List of manufacturers by motor vehicle production explained

This is a list of manufacturers by motor vehicle production, by year, based on Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles (OICA).

Figures include passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, minibuses, trucks, buses and coaches. OICA defines these entries as follows:[1]

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 / Kia 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.

2023

Rank Group Country data-sort-type="number" Sold vehicles (2023)[11]
1Japan 10,307,395
2Germany 9,239,575
3Hyundai/KiaSouth Korea 7,302,451
4StellantisNetherlands 6,392,600
5United States 6,188,476
6FordUnited States 4,413,545
7Japan 4,188,039
8Japan 3,374,271
9Germany 2,555,341
10China 2,553,052

Please note that this list excludes BYD even though BYD sold 3,000,000 cars in 2023.[12]

2020

As OICA stopped publishing statistics of motor vehicle production by manufacturer post-2017, statistics for year 2020 only includes sales by manufacturer. All ten largest automakers by production as of 2017 remained in the top 10 positions before the 2021 merger between Fiat-Chrysler and the PSA Group.

Rank Group Country data-sort-type="number" Sold vehicles (2020) !data-sort-type="number" Sold vehicles
(2019) !
data-sort-type="number" Sold vehicles
(2018)[13]
1Japan 9,528,753 10,741,556 10,521,134
2Germany 9,305,427 10,975,352 10,831,232
3United States 6,833,592 7,724,163 8,787,233
4Hyundai/KiaSouth Korea 6,353,514 7,189,893 7,437,209
5Japan 4,790,438 5,323,319 5,265,892
6FordUnited States 4,231,549 5,385,972 5,734,217
7Japan 4,029,174 5,176,211 5,653,743
8Fiat-Chrysler
(now part of Stellantis)
Italy/United States 3,693,597 4,612,673 4,841,366
9France 2,949,871 3,749,815 3,883,987
10PSA Group
(now part of Stellantis)
France 2,512,399 3,479,152 4,126,349

2017

This is a list of largest manufacturers by production in 2017.[14]

Rank Group Country data-sort-type="number" Vehicles
1 ToyotaJapan 10,466,051
2 Volkswagen GroupGermany 10,382,334
3/4 Hyundai / KiaSouth Korea 7,218,391
General Motors
(with SAIC-GM-Wuling)
United States
(China)
6,856,880
(9,027,658)
5 FordUnited States 6,386,818
6 NissanJapan 5,769,277
7 HondaJapan 5,235,842
8 FCAItaly / United States 4,600,847
9 RenaultFrance 4,153,589
10 Groupe PSAFrance 3,649,742
11 SuzukiJapan 3,302,336
12 SAICChina 2,866,913
13 DaimlerGermany 2,549,142
14 BMWGermany 2,505,741
15 GeelyChina 1,950,382
16 ChanganChina 1,616,457
17 MazdaJapan 1,607,602
18 Dongfeng MotorChina 1,450,999
19 BAICChina 1,254,483
20 MitsubishiJapan 1,210,263

2016

This is a list of largest manufacturers by production in 2016.[15] Some figures were amended in the 2017 report.

Rank Group Country data-sort-type="number" Vehicles
1 Japan 10,213,486
2 Germany 10,126,281
3/4 South Korea 7,889,538
General Motors
(with SAIC-GM-Wuling)
United States
(China)
7,793,066
(9,937,434)
5 United States 6,457,773
6 Japan 5,556,241
7 Japan 4,999,266
8 Italy / United States 4,681,457
9 France 3,373,278
10 France 3,152,787
11 Japan 2,945,295
12 China 2,564,786
13 Germany 2,526,450
14 Germany 2,359,756
15 China 1,715,871
16 Japan 1,586,013
17 China 1,343,682
18 China 1,315,490
19 China 1,266,456
20 China 1,094,360

2015

Rank of manufacturers by production in 2015[16]

Rank Group Country data-sort-type="number" Vehicles
1 Japan 10,083,831
2 Germany 9,872,424
3/4 South Korea 7,988,479
General Motors
(with SAIC-GM-Wuling)
United States 7,485,587
(9,490,835)
5 United States 6,396,369
6 Japan 5,170,074
7 Italy / United States 4,865,233
8 Japan 4,543,838
9 Japan 3,034,081
10 France 3,032,652
11 France 2,982,035
12 Germany 2,279,503
13 China 2,260,579
14 Germany 2,134,645
15 Japan 1,540,576
16 China 1,540,133
17 Japan 1,218,853
18 China 1,209,296
19 China 1,169,894
20 India 1,009,369

2014

Rank of manufacturers by production in 2014[17]

