Place 2017	Place 2016	Manufacturer	Sold in 2017	Sold in 2016	Difference	Market share 2017	Market share 2016
1	1	Volkswagen Group	10.377.478	10.030.440	3,5%	11,0%	10,9%
2	2	Toyota M.C.	10.176.362	10.007.207	1,7%	10,8%	10,9%
3	3	Renault Nissan Alliance	10.075.185	9.504.725	6,0%	10,7%	10,3%
4	4	Hyundai-Kia	7.246.003	7.940.022	-8,7%	7,7%	8,6%
5	5	General Motors	6.861.601	6.834.317	0,4%	7,3%	7,4%
6	6	Ford M.C.	6.243.891	6.345.109	-1,6%	6,6%	6,9%
7	7	Honda M.C.	5.323.537	4.950.068	7,5%	5,7%	5,4%
8	8	F.C.A.	4.791.661	4.776.789	0,3%	5,1%	5,2%
9	9	P.S.A.	4.106.791	4.274.662	-3,9%	4,4%	4,6%
10	10	Suzuki	3.155.619	2.826.964	11,6%	3,3%	3,1%
11	11	Mercedes Benz	2.638.826	2.452.026	7,6%	2,8%	2,7%
12	12	BMW	2.456.511	2.385.085	3,0%	2,6%	2,6%
13	15	Geely Group	1.925.955	1.406.112	37,0%	2,0%	1,5%
14	13	SAIC Motor	1.803.877	1.722.743	4,7%	1,9%	1,9%
15	14	Mazda	1.575.796	1.529.757	3,0%	1,7%	1,7%
16	16	ChangAn	1.426.965	1.400.812	1,9%	1,5%	1,5%
17	19	Dongfeng Motor	1.090.215	1.052.679	3,6%	1,2%	1,1%
18	17	BAIC	1.083.021	1.228.695	-11,9%	1,1%	1,3%
19	20	Fuji Heavy Industries	1.056.929	1.011.567	4,5%	1,1%	1,1%
20	21	GM-SAIC-Wuling	1.017.662	760.292	33,9%	1,1%	0,8%
21	18	Great Wall Motors	1.006.322	1.090.841	-7,7%	1,1%	1,2%
22	22	Tata	828.240	759.989	9,0%	0,9%	0,8%
23	23	Chery Automobile	648.390	689.401	-5,9%	0,7%	0,7%
24	31	GAC Group	510.048	392.856	29,8%	0,5%	0,4%
25	24	Jack Motors	444.657	598.094	-25,7%	0,5%	0,6%

Here's what the world's top ten automakers look like at the end of 2017. Despite the fact that it includes only Japanese, American, South Korean and European companies, the largest increase in productivity was demonstrated by the Chinese Geely. Thanks to success in its domestic market in China, as well as the acquisition of control of Malaysian brand Piton and British luxury brand Lotos, it sold 37% more cars (1.9 million units) compared to last year and ranked 13th.

10. Suzuki

According to last year's results, the Japanese automaker sold 3.1 million cars. Compared to 2016, sales of Suzuki cars soared by 11.6%. This was supported by successful sales in the Japanese domestic market and in India, where the Maruti-Suzuki subsidiary controls almost half (45.5%) of the fast-growing automobile industry. However, the Japanese car brand is also strong in Europe thanks to a wave of new products such as the Ignis and Baleno.

9.PSA

The acquisition of Opel placed the French car manufacturer in ninth place in the ranking of the most successful automakers. It has 4.79 million sales, which is 3.9% worse than in 2016.

Since 2012, the PSMA Rus plant has been operating in Russia, which produces cars through the full production cycle. It produces not only light trucks, but also sedans such as the Peugeot 408 and Citroen C4 Sedan, as well as SUVs under the Mitsubishi brand - Outlander and Pajero Sport.

8. FCA

The Italian-American company reported 4.79 million vehicle sales, which is 0.3% higher than in 2016. One of the best-selling models in the West is the Fiat 500. This hatchback is not very popular on the Russian market, but owners speak about it exclusively in a positive tone. And the super popular Fiat car in Italy is the Panda.

7.Honda MC

Showing steady growth, the Japanese company sold 5.3 million cars last year - 7.5% more than in 2016. Its Honda CR-V SUV, Honda Accord sedan and Honda Civic hatchback are among the best-selling passenger cars in the world.

6. Ford MC

Although the American company took sixth place in the list of the largest automobile companies, its sales figures worsened compared to 2016 (6.2 million units versus 6.3 million units, respectively). This is due to personnel changes - CEO Mark Fields was fired from Ford. Under him, Ford showed less determination and agility than its main competitor, General Motors.

