Volkswagen Passes Toyota as world # 39; s largest automaker
After third place behind GM and Volkswagen in 2011, Toyota has regained the top spot in 2012 as the largest automaker in the world, according to a recent report from Toyota Motor Corp. TM and General Motors Co GM vied for first place For years.
The head position will be challenged in the coming years by several companies, including Volkswagen, as he tries to make his promise to become number one in the industry Meanwhile, a Co F NYSE resurgent Ford Motor and South Korea s Hyundai also expanding their model lines and manufacturing facilities around the world in a not too distant future, five companies are competing for the top spot as the largest automaker in the world.
Global vehicle production can be counted in several different ways by only built cars, Volkswagen is actually the number one manufacturer, Toyota is the second and GM is number four, however, including light vehicles such as SUVs and pick- up, Toyota is first, GM moves to second and third VW falls.
Some manufacturers make a lot of sales of heavy trucks and they are sold almost exclusively to Toyota companies produced more than a quarter of a million heavy trucks in 2012, pushing further into the lead over GM, which built within 8000 .
July 24 Wall Street considered the largest manufacturers based on production cars, light trucks and heavy vehicles This is a better measure of the global footprint in every business industry that heavy trucks cars are a big part of sales the world some firms and a much smaller for other anyway, truck production can be more profitable than GM automobile production has recently published its light commercial vehicle models for 2015 has clear that the trucks were important because they are so profitable part of the line of GM.
Auto sales in China are now an important factor for vehicle manufacturers globally that dominate America was the largest auto market in decades has changed over the past 10 years While car ownership per household was relatively high in America, Europe and Japan, private cars are a recent development in China with more than 1 3 billion people, compared to just over 300 million in the United States, the market potential of the car in the country is enormous.
The only factor that is in the way of the rapid expansion of the PRC is concern about pollution of the huge air, which exists in almost all major cities One of GM and VW have good reasons in global sales is that they are the leaders in sales in the Chinese market from other major manufacturers have started adding China production facilities in the hope that they can take part from VW's market GM.
To identify the largest automakers, July 24 Wall Street considered the overall number of automobile production from 2012 of Organization Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles of the world, or OICA.
10 Renault vehicles produced 2,676,226 Change 1 year 3 -5 2,302,769 10 cars produced over 373,457 LCV product 9 more.
Renault produces about 2 7 million vehicles last year, a decrease of about 2 8 million products in 2011 The French automaker includes car and light commercial vehicle sales of commercial vehicles only because he not sell heavy-duty vehicles or heavy buses similar to several companies on this list, Renault sells more cars in the US After a successful partnership with AMC, which ended in the 1980s the end when he sold his participation in 46 Chrysler, Renault has shifted its focus to other markets.
9 Vehicles Suzuki produced 2,893,602 1 year change February 6 cars produced 2,483,721 9 more LCV Product 409881 8 more.
The US market share of Suzuki Motor Corp. Was miniscule, less than 0 5 August 2012 Suzuki Motor of America went bankrupt last year, blaming slow sales and low exchange rates The company said that it would stop selling vehicles in the US such as Renault, Suzuki mainly cars and light commercial vehicles, world production increased from the year before Suzuki vehicles are often produced in India, where the company made more than 1 million cars and 120,000 light commercial vehicles in 2012.
8 Peugeot vehicles produced 2,911,764 Change 1 year 7 -18 8 more cars produced 2,554,059 LCV product 10 357 705 more.
Last year, Peugeot SA has produced just under 3 million vehicles, including more than one million built in France and more than 2 5 million cars total PSA production has significantly declined 3 6 million in 2010 2 9 million last year earlier this month, however, the CEO of PSA Philippe Varin said the company should see sales growth in Europe Peugeot, although quite popular in Europe, has not actively sold cars in the United States since 1991.
7 Honda vehicles produced 4,110,857 1 year change 41 3 cars produced over 4,078,376 fifth LCV product 32481 29 more.
Production in the third largest automaker in Japan has increased dramatically over the past year in 2011, Honda Motor Co. HMC Ltd. Manufactures about 2 9 million vehicles last year, vehicle production reached 4 1 million in August Honda had 11 US market share has also made the fourth, fifth and sixth most popular cars in the country this month, with the Civic, Accord and CR-V, respectively, sales of the Civic rose over 58 in August, compared to the same month in 2012.
6 Nissan vehicles produced 4,889,379 Change 5 1 year 6 3,830,954 6 cars produced over 1,022,974 LCV product 5th most.
Nissan is the fifth largest manufacturer of light commercial vehicles, which include commercial vans as Cargo NV, producing more than a million units last year Nissan also manufactures heavy commercial vehicles, but last year, company sold just over 35,000 units, less than half as much it did in 2010, last month was the top Nissan retail month in its history of selling cars in the US, with sales totaling 120498.
5 Ford vehicles produced 5,595,483 Change 1 year 1 4 cars produced 3,123,340 7 2,394,221 2nd most LCV product more.
Ford has sold more than 2 million light commercial vehicles last year, making it the second largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in the world after General Motors in terms of produced cars, Ford ranks seventh, with a little more 3 million made in 2012 Ford had about 14 7 the US market in August, down slightly compared to last year despite the slight decline, Ford said that soaring last month retail sales was the best since 2006 Ford is a large percentage of its cars in the US, surpassing total domestic production 2 million vehicles last year.
4 SUVs produced 7,126,413 Change 1 year 7 6,761,074 7 cars produced 3 more LCV product 279579 13 more.
Sales of American cars surged last month, not only for Ford and Nissan, but Hyundai and the South Korean company reported a US sales record of all time in August with sales exceeding 66,000 units Despite increased sales, Hyundai share of the US market declined slightly by nearly 5 in August of last year to about 4 4th month Hyundai has made the third highest number of cars in the world, with nearly of 7 million units produced in 2012 the automobile company is one of the four largest manufacturers producing heavy buses, of which 15470 were made in 2012, the ninth most globally.
3 Vehicles Volkswagen product 9254742 change 1 year 6 8 cars produced 8,576,964 as LCV product 7th most 486,544.
Volkswagen is the largest car manufacturer in Germany, with more than 9 million vehicles produced last year more, Volkswagen was the largest producer of passenger cars in 2012, with more than 8 5 million cars made it ' is the second consecutive year that Volkswagen has been the world's largest producer of passenger cars However, the manufacturer has fallen from second in total production in the third, that Toyota has produced 2 million cars in 2012 he had last year the share of the US car and light truck market automaker recently slipped, 2 August 8, 2012 2nd 4 August 2013.
2 GM vehicles produced 9285425 change 1 year 2 8 cars produced 6608567 4th more product LCV 2,658,612 most.
General Motors is the largest producer of light commercial vehicles in 2012, with more than 2 6 million units That was over a quarter of a million more than Ford, GM's second producer has a particularly strong presence in China, where it has 35,000 employees and its various operations produced over 2 8 million cars in 2012, by comparison, the company produced just 1 9 million vehicles in the United States through the first eight months of this year, increased sales in the United States the company almost 10.
1 Toyota vehicles produced 10,104,424 Change 1 AD 25 5 cars produced 8,381,968 2 1,448,107 4th most LCV product more.
Toyota was the largest automaker in the world in 2012, after production increased by more than 2 million vehicles between 2011 and 2012. The company ranks second behind Volkswagen in sales of passenger cars, and behind the big three US automakers GM, Ford and Chrysler in the production of light commercial vehicles the Japanese automaker has also produced more than 250,000 heavy trucks, more than a fifth automaker Toyota produces 4 4 million vehicles in Japan and another 1 February million in the US last year.
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