STATISTA – Statistics and Facts about the Global Automotive Industry, part 1

Global sales of passenger cars are forecast to hit 73.9 million vehicles in 2015. Along with China, the United States is counted among the largest automobile markets worldwide, both in terms of production and sales.

About 7.7 million passenger cars were sold to U.S. customers in 2014, and around 4.25 million cars were produced here in the same year.

The United States became a key automotive market when Ford introduced assembly line car production in the early 1900s to mass-manufacture its Model T.

Today, the Ford Motor Company still ranks among the leading manufacturers of passenger cars, its most popular model currently being the Ford Focus, which was also 2013’s best selling car worldwide.

In terms of revenue, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors top the list of major automobile makers, while the automotive supplier industry is dominated by Bosch, Continental, Denso and Magna.

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Worldwide automobile production from 2000 to 2015 (in million vehicles)

This graph displays worldwide automobile production from 2000 to 2015. In 2005, some 47 million cars were produced worldwide. In 2000, about 41 million such vehicles were produced globally.

Number of cars sold worldwide from 1990 to 2016 (in million units)

Production volume of leading automotive manufacturing countries in Europe in 2015, by vehicle type (in units)

This statistic illustrates the production volume of cars and commercial vehicles of the leading European automotive manufacturing countries in 2015, by vehicle type.

With approximately 5.7 million manufactured cars in 2015, Germany produced more than