World Car Group Ranking in 2024 is dominated by Toyota Group (-2.1%), which kept a lead on the runner-up Volkswagen Group (-1.6%). BYD surged 39.8% in year-to-date volume.
This report is produced by extracting the registrations figures from the Global Database owned by our team, which tracks registrations in 159 countries, all brands, and all models.
In this article we report on the global ranking of car manufacturers considered as a group, aggregating sales done for each brand owned by the same group.
Looking at cumulative sales up to October 2024 the leader was Toyota Group, with 8,56 million vehicles (-2.1%), retaining a wide margin over all other competitors.
The second was Volkswagen Group with 6,85 million sales (-1.6%). Growth in America (+8.9%) and Europe (+2.7%) was outweighted by losses in Asia (-9.4%).
In third place, Hyundai-Kia recorded 5,65 million sales with a decline of 3.1%. Overall performance was negative, with significant drops in Africa (-18%), Asia (-5.7%).
Renault Nissan Alliance grew 1 spot, ranking in 4th and reporting 5 million sales while growing 1%, mainly sustained in Europe (+4.6%) and Oceania (+7.7%).
General Motors gained 1 spot and ranked in 5th place with 4,76 million sales (-4.9%). It lost volume in Asia (-12.7%) and America (-0.5%); however it also reported strong gains in Europe (+36.6%).
In 6th position, Stellantis -down 2 spots- reported 4,74 million sales (-8.1%), down 9.6% in America and 9.3% in Europe. Honda Motor followed in 7th, with 3,18 million new sales (-2.9%) despite losing 11.8% in Asia, while Ford Group ranked in 8th with 3,09 million units sold (-0.4%), growing 4.8% in America but losing 3.6% in Asia and 14.4% in Europe.
In 9th place, BYD climbed one spot and reported 2,95 million sales. With a 35.6% increase in volume compared to the prior year, it reported one of the best performances in the top 30. The company achieved extraordinary growth in the Americas (+422%) and Europe (+232%).
Closing the top 10, Suzuki dropped one spot and ranked in 10th with 2,64 million registrations (+3.9%), sustaining losses in America (-9.6%) but growing in Europe (+14.5%).
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 30 groups.