When it comes to the most popular models, the Ford F-Series pickup continues to dominate its class thanks to its untouchable position in the United States. And the Ford Focus is one of the best-selling cars in the world.

However, the biggest loser of 2017 is the Ford Fusion, which lost almost a third of global sales.

5. General Motors

Having completed the sale of Opel (along with its subsidiary Vauxhall brand) to PSA, General Motors moved from 4th to 5th place in the ranking of the world's largest automakers in 2018. It sold 6.86 million units, an increase of 0.4%, and this does not include sales of Opel cars.

4. Hyundai-Kia

Another manufacturer that is fighting for the Chinese market, but is experiencing big problems due to anti-South Korean sentiment in the country after increasing tensions between the two Koreas. While sales of Hyundai-Kia vehicles rose in other countries, they fell 26% in China. In total, in 2017 the company sold 7.2 million cars, which is 8.7% lower than in 2016.

3. Renault-Nissan

The Franco-Japanese alliance opens the top three in the production of passenger cars. The alliance owes much of its record sales to its merger with Mitsubishi Motors in 2016. In total, over 10 million cars were sold in 2017, an increase of 6% compared to last year’s ranking.

2.Toyota Motor

The Japanese company again fell short of first place in global car sales. For the second year in a row, it loses the palm to the German Volkswagen.

Global sales of Toyota vehicles in 2017 amounted to a record 10.17 million units, which is 1.6% more than in 2016.

The lag behind Volkswagen was mainly due to mixed results in emerging markets, especially China, where the German automaker increased volume by 5.1% to 4.18 million vehicles.

While Toyota's sales in Europe and China rose, figures for the Middle East and the US fell by 14.9% and 0.6% respectively.

At the same time, the Japanese do not intend to purposefully achieve greater volumes, fearing that this could deteriorate the quality of the cars they produce. In 2018, the company plans to sell 10.49 million cars. At the same time, it is expected that Japanese sales will fall by 5% due to the fact that interest in new (for now) versions will decrease, but overseas sales will increase by 3%.

1.Volkswagen Group

The leader of the top 10 most successful automakers was the German Volkswagen, which produces one of the In 2017, it sold 10.37 million cars, improving its performance by 3.5% compared to 2016. And this despite the “diesel scandal”, in which the German automaker pleaded guilty to deliberately understating emissions from diesel cars. Because of it, in 2015, Volkswagen recalled over 480 passenger cars sold in the United States. And at the beginning of 2017, he agreed with the US authorities on a fine of $4.3 billion.

Russian owners of cars manufactured by Volkswagen were not affected by the environmental scandal due to differences in the laws of America and Russia.

In 2017, a struggle broke out in the automobile market between two large automobile corporations - the German manufacturer Volkswagen and the Japanese manufacturer Toyota.

In 2016, the German company won. This year, based on the results of the first 4 months, the Japanese manufacturer was in the lead. In January-April, Toyota sold 40 thousand more cars than the Germans. Toyota is an automaker that sells the most popular cars in the world.

1.Toyota

The manufacturer is part of the Toyota Group. The Toyota brand is associated with it. The company began its activities with the production of automatic weaving looms.
After the war, commercial passenger cars of the SA type were produced. In 1950, a separate company was founded that specialized in sales - Toyota Motor Sales Co. In April 1956, a dealer company was created, and in 1957 -

Toyota Crown has taken a leading position in exports to the United States. The company expanded rapidly in the 1960s. The first car was produced outside of Japan. It rolled off the production line in 1963 in Melbourne. The products are the best-selling in Japan. In 1992, cars accounted for up to 40%.

2.Volkswagen

In second position is the German concern, whose headquarters are located in the city of Wolfsburg. The parent company of the concern is VAG. The automaker includes 342 companies that produce cars and sell them.

In September 2011, Porsche held a 50.73% stake. Based on the results of 9 months of 2009, the concern was the largest manufacturer of cars. It is ranked 14th on the Fortune Global 500.

3. Renault-Nissan

The third position is occupied by the Renault-Nissan alliance. This French-Japanese joint venture is 110 thousand cars behind the leader in the ranking.
In October 2016, MMC announced that Nissan had completed a deal to purchase a 34% stake in MMC.

Thus, he became a major shareholder of the company.
According to statistics, in the first half of 2017 the alliance took a leading position in car sales. This achievement was ensured by joining the Mitsubishi Motors alliance in 2016.

In March 2012, Nissan announced the resumption of production of the budget car of the Datsun brand by 2014. In 2012, a program for assembling the Nissan Almera Classic was launched.

