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 & Country sales, Chrysler grabbed the number two spot beneath its twin, the Dodge Caravan family. Overall Chrysler Group minivan sales grew 5.3% to 407,530 units from 386,664 in 2004, increasing the duo's market share in the sector from 34.8% to 36.7%.


Complete U.S. Minivan Market Sales Figures - 2004 Year End
Complete U.S. Minivan Market Sales Figures - 2006 Year End


Overall, domestic manufacturers owned 59.4% of the U.S. minivan market in 2005 with losses of 5515 units, year-over-year. Ford Motor Company minivan volume was down to 85,751 units from 120,979, a 29.1% drop. General Motors minivan sales jumped 5.6% to 166,016 from 157,169.

6.5% of the U.S. auto industry's 2005 volume was generated by 19 minivans, down slightly from the 6.6% earned in 2004. U.S. auto sales were up 0.5% in 2005, the year the Mazda 5 arrived.

In 2013? Americans registered 532,357 minivans. The drop-outs compared with 2005 were numerous, and Chrysler/Dodge combined to own 46.3% of the segment, a segment that saw the Honda Odyssey claim best seller status, a segment which owned just 3.4% of the overall new vehicle market.

Complete 2005 sales figures for every minivan sold in the U.S. are below.

Click Column Headers To Sort Minivans By Volume Or % Change
Minivan
2005
2004

Change
Buick Terraza
20,288
2137
849%
Chevrolet Astro *
19,215
34,564
-44.4%
Chevrolet Uplander
72,980
3948
1749%
Chevrolet Venture
7029
66,522
-89.4%
Chrysler Town & Country
180,759
144,357
25.2%
Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan
226,771
242,307
-6.4%
Ford Freestar
77,585
100,622
-22.9%
Ford Windstar
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2950
-100%
GMC Safari *
3436
8345
-58.8%
Honda Odyssey
174,275
154,238
13.0%
Kia Sedona
52,837
61,149
-13.6%
Mazda 5
4761
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Mazda MPV
17,634
24,860
-29.1%
Mercury Monterey
8166
17,407
-53.1%
Nissan Quest
40,357
46,430
-13.1%
Oldsmobile Silhouette
139
6461
-97.8%
Pontiac Montana
3732
31,411
-88.1%
Pontiac Montana SV6
23,439
2218
957%
Saturn Relay
15,758
1563
908%
Toyota Sienna
161,380
159,119
1.4%
Volkswagen EuroVan
---
209
-100%
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Total
1,110,541
1,110,817 -0.02%
Source: Automakers & ANDC
* clearly partly commercial-oriented

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