Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
05-08-2000
Record year for auto industry
   With the automakers’ results now in, 1999 will be logged into the record books as the best year for vehicle sales ever, with total sales reaching 17,561,185 units.

GM was the top seller with 4,947,359 vehicles sold, representing a 28.2 percent market share. Trucks and SUVs again topped the sales charts with six ranking in the top ten best-selling vehicles including the number-one Ford F-Series pickup.