MOTORCYCLE IMPORTS REPRESENT THE MAJORITY OF U.S. MOTORCYCLE SALES. OF THE 1,050,000 MOTORCYCLES IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES IN 1977, 75% WERE IMPORTED FROM JAPAN, 12% FROM EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, AND 1% FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

au.S. Motorcycle Imports, Werner C. Single, Foreign Trade Services, W. New York, New Jersey.

bMotorized bicycles.

CMIC estimate derived by adjusting new-motorcycle registrations for U.S. brands (R. L. Polk & Co., Detroit, Mich.) and information offered by Kawasaki Motors Corporation, Lincoln, Nebr.

Source:

Motorcycle Industry Council, Inc., 1978 Motorcycle Statistical
Annual, Newport Beach, Calif.

THE RECENT GROWTH IN THE OUTPUT OF FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLES COUPLED WITH THE RISE IN POPULARITY OF LIGHT TRUCKS HAS COUNTER IMPLICATIONS FOR FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

Table 1.46 U.S. Four-Wheel-Drive Model Year Output by
Makes and Class, 1974 through 1977

Source: H. A. Stark (ed.), Ward's 1978 Automotive Yearbook, 40th ed., Ward's Communications, Inc., Detroit, 1978, p. 59; Ward's 1977 Automotive Yearbook, p. 59; Ward's 1976 Automotive Yearbook,

SNOWMOBILE SALES REACHED A PEAK DURING THE 1971-72 SELLING SEASON AND THEN DECLINED. HOWEVER, SALES OF NEW SNOWMOBILES WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 220,000 FOR THE 1977-78 WINTER SEASON, AN INCREASE FROM 1976-77 OF

NEARLY 12.8%. THIS INCREASE IS DUE IN PART TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF 75,000 MILES OF PUBLIC SNOWMOBILE TRAILS IN THE UNITED STATES.

Snowmobile Sales by Selling Season, 1963 through 1978.

Source:

H. A. Stark (ed.), Ward's 1978 Automotive Yearbook, 40th ed.,
Ward's Communications, Inc., Detroit, 1978, p. 60.
source: International Snowmobile Industry Association.)

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