CUV Sector Booming: By 2009, CUVs will be No.1 N. American segment

摘要

Cross/utility vehicles will leapfrog four segment groups to become the highest-volume sector in North America in terms of production by 2009, according to Wards AutoForecasts. Sales, including imports, should follow suit. Output of CUVs is forecast to account for 12.4% of North American light-vehicle production this year, up from 10.9% last year and 9.0% in 2004. By 2009, annual CUV output will equal nearly 21% of light-vehicle production, or about one in five vehicles assembled. Right now, pickups are the leading segment group in terms of production. Pickup output totaled 3.562 million in 2005, or 21.1% of the light-vehicle total.