Contents
- US motor vehicle production statistics: annual U.S. vehicle totals
- US motor vehicle production statistics: quarterly assembly rates
- US motor vehicle production statistics: monthly assembly rates
- US motor vehicle production statistics: auto and truck assembly rates
- US motor vehicle production statistics: light-truck assembly rates
- Reading the production figures together
- Sources
US motor vehicle production statistics: annual U.S. vehicle totals
The United States produced 10,892,884 motor vehicles in 2019, according to the OICA country and region production table. The reported total fell to 9,157,205 in 2021, then rose in each of the following two years before easing in 2024 and 2025.
| Calendar year | U.S. motor vehicles produced |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 10,892,884 |
| 2021 | 9,157,205 |
| 2022 | 10,052,958 |
| 2023 | 10,639,140 |
| 2024 | 10,522,394 |
| 2025 | 10,243,844 |
Source: OICA, World Motor Vehicle Production by Country/Region and Type, USA row, “ALL VEHICLES,” YTD columns for each calendar year.
Across the available observations, 2021 is the lowest total, while 2019 is the highest. Production increased by about 9.8% from 2021 to 2022 and by a further 5.8% in 2023. It then decreased about 1.1% in 2024 and 2.6% in 2025. These percentages are calculated from the annual totals shown above; they describe the changes between those reported years.
The 2025 total was about 5.9% below 2019 and about 11.9% above 2021. This comparison gives a longer view than a single recent year: the 2025 figure is lower than the 2019 total, but remains above the 2021 observation. The supplied OICA table does not provide a U.S. total for 2020, so the series shown here skips that year rather than implying a continuous annual record.
OICA reports these as calendar-year vehicle production units under “ALL VEHICLES.” This measure is useful for comparing the listed annual totals, but it does not identify the U.S. counts for individual vehicle types in the supplied evidence. It should also be kept distinct from the Federal Reserve assembly rates below, which are seasonally adjusted annual rates rather than actual units produced during a calendar year.
US motor vehicle production statistics: quarterly assembly rates
The Federal Reserve’s G.17 Table 3 reports U.S. motor vehicle assemblies in millions of units at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, or SAAR. The total assembly rate was 9.73 million in 2025 Q4. It rose to 10.35 million in 2026 Q1, reached 10.92 million in Q2, and eased to 10.57 million in Q3.
| Quarter | Total assembly rate (million units, SAAR) |
|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 9.73 |
| 2026 Q1 | 10.35 |
| 2026 Q2 | 10.92 |
| 2026 Q3 | 10.57 |
Source: Federal Reserve, Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization (G.17), Table 3: Motor Vehicle Assemblies, Total row.
From Q4 2025 to Q2 2026, the reported rate increased by 1.19 million units SAAR, or roughly 12.2%. The Q3 rate then stood 0.35 million below Q2, a decrease of about 3.2%. The sequence therefore records a rise over the first half of 2026 followed by a partial retreat in the third quarter, not a steady increase throughout the period.
SAAR puts the seasonally adjusted pace for a quarter on an annualized scale. It is not a count of the units assembled in that quarter. For example, the 10.57 million figure for 2026 Q3 means the annualized rate represented by that quarter’s adjusted pace; it does not say that 10.57 million vehicles were built in three months. This distinction matters when comparing the Federal Reserve series with OICA’s full-year production totals.
US motor vehicle production statistics: monthly assembly rates
The monthly total assembly rates provide a closer look at the movement within the third quarter of 2026 and the preceding months. The total rate was 10.76 million units SAAR in April, 11.00 million in May, and 10.99 million in June. It then moved down to 10.89 million in July, 10.61 million in August, and 10.21 million in September.
| Month, 2026 | Total assembly rate (million units, SAAR) |
|---|---|
| April | 10.76 |
| May | 11.00 |
| June | 10.99 |
| July | 10.89 |
| August | 10.61 |
| September | 10.21 |
Source: Federal Reserve, G.17 Table 3: Motor Vehicle Assemblies, Total row, monthly columns.
The listed monthly rate peaked at 11.00 million in May and was nearly unchanged in June. After June, the rate declined in each of the next three reported months, reaching 10.21 million in September. That September rate was 0.78 million, or about 7.2%, below June’s. Because these are monthly SAAR readings, the difference compares annualized rates, not the actual number of vehicles assembled in those months.
