Over the last 10 years average car and light truck sales were 14.5M/year. Even in 2008-2010 annual sales never dipped below 10M. Detailed stats - https://www.

Over the last 10 years average car and light truck sales were 14.5M/year. Even in 2008-2010 annual sales never dipped below 10M. Detailed stats - https://www.bea.gov/national/xls/gap_hist.xlsx https://www.bea.gov/national/xls/gap_hist.xlsx