Rank Group Countrydata-sort-type=number Totaldata-sort-type=number Carsdata-sort-type=number LCVdata-sort-type=number HCVdata-sort-type=number Buses
1 Japan 10,475,338 8,788,018 1,405,072 277,159 5,089
2 Germany 9,894,891 9,766,293 128,598
3 United States 9,609,326 6,643,030 2,951,895 10,875 3,526
4 South Korea 8,008,987 7,628,779 280,684 84,387 15,137
5 United States 5,969,541 3,230,842 2,643,854 94,845
6 Japan 5,097,772 4,279,030 796,992 21,750
7 Italy / United States 4,865,758 1,904,618 2,812,345 102,997 45,798
8 Japan 4,513,769 4,478,123 35,646
9 Japan 3,016,710 2,543,077 473,633
10 France 2,917,046 2,521,833 395,213
11 France 2,761,969 2,398,555 363,414
12 Germany 2,165,566 2,165,566
13 China 2,087,949 1,769,837 265,087 52,715 310
14 Germany 1,973,270 1,808,125 165,145
15 China 1,447,017 1,089,179 262,797 95,041
16 Japan 1,328,426 1,261,521 66,905
17 China 1,301,695 745,765 201,667 340,955 13,308
18 Japan 1,262,342 1,199,823 61,302 1,217
19 China 1,115,847 538,027 278,949 293,055 5,816
20 India 945,113 614,247 11,399 304,829 14,638

2013

Rank of manufacturers by production in 2013[18]

Rank Group Countrydata-sort-type=number Totaldata-sort-type=number Carsdata-sort-type=number LCVdata-sort-type=number HCVdata-sort-type=number Buses
1 Japan 10,324,995 8,565,176 1,481,722 272,411 5,686
2 United States 9,628,912 6,733,192 2,890,958 4,762
3 Germany 9,379,229 9,259,506 119,723
4 South Korea 7,233,080 6,909,194 242,021 67,290 14,575
5 United States 6,077,126 3,317,048 2,667,220 92,858
6 Japan 4,950,924 4,090,677 837,331 22,916
7 Italy / United States 4,681,704 2,163,040 2,350,697 124,131 43,836
8 Japan 4,298,390 4,263,239 35,151
9 Japan 2,842,133 2,452,573 389,560
10 France 2,833,781 2,445,889 387,892
11 France 2,704,675 2,347,913 356,762
12 Germany 2,006,366 2,006,366
13 China 1,992,250 1,685,392 231,374 74,431 1,053
14 Germany 1,781,507 1,631,502 150,005
15 Japan 1,264,173 1,175,443 88,730
16 China 1,238,948 642,092 226,319 357,414 13,123
17 Japan 1,229,441 1,090,571 135,306 3,564
18 China 1,109,889 873,794 166,056 70,039
19 India 1,062,654 650,708 279,511 117,425 15,010
20 China 969,896 969,896

2012

Rank of manufacturers by production in 2012[19]

Rank Group Countrydata-sort-type=number Totaldata-sort-type=number Carsdata-sort-type=number LCVdata-sort-type=number HCVdata-sort-type=number Buses
1 Japan 10,104,424 8,381,968 1,448,107 268,377 5,972
2 United States 9,285,425 6,608,567 2,658,612 7,558 10,688
3 Germany 9,254,742 8,576,964 486,544 169,064 22,170
4 South Korea 7,126,413 6,761,074 279,579 70,290 15,470
5 United States 5,595,483 3,123,340 2,394,221 77,922
6 Japan 4,889,379 3,830,954 1,022,974 35,451
7 Japan 4,110,857 4,078,376 32,481
8 France 2,911,764 2,554,059 357,705
9 Japan 2,893,602 2,483,721 409,881
10 France 2,676,226 2,302,769 373,457
11 United States 2,371,427 656,892 1,702,235 12,300
12 Germany 2,195,152 1,455,650 257,496 450,622 31,384
13 Italy 2,127,295 1,501,979 498,984 85,513 40,819
14 Germany 2,065,477 2,065,216 261
15 China 1,783,548 1,523,398 190,848 67,805 1,497
16 India 1,241,239 744,067 314,399 165,171 17,602
17 Japan 1,189,283 1,097,661 91,622
18 China 1,137,950 539,845 245,641 337,545 14,919
19 Japan 1,109,731 980,001 127,435 2,295
20 China 1,063,721 835,334 166,727 59,978 1,682

2011

2010

2009

2008

This is a list of the 20 largest automotive manufacturers, ranked by their production volume in 2008.[20]