4. Central Motors

The American concern General Motors is in 4th position. This large automobile corporation was created more than 70 years ago. At the end of 2014, the company took 3rd place in the world in terms of the number of cars sold. Production is established in 35 countries, and sales are in 192 countries.

The headquarters is located in Detroit. The company was formed through the merger of several automakers. The old firm was founded in 1892 under the name Olds Motor Vehicle Company.

In 1903, to avoid competition, General Motors Corporation was created, which included Olds Motor and Buick. Since 1918, the corporation included Chevrolet, and since 1920, the Canadian company McLaughlin Motor.

5. Hyundai-Kia

The top five includes the Korean Hyundai-Kia alliance. In January-April of this year, the alliance's sales fell by 10.9% compared to the same period last year.

Kia is the second automaker in South Korea and 7th in the world. It was founded in 1944 and is part of the Hyundai Motor Group. Since 2016, more than 149.6 thousand alliance vehicles have been sold in the Russian Federation.

6.Ford

This is an American auto company that produces cars under the Ford brand. It ranks 4th in the world in terms of production volumes over the entire period of its existence. Currently, Ford is the 3rd company in the US market after GM and Toyota.

It is the ninth largest public company in the world. Its headquarters are located in Dearborn, Michigan. The founder of the company is Henry Ford, and the year of creation is 1903. The company produces various passenger and commercial vehicles. The company is divided into 3 structures based on geography. Since 2006, the company has been adhering to a new strategy – “One Ford”.

7.Honda

This international company is a leading company in Japan. It is one of the top ten automakers in the world. The main production facilities are located in the USA, Japan, Brazil and India. The main sales market is the USA, Southeast Asia. The company was founded in 1948 by inventor and entrepreneur Honda.

In December 2006, the company founded a subsidiary, Honda Soltec. It specializes in the development of photovoltaic cells. In 2008, the company developed CIGS type thin-film cells based on indium, copper, and selenium. But since the company began to lag behind its competitors, it was liquidated in 2013. Due to the 2011 earthquake, the company's research center was damaged, so all factories were suspended.

8. Fiat-Chrysler

Since January 2014, after the consolidation of 100% of the shares of the American company Chrysler, the Fiat board of directors decided to create a single auto company Fiat-Chrysler. The headquarters of the alliance is located in the Netherlands.

9. Suzuki

Suzuki is in 9th position in the ranking. This is a Japanese company with headquarters in the city of Hamamatsu, and is in great demand among consumers all over the world.

The company was founded in 1909 by Michio Suzuki. It began its activities with the production of weaving looms, motorcycles and motorbikes. Since the 1930s, when demand for cars in Japan increased, the production line was expanded. Since 1937, the auto company has specialized in the production of small cars.

10. Peugeot-Citroen

The Peugeot-Citroen alliance is in 10th position. This is the main manufacturer of the French automobile industry. The parent company, Peugeot Citroen, is Europe's second largest automaker. It is a major manufacturer of passenger cars in Europe. It accounts for 18.8% of the total market.

About thirty years ago, the famous American manager Lee Iacocca said that by the beginning of the 21st century there would be only a few players left in the global automobile market. The ex-president of Chrysler and Ford saw through the trends in the further development of the automobile industry, so it is not at all surprising that his predictions are confirmed.

The world's largest automakers and alliances

At first glance, it may seem that there are many independent automakers in the world, but in fact, most auto companies belong to various groups and alliances.

Thus, Lee Iacocca was staring at the water, and today there are actually only a few automakers left in the world, dividing the entire global car market among themselves.

What brands do Ford own?

It is interesting that the companies he headed - Chrysler and Ford - the leaders of the American automobile industry, suffered the most serious losses during the economic crisis. And they had never been in such serious troubles before. Chrysler and General Motors went bankrupt, and Ford was saved only by a miracle. But the company had to pay a high price for this miracle, because as a result, Ford lost its premium division Premiere Automotive Group, which included Land Rover, Volvo and Jaguar. Moreover, Ford lost Aston Martin, a British supercar manufacturer, a controlling stake in Mazda and liquidated the Mercury brand. And today only two brands remain from the huge empire - Lincoln and Ford itself.

What brands belong to the General Motors automaker?

General Motors suffered equally serious losses. The American company lost Saturn, Hummer, SAAB, but its bankruptcy still did not prevent it from defending the Opel and Daewoo brands. Today, General Motors includes brands such as Vauxhall, Holden, GMC, Chevrolet, Cadillac and Buick. In addition, the Americans own the Russian joint venture GM-AvtoVAZ, which produces the Chevrolet Niva.