The monthly series complements the quarterly figures: the April–June observations are consistent with a higher second-quarter pace than the third-quarter pattern seen in July through September. Both views use seasonally adjusted annual rates, but one presents individual months and the other summarizes quarters. They are not separate annual production totals and should not be added together.
US motor vehicle production statistics: auto and truck assembly rates
The Federal Reserve table separates assembly rates for autos and trucks. In 2025, the annual average rate was 1.28 million units SAAR for autos and 8.88 million for trucks. The table’s memo line for autos and light trucks combined showed 9.91 million. These are annual average rates, not full-year unit counts.
The contrast between the auto and truck rows is pronounced: the reported truck rate was about 6.9 times the auto rate in 2025. The combined autos-and-light-trucks memo figure should be read according to its own category label; it is not a substitute for the table’s separate truck total, which may include truck categories beyond light trucks.
| Period | Autos (million units, SAAR) | Trucks (million units, SAAR) | Autos and light trucks (million units, SAAR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 average | 1.28 | 8.88 | 9.91 |
| 2025 Q4 | — | — | 9.50 |
| 2026 Q1 | 1.19 | 9.16 | — |
| 2026 Q2 | 1.27 | — | 10.62 |
| 2026 Q3 | 1.14 | 9.43 | — |
Source: Federal Reserve, G.17 Table 3: Motor Vehicle Assemblies, Autos, Trucks, and “Autos and light trucks” memo rows. Dashes indicate periods for which the cited observations do not provide a value in this selection.
The reported auto rate rose from 1.19 million in 2026 Q1 to 1.27 million in Q2, then declined to 1.14 million in Q3. Truck assembly was 9.16 million in Q1 and 9.43 million in Q3. The supplied quarterly observations do not give a truck figure for Q2, so they do not establish a continuous quarter-by-quarter truck trend for the entire period.
The combined autos-and-light-trucks rate increased from 9.50 million in 2025 Q4 to 10.62 million in 2026 Q2. Since the Q4 and Q2 observations are separated by Q1, this comparison describes the endpoints only; it does not show a value for every quarter along the way. Across rows, the table indicates how category-specific assembly rates differ, while retaining the same SAAR unit convention.
US motor vehicle production statistics: light-truck assembly rates
Light trucks make up a separately reported portion of the Federal Reserve’s truck assembly series. Their annual average rate was 8.63 million units SAAR in 2025. The rate was 8.31 million in 2025 Q4, then 8.92 million in 2026 Q1 and 9.35 million in Q2, before easing to 9.09 million in Q3.
| Period | Light-truck assembly rate (million units, SAAR) |
|---|---|
| 2025 average | 8.63 |
| 2025 Q4 | 8.31 |
| 2026 Q1 | 8.92 |
| 2026 Q2 | 9.35 |
| 2026 Q3 | 9.09 |
| July 2026 | 9.42 |
| August 2026 | 9.38 |
| September 2026 | 8.81 |
Source: Federal Reserve, G.17 Table 3: Motor Vehicle Assemblies, Trucks section, Light row.
The quarterly light-truck rate rose by 1.04 million units SAAR from 2025 Q4 to 2026 Q2, then fell by 0.26 million in Q3. Within the third quarter, the monthly rate was 9.42 million in July, 9.38 million in August, and 8.81 million in September. The monthly readings show the rate declining across those three months, with September 0.61 million below July.
These figures help clarify the truck category’s composition in the reported assembly rates, but they do not supply light-truck unit totals for each month or quarter. Nor do they establish what caused the changes. They describe the measured assembly pace in the periods listed, on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis.
Reading the production figures together
The annual OICA totals and Federal Reserve assembly rates answer related but different questions. OICA’s figures count all vehicles produced in each listed calendar year. The Federal Reserve’s table tracks assembly rates by period and category, expressed as millions of units at SAAR. One supports year-to-year comparisons of total production; the other shows how the assembly pace moved across the selected quarters and months.
Taken together, the evidence shows annual U.S. vehicle production above 10 million in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, with the 2025 total below the preceding two years. The assembly-rate observations show total pace rising from late 2025 into mid-2026 and then decreasing in Q3. In the category breakdown, truck and light-truck rates are substantially larger than the auto rate in the observations provided. Those patterns describe the values and periods reported; they do not by themselves explain changes in production or establish a forecast.