Rank Group Country Vehicles
1 Japan 9,237,780
2 United States 8,282,803
3 Germany 6,437,414
4 United States 5,407,000
5 South Korea 4,172,461
6 Japan 3,912,700
7 Japan 3,395,065
8 France 3,325,407
9 Japan 2,623,567
10 Italy 2,524,325
11 France 2,417,351
12 Germany 2,174,299
13 United States 1,893,068
14 Germany 1,439,918
15 Japan 1,349,274
16 Japan 1,309,231
17 Russia 801,563
18 India 798,265
19 China 637,720
20 Japan 616,497

2007

This is a list of the 20 largest automotive manufacturers, ranked by their production volume in 2007.[21]

Rank Group Country Vehicles
1/2 United States 9,349,818
Toyota
(plus Daihatsu and Hino)
Japan 8,534,690
(9,497,754)
3 Germany 6,267,891
4 Ford
(with Mazda)
United States 6,247,506
(7,534,236)
5 South Korea 3,987,055
6 Japan 3,911,814
7 France 3,457,385
8 Japan 3,431,398
9 Italy 2,679,451
10 France 2,669,040
11 Japan 2,596,316
12 United States 2,538,624
13 Germany 2,096,977
14 Germany 1,541,503
15 Japan 1,411,975
16 Japan 1,286,730
17 Russia 735,897
18 China 690,712
19 India 588,158
20 Japan 585,028

2006

This is a list of the 20 largest automotive manufacturers, ranked by their production volume in 2006.[22]

Rank Group Country Vehicles
1/2 United States 8,926,160[23]
Toyota
(plus Daihatsu and Hino)
Japan 8,036,010
(9,221,357)
3 Ford
(with Mazda)
United States 6,268,193[24]
(7,664,605)
4 Germany 5,684,603
5 South Korea 3,775,749
6 Japan 3,669,514
7 France 3,356,859
8 Nissan[25] Japan 3,266,205
9 United States 2,544,590
10 France 2,543,649
11 Italy 2,319,642
12 Japan 2,297,277
13 Germany 2,044,533
14 Japan 1,396,412
15 Germany 1,366,838
16 Japan 1,313,409
17 Russia 765,627
18 Japan 587,274
19 India 561,761
20 Japan 523,648

2005

This is a list of the 20 largest automotive manufacturers, ranked by their production volume in 2005.[26]

Rank Group Countrydata-sort-type=number Totaldata-sort-type=number Carsdata-sort-type=number LCVdata-sort-type=number HCVdata-sort-type=number Buses
1 General Motors[27]
(with GM Daewoo)
United States 7,943,304
(9,097,855)
4,526,312
(5,654,225)
3,374,782
(3,383,084)
42,210
(46,786)

(10,760)
2 Toyota
(with Daihatsu and Hino)
Japan 7,338,314
(8,446,944)
6,157,038
(6,960,214)
943,129
(1,143,245)
185,910
(285,979)
52,237
(57,506)
3 United States 6,497,746 3,514,496 2,903,920 79,330
4 Germany 5,211,413 4,979,487 193,864 32,563 5,499
5 Germany / United States 4,815,593 1,965,410 2,353,989 435,535 60,659
6 Japan 3,535,345 2,697,362 651,301 179,105 7,577
7 Japan 3,436,164 3,324,282 48,642 63,240
8 France 3,375,366 2,982,690 392,676
9 South Korea 3,091,060 2,726,600 126,836 137,995 99,629
10 France 2,616,818 2,195,162 421,656
11 Japan 2,071,707 1,723,022 348,685
12 Italy 2,037,695 1,539,576 394,900 81,632 21,587
13 Japan 1,331,060 998,043 328,992 4,025
14 Germany 1,323,119 1,323,119
15 Japan 1,287,561 1,091,756 193,374 2,431
16 Russia 721,492 721,492
17 China 593,055 403,055 180,000 10,000
18 Japan 591,825 508,281 83,544
19 China 559,190 559,190
20 China 721,492 721,492

2004

This is a list of the 20 largest automotive manufacturers, ranked by their production volume in 2004.[28]

Rank Group Countrydata-sort-type=number Totaldata-sort-type=number Carsdata-sort-type=number LCVdata-sort-type=number HCVdata-sort-type=number Buses
1 General Motors
(with GM Daewoo)
United States 8,066,536
(8,965,476)
4,502,680
(5,372,062)
3,530,767
(3,545,769)
33,089
(36,850)

