Americans' total annual driving mileage in 1999 equaled 14,000 roundtrips to the sun - a total of 2.6 trillion miles, according to Automotive Industry Status Report 2000 from the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA). That's an annual average of 12,816 miles per vehicle.
The number of miles Americans drive each year has nearly doubled since 1980 - from just under 1.5 trillion in 1980 to 2.6 trillion in 1999.
MEMA's third annual comprehensive automotive industry report, the Automotive Industry Status Report 2000, illustrates its detailed analysis with numerous charts and graphs.