8 89.9 91.5 87.4 90.1
% AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS   95.7 91.9 84.4 85.5 85.5 89.4 87.0 89.1 87.8 89.7 90.6 91.4 92.7 91.0 91.8 87.4 89.0 89.8 88.5 91.4 90.4 90.8 90.8 92.0 92.0 86.8 88.3
% AUTO TRANS HAVING LOCKUP 0.0 9.6 8.7 31.5 50.3 89.7 87.2 89.0 87.0 89.2 84.6 93.5 92.9 93.4 94.1 92.8 93.3 95.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.0 99.8 99.9 99.6 100.0 100.0 99.7
% FUEL INJECTION   26.5 37.7 56.8 70.2 82.4 93.6 98.4 99.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100
AVERAGE WHEELBASE   104.8 105.4 104.6 105.0 106 106.3 106.4 106.0 105.8 106.9 106.6 106.0 107.1 107.3
% ELECTRIC         0.04 0.0 0.003 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 
MARKET SEGMENTS
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% TWO SEATER   0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.7 0.4 2.6 1.7 1.9 1.5 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.1
% MINICOMPACT   3.8 1.9 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.1
% SUBCOMPACT   9.9 22.4 28.4 15.6 14.4 10.9 12.7 10.0 10.4 7.81 6.7 7.8 7.7 17.2 15.3 14.4 17.9 8.9 6.4 7.2 10.4 14.7 16.0 8.0 6.8 5.7 3.3
% COMPACT   16.5 6.6 17.6 15.0 21.3 21.2 28.6 28.3 30.5 33.7 40.2 31.4 31.3 26.2 27.7 31.7 29.5 36.1 44.7 39.3 35.8 35.1 31.7 36.9 33.5 31.7 28.4
% MID-SIZE   42.9 39.8 35.6 51.0 43.7 45.5 38.1 38.4 38.5 36.8 31.8 39.0 40.2 36.3 35.8 37.8 30.0 33.5 29.7 33.3 35.4 30.8 23.5 26.6 34.9 33.2 43.9
% LARGE   26.6 28.9 15.2 17.8 17.9 22.0 18.0 21.5 18.8 20.1 20.2 21.3 20.2 19.9 20.8 15.6 22.1 21.1 18.7 19.9 18.2 18.6 28.1 27.7 23.4 27.6 23.1
 
CAFE BY MARKET SEGMENT
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TWO SEATER   16.9 15.7 16.5 17.5 28.6 31.2 27.3 26.7 26.9 27.6 26.8 23.1 23.2 22.7 22.7 22.4 22.2 22.5 24.1 24.6 22.1 23.2 23.2 23.8 23.3 23.8 23.8
MINICOMPACT   23.2 25.4 28.1     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     - 28.0     - - 26.6 27.2 27.2
SUBCOMPACT   21.5 22.6 25.4 26.5 25.4 25.5 25.9 26.4 26.2 26.0 25.6 25.3 27.7 29.6 30.0 29.7 29.4 26.6 27.3 28.3 29.1 31.1 31.5 29.4 27.9 26.3 25.2
COMPACT   20.4 19.1 24.0 27.9 29.8 28.9 29.5 29.9 29.4 29.6 29.5 30.1 29.4 30.2 29.0 30.7 30.4 31.6 31.4 31.3 31.0 30.1 30.9 31.7 32.9 32.7 32.2
MID-SIZE   18.9 19.0 21.1 23.3 24.2 24.0 24.0 24.9 26.0 26.1 26.8 26.6 26.2 26.4 25.9 26.2 25.9 25.9 26.4 26.3 27.0 26.4 26.4 26.8 27.8 28.1 29.1
LARGE   16.9 17.3 19.8 21.0 20.5 20.2 20.5 22.2 23.7 23.4 23.9 23.9 23.6 23.7 23.9 24.3 23.9 24.5 24.5 24.7 24.7 24.8 26.2 25.8 26.6 25.9 26.0