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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|
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% |
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* clearly partly commercial-oriented
