This is a list of the biggest motor vehicle manufacturers by annual sales or production, compiled using data from F&I Tools USA (2018 onwards) and the Organisation internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles (OICA) (2001–2017).
2018–2024 worldwide car sales
As OICA stopped publishing statistics of motor vehicle production by manufacturer post-2017, numbers for 2018 onward only include sales by the manufacturer.
2021–2024
BYD entered the top 10 and Changan and Geely increased sales. Tesla entered the top 15 in 2023 then fell out in 2024.
2018–2020
All ten largest automakers by production as of 2017 remained in the top 10 before the 2021 merger between Fiat-Chrysler and the PSA Group.
2001–2017 production volumes
These figures from OICA include a variety of vehicle types, defined as follows:[5]
This classification ensures that production statistics are comparable across countries and manufacturers.
- Passenger cars: Vehicles with at least four wheels, primarily used to transport passengers, with no more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat.
- Light commercial vehicles (LCVs): Vehicles with at least four wheels, mainly for transporting goods, with a maximum mass ranging between 3.5 and 7 tons depending on national definitions. Minibuses also fall into this category; they are used for passenger transport, contain more than eight seats in addition to the driver, and have a maximum mass within the same range.
- Heavy trucks (HCVs): Vehicles designed to carry goods above the mass limits of light commercial vehicles, including tractor units for towing semi-trailers.
- Buses and coaches: Vehicles for passenger transport with more than eight seats beyond the driver, and a maximum mass exceeding the limits defined for light commercial vehicles.
Production overview
Motor vehicle production by manufacturer (top five groups)
The summary chart includes the five largest worldwide automotive manufacturing groups as of 2017 by number of vehicles produced. Those same groups held the top 5 positions 2007 to 2019; Hyundai Motor Group had a lower rank until it took the fifth spot in 2007 from the at that time split German-American auto manufacturer DaimlerChrysler, while Ford became surpassed by Honda in 2020, and even Nissan in 2021, before surpassing them again in 2022. Figures were compiled by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) before the year 2018: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.
- The Toyota group includes Lexus, Daihatsu, and Hino.[6]
- The Hyundai Motor Group includes Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis.
- The Volkswagen Group includes VW, Audi, SEAT, Skoda and luxury brands.[7]
- The General Motors group includes GM Korea, formerly Daewoo, since 2005, Saab until 2009[11] (sold to Spyker in January 2010),[12] SAIC-GM-Wuling until 2014, and Opel and Vauxhall until 2016 (sold to Groupe PSA in 2017 and subsequently owned by Stellantis in 2021).[13]
- The Ford group includes Jaguar Land Rover 2000 to 2007[14] (sold to Tata in 2008)[15] and Volvo 1999 to 2009[16] (sold to Geely in 2010).[17]
2015–2017
This is a list of largest manufacturers by production in 2015,[18] 2016,[19] (some figures were amended in the 2017 report) and 2017.[20]
2014
Rank of manufacturers by production in 2014[22]
2013
Rank of manufacturers by production in 2013[23]
2012
Rank of manufacturers by production in 2012[24]
2011
2010
2009
2008
This is a list of the 20 largest automotive manufacturers, ranked by their production volume in 2008.[25]
2007
This is a list of the 20 largest automotive manufacturers, ranked by their production volume in 2007.[26]
2006
This is a list of the 20 largest automotive manufacturers, ranked by their production volume in 2006.[27]
2005
This is a list of the 20 largest automotive manufacturers, ranked by their production volume in 2005.[31]
2003–2004
This is a list of the 15 largest automakers by production in 2003 and 2004.
2002
This is a list of the 15 largest automakers by production in 2002.
2001
This is a list of the 15 largest automakers by production in 2001.
See also
- Automotive industry
- List of countries by motor vehicle production
- List of countries by motor vehicle production in the 2000s
- List of countries by motor vehicle production in the 2010s
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