Cars & Motor Vehicles

The World's Leading Manufacturers in 2007 by Global Vehicle Production (inc sub-brands)

General Motors (9.3m vehicles) Suzuki (2.6m vehicles)
Toyota (8.5m vehicles) Chrysler (2.5m vehicles)
Volkswagen (6.3m vehicles) Daimler (2.1m vehicles)
Ford (6.2m vehicles) BMW (1.5m vehicles)
Honda (3.9m vehicles) Mitsubishi Motors (1.4m vehicles)
PSA Peugeot-Citroen (3.5m vehicles) Kia (1.4m vehicles)
Nissan (3.4m vehicles) Mazda (1.4m vehicles)
Fiat (2.7m vehicles) Daihatsu (0.9m vehicles)
Renault (2.7m vehicles) Avtovaz (0.7m vehicles)
Hyundai (2.6m vehicles) FAW (0.7m vehicles)

Source: OICA 

Global Car Sales 2005

North America: 20,542,000 vehicles South America: 2,790,000
Europe: 21,050,000 Mid-East/Africa: 2,189,000
Asia-Pacific: 18,240,000  Total Global: 64,811,000

Top 20 Car & Light Truck Brands in US in 2001 by market share

Ford (19.2% share) Buick (2.4%) (General Motors)
Chevrolet (15.6%) (General Motors) Volkswagen (2.1%)
Toyota (8.8%) Hyundai (2.0%)
Dodge (7.3%) (DaimlerChrysler) Mitsubishi (1.9%)
Honda (6.0%) Mercury (1.8%) (Ford Motors)
Nissan (3.7%) Mazda (1.6%)
Pontiac (3.5%) (General Motors)  Saturn (1.5%) (General Motors)
GMC (3.1%) (General Motors) Oldsmobile (1.4%) (General Motors)
Chrysler (3.1%) (DaimlerChrysler) Lexus (1.3%) (Toyota)
Jeep (2.7%) (DaimlerChrysler) Kia (1.3%)

Source: Automotive News

Top 10 Luxury Car Brands in US in 2002 by units sold

Lexus (234,000 units) Lincoln (150,000)
BMW (232,000) Volvo (111,000)
Mercedes Benz (216,000) Infiniti (88,000)
Cadillac (200,000) Audi (86,000)
Acura (166,000) Jaguar (61,000)

Top 10 Car Brands in Europe in 2005 (passenger and light commercial)

Renault (1,985,000 registrations) Fiat (1,163,000)
Volkswagen (1,852,000) Citroen (1,179,000)
Ford (1,694,000) Mercedes Benz (967,000)
Opel/Vauxhall (1,601,000) Toyota (963,000)
Peugeot (1,377,000) Lada (831,000)

Top 10 Passenger Car Brands in the UK in 2006 by market share

  units market
share
    units market
share
Ford 344,408 14.69 Toyota 117,819 5.02
Vauxhall 301,679 12.87   BMW 115,616 4.93
Volkswagen 189,959 8.10 Citroen 95,575 4.08
Renault 138,094 5.89   Honda 97,728 4.17
Peugeot 144,132 6.15 Nissan 85,494 3.65

Source: SMMT

Top 20 Passenger Car Brands in France in 2005 by registrations

Renault (524,415 units) Ford (103,587)
Peugeot (362,157) Toyota (87,406)
Citroen (271,273) Mercedes (54,628)
Volkswagen (135,975) Fiat (46,154)
Opel (106,454) Audi (44,283)

Top Car Brands in Other European Markets in 2005 by market share (passenger and light commercial)

Germany Italy Spain
Volkswagen (18.5%) Fiat (23.2%) Renault (12.5%)
Mercedes (11.7%) Ford (7.3%) Citroen (10.9%)
Opel (10.0%) Opel (7.2%) Peugeot (9.3%)

Other Major Car & Vehicle Companies profiled by Adbrands

Harley-Davidson Holden
GM Daewoo MG Rover
Caterpillar Porsche
Volvo Group Fuji Heavy Vehicles (Subaru) 

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