Automobile concern Fiat and Chrysler

And the American concern Chrysler now acts as a strategic partner of Fiat, which has brought under its wing such brands as Ram, Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler, Lancia, Maserati, Ferrari and Alfa Romeo.

In Europe, things are a little different than in the United States. Here, the crisis also made its own adjustments, but the position of the monsters of the European automobile industry did not change as a result.

What brands belong to the Volkswagen group?

Volkswagen is still accumulating brands. After purchasing Porsche in 2009, the Volkswagen Group now includes nine brands - Seat, Skoda, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Bentley, Porsche, Audi, truck manufacturer Scania and VW itself. There is information that this list will soon include Suzuki, 20 percent of whose shares are already owned by the Volkswagen Group.

Brands that belong to Daimler AG and BMW Group

As for the other two “Germans” - BMW and Daimler AG, they cannot boast of such an abundance of brands. Under the wing of Daimler AG are the brands Smart, Maybach and Mercedes, and the history of BMW includes the companies Mini and Rolls-Royce.

Renault and Nissan Automobile Alliance

Among the world's largest automakers, one cannot fail to mention the Renault-Nissan alliance, which owns such brands as Samsung, Infiniti, Nissan, Dacia and Renault. In addition, Renault owns a 25 percent stake in AvtoVAZ, so Lada is also not a brand independent of the French-Japanese alliance.

Another major French automaker, the PSA concern, owns Peugeot and Citroen.

Japanese automaker Toyota

And among Japanese automakers, only Toyota, which owns Subaru, Daihatsu, Scion and Lexus, can boast a “collection” of brands. Toyota Motor also includes truck manufacturer Hino.

Who owns Honda

Honda's achievements are more modest. Apart from the motorcycle department and the premium Acura brand, the Japanese have nothing else.

Successful Hyundai-Kia auto alliance

Over the past few years, the Hyundai-Kia alliance has successfully entered the list of leaders in the global automobile industry. Today it produces cars only under the Kia and Hyundai brands, but the Koreans are already seriously engaged in creating a premium brand, which may be called Genesis.

Among the acquisitions and mergers of recent years, mention should be made of the transition of the Volvo brand under the wing of the Chinese Geely, as well as the acquisition of the English premium brands Land Rover and Jaguar by the Indian company Tata. And the most curious case is the purchase of the famous Swedish brand SAAB by the tiny supercar manufacturer Spyker from Holland.

The once powerful British auto industry has been given a long life. All famous British car manufacturers have long lost their independence. Small English firms followed their example and passed on to foreign owners. In particular, the legendary Lotus today belongs to Proton (Malaysia), and the Chinese SAIC bought MG. By the way, the same SAIC previously sold the Korean SsangYong Motor to the Indian Mahindra&Mahindra.

All these strategic partnerships, alliances, mergers and acquisitions once again proved Lee Iacocca right. Single firms in the modern world are no longer able to survive. Yes, there are exceptions, like the Japanese Mitsuoka, the English Morgan or the Malaysian Proton. But these companies are independent only in the sense that absolutely nothing depends on them.

And in order to have annual sales amounting to hundreds of thousands of cars, not to mention millions, you cannot do without a strong “rear”. In the Renault-Nissan alliance, partners provide support to each other, and in the Volkswagen Group, mutual assistance is ensured by the number of brands.

As for companies such as Mitsubishi and Mazda, more and more difficulties await them in the future. While Mitsubishi can get help from partners from PSA, Mazda will have to survive alone, which in the modern world is becoming more and more difficult every day...

One of the world's largest automobile companies, founded in 1908 by William Durant. The company's international headquarters are located in Detroit; GM enterprises located in almost 120 countries employ 209 thousand people.

GM and its strategic partners produce cars and trucks in 35 countries. Divisions of General Motors also service and sell the following brands: Baojun, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC , Daewoo, Holden, Isuzu, Opel, Vauxhall and Wuling.

The company produces a wide range of passenger and commercial vehicles under the Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury brands. Ford has a stake in the Japanese car manufacturer Mazda.

The Russian subsidiary of Ford (Ford Motor Company CJSC) owns an automobile plant in the city of Vsevolozhsk (Leningrad Region), which assembles Ford Focus and Ford Mondeo cars.

Currently, the automaker owns such automobile brands as Maybach, Mercedes-Benz and Smart.

At the end of 2011, the net profit of the German automobile concern Daimler increased by 29%, amounting to a record 6.029 billion euros against 4.674 billion euros a year earlier.

