| Table 8-5 |
| Demand for New Passenger Cars in the United States, 1971 to 1986 |
| Year | Y | X2 | X3 | X4 | X5 | X6 |
| 1971 | 10227 | 112 | 121.3 | 776.8 | 4.89 | 79367 |
| 1972 | 10872 | 111 | 125.3 | 839.6 | 4.55 | 82153 |
| 1973 | 11350 | 111.1 | 133.1 | 949.8 | 7.38 | 85064 |
| 1974 | 8775 | 117.5 | 147.7 | 1038.4 | 8.61 | 86794 |
| 1975 | 8539 | 127.6 | 161.2 | 1142.8 | 6.16 | 85846 |
| 1976 | 9994 | 135.7 | 170.5 | 1252.6 | 5.22 | 88752 |
| 1977 | 11046 | 142.9 | 181.5 | 1379.3 | 5.5 | 92017 |
| 1978 | 11164 | 153.8 | 195.4 | 1551.2 | 7.78 | 96048 |
| 1979 | 10559 | 166 | 217.4 | 1729.3 | 10.25 | 98824 |
| 1980 | 8979 | 179.3 | 246.8 | 1918 | 11.28 | 99303 |
| 1981 | 8535 | 190.2 | 272.4 | 2127.6 | 13.73 | 100397 |
| 1982 | 7980 | 197.6 | 289.1 | 2261.4 | 11.2 | 99526 |
| 1983 | 9179 | 202.6 | 298.4 | 2428.1 | 8.69 | 100834 |
| 1984 | 10394 | 208.5 | 311.1 | 2670.6 | 9.65 | 105005 |
| 1985 | 11039 | 215.2 | 322.2 | 2841.1 | 7.75 | 107150 |
| 1986 | 11450 | 224.4 | 328.4 | 3022.1 | 6.31 | 109597 |
| Notes: Y = New passenger cars sold (thousands), seasonally unadjusted |
| X2 = New cars Consumer Price Index (1967 = 100), seasonally |
| unadjusted |
| X3 = Consumer Price Index, all items, all urban consumers (1967 = 100), |
| seasonally unadjusted |
| X4 = Personal disposable income (PDI) ($, in billions), unadjusted for |
| seasonal variation |
| X5 = Interest rate (percent), finance company paper placed directly |
| X6 = Employed civilian labor force (thousands), unadjusted for seasonal |
| variation |
| Source: Business Statistics, 1986, a Supplement to the Current Survey of |
| Business, U.S. Department of Commerce. |
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