Minivan Sales In America - 2003 Year End

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.

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• Complete U.S. Minivan Market Sales Figures - 2004 Year End

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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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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%
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Total	1,074,681	1,134,794	-5.3%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* clearly partly commercial-oriented