(10,795)
2/3 Toyota
(with Daihatsu and Hino)
Japan 6,814,554
(7,874,694)
5,869,629
(6,654,795)
676,399
(853,805)
230,511
(321,763)
38,015
(44,331)
United States 6,644,024 3,497,334 3,071,784 73,780 1,126
4 Germany 5,095,480 4,892,529 168,840 29,212 4,899
5 Germany / United States 4,627,883 1,913,693 2,368,437 298,708 47,045
6 France 3,405,245 3,004,710 400,535
7 Japan 3,237,434 3,183,269 54,165
8 Japan 3,230,326 2,423,893 616,278 184,074 6,081
9 South Korea 2,766,321 2,377,546 146,883 128,655 113,237
10 France 2,471,654 2,163,620 308,034
11 Italy 2,119,717 1,583,501 385,207 119,821 31,188
12 Japan 1,976,824 1,639,366 337,458
13 Japan 1,428,563 1,110,679 310,749 7,135
14 Japan 1,275,080 1,042,849 228,069 4,162
15 Germany 1,250,345 1,250,345
16 Japan 965,295 785,166 172,731 7,398
17 Russia 717,985 717,985
18 Japan 601,205 512,953 88,252
19 China 587,427 50,009 403,218 125,007 9,193
20 China 538,699 538,699

2003

This is a list of the 15 largest automakers by production in 2003.[29]

Rank Group Country Vehicles
1 General Motors
(incl. GM Daewoo)
United States 8,706,553
2 Ford
(with Mazda)
United States 6,566,089
(7,718,667)
3 Toyota
(with Daihatsu and Hino)
Japan 6,240,526
(7,220,764)
4 Germany 5,024,032
5 Germany / United States 4,231,603
6 France 3,310,368
7 Japan 2,981,154
8 Japan 2,922,526
9 South Korea 2,697,435
10 France 2,386,098
11 Italy 2,077,828
12 Japan 1,811,214
13 Japan 1,582,205
14 Japan 1,152,578
15 Germany 1,118,940

2002

This is a list of the 15 largest automakers by production in 2002.

Rank Group Country Vehicles
1 General Motors
(incl. GM Daewoo)
United States 8,732,742
2 Ford
(with Mazda)
United States 6,729,499
(7,774,035)
3 Toyota
(with Daihatsu and Hino)
Japan 5,744,156[30]
(6,626,387)
4 Germany 5,017,438
5 Germany / United States 4,456,325
6 France 3,262,146
7 Japan 2,988,427
8 Japan 2,745,596
9 South Korea 2,641,825
10 France 2,328,508
11 Italy 2,190,595
12 Japan 1,821,466
13 Japan 1,703,959
14 Germany 1,090,258
15 Japan 1,044,536

2001

This is a list of the 15 largest automakers by production in 2001.

Rank Group Country Vehicles
1 General Motors
(incl. Daewoo)
United States 8,086,250
2 Ford
(with Mazda)
United States 6,676,491
(7,633,503)
3 Toyota
(except Daihatsu/Hino)
Japan 6,054,968
(5,212,470)[31]
4 Germany 5,108,982
5 Germany / United States 4,364,492
6 France 3,102,449
7 Japan 2,673,671
8 Japan 2,558,979
9 South Korea 2,518,443
10 Italy 2,409,016
11 France 2,375,084
12 Japan 1,647,817
13 Japan 1,541,103
14 Japan 957,012
15 Germany 946,730

See also

Notes and References

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  8. Web site: World motor vehicle production by manufacturer without double counts – 2008, Group: Tata . . April 15, 2017.
  9. Web site: World motor vehicle production by manufacturer without double counts – 2009, Group: Ford . . April 15, 2017.
  10. Web site: World motor vehicle production by manufacturer without double counts – 2010, Group: Geely . . April 15, 2017.
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  12. Web site: BYD Concludes 2023 with Record 3 Million Annual Sales, Leading Global NEV Market . BYD . 2024-06-26.
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  18. Web site: World Motor Vehicle Production: World Ranking of Manufacturers, Year 2013 . . 2017-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160405033839/http://www.oica.net/wp-content/uploads//ranking-2013s-2.pdf . 2016-04-05 . dead .
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  22. Web site: World motor vehicle production by manufacturer – World ranking of manufacturesrs – Year 2006 . . August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070809142844/http://www.oica.net/htdocs/statistics/tableaux2006/Ranking06-2.pdf . November 4, 2023. 2007-08-09 .
  23. https://www.oica.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/gm.pdf
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  27. https://www.oica.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/gm05.pdf
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  29. https://www.oica.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/Worldranking2003.pdf
  30. https://www.oica.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/toyota-prod2002.pdf
  31. https://www.oica.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/toyota-prod2001.pdf