After the Italian concern Fiat completed the acquisition of Chrysler assets on June 10, 2009, Chrysler Group LLC was formed.

In April 2011, the Italian manufacturer reached an agreement with Chrysler to increase its stake in the American company to 46% from 30%, and in July Fiat completed the purchase of a 7.5% stake in the Chrysler group from the Canadian and American governments, thus increasing its stake in the automaker to 53.5%.

In addition to the Volkswagen brand itself, the group of the same name owns such car brands as Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Audi, Skoda, " Seat and Scania.

In January 2009, Volkswagen AG established Volkswagen Group Rus LLC, which merged two Russian subsidiaries - Volkswagen Group Rus and Volkswagen Rus.

Since November 2007, Volkswagen Group Rus has been producing cars in Kaluga, 170 km southwest of Moscow. Its designed production capacity is 150,000 vehicles per year. The plant produces Volkswagen and Skoda cars.

The net profit of the German automotive concern Volkswagen AG at the end of 2011 more than doubled compared to 2010 - to 15.4 billion euros.

On February 11, 2010, an agreement was signed to create a joint venture for the development and production of cars between Sollers and Fiat at the Sollers-Naberezhnye Chelny plant.

Moscow, October 18 - “News. Economy". In 2017, more than 80 million passenger cars were produced worldwide. Below we will tell you about the 10 countries that produce the most cars.

Cars produced in 2017: 23,554,031 Car production in China increased, but only slightly, by just 4.4% in 2017.

Overall, production volume reached 23.6 million vehicles.

However, China remains the leader in passenger car production in the global market.

Cars produced in 2017: 16,957,230 Last year, almost 17 million passenger cars were produced in the EU. For the first time since the 2007 crisis, the European auto industry has reached pre-crisis levels.

The European Union remained in second place in terms of passenger vehicle production, with European countries accounting for 21% of the global total in 2017.

The high quality of Japanese cars is famous all over the world. Due to their reliability and quality, Japanese vehicles are considered one of the best. 4. USA Vehicles produced in 2017: 8,081,623 Last year, production in the United States decreased significantly, by 11.5%. The total number of cars produced exceeded 8 million, which is almost 1 million less than in 2016.

The US auto industry is dominated by the Big Detroit Three - the three largest American automakers based in Detroit, Michigan, or in close proximity to it - General Motors, Ford Motor Company and FCA. 5. India

Vehicles produced in 2017: 3,886,293 The Indian automobile industry accounts for 7.1% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).

At the same time, India is an exporter of passenger cars and has strong expectations of export growth in the near future.

India has displaced South Korea from fifth place to become the world's fifth-largest automobile manufacturer. 6. South Korea

Cars produced in 2017: 3,783,030 South Korea today is one of the most advanced car manufacturing countries in the world.

From the very beginning of their activities, South Korean automakers were aimed at competing with German, Japanese and American automobile brands.

Cars produced in 2017: 2,936,509 The main determining factor in the development of the Mexican automobile industry is the presence of a powerful northern neighbor of the United States.

It is worth noting that a Mexican car is not some kind of national product, interesting only to tourists as a colorful means of transportation.

Cars from famous world brands are produced in this part of the North American continent.

Such monsters of the automotive market as DaimlerChrisyler AG, General Motors, Volkswagen AG, Ford Motor and Nissan currently have their production facilities in the country. 8. Brazil

Vehicles produced in 2017: 2,277,604 The Brazilian automotive industry is today one of the world's leading industries in terms of the number of vehicles produced.

Despite the fact that the active development of the Brazilian auto industry began only in the 1960s, measures to strictly protect the domestic market from imports allow Brazil to maintain significant volumes of domestic production and outpace many countries with a longer history of auto industry development, in particular the UK, Russia and France .

Another feature of the Brazilian automobile industry is the long-term production of outdated models of both the national and global automobile industry in modern versions. 9. Canada

Cars produced in 2017: 2,165,740 Canada (mainly in the province of Ontario) is also home to a large number of factories of major automobile manufacturers such as Ford and Toyota.

The Canadian automotive market is characterized by large production volumes.

Its growth is mainly due to foreign branches and subsidiaries of Japanese and American companies. 10. Iran

Vehicles produced in 2017: 1,408,398 Iran's automobile industry is the third most active industrial sector in the country, after oil and gas, accounting for 10% of Iran's GDP.

Iranian manufacturers currently produce six different types of vehicles, including cars, SUVs, trucks, buses, minibuses and pickup trucks.

The auto industry directly employs approximately 500,000 people (approximately 2.3% of the workforce).

About 75% of local production is passenger cars, and pickup truck production is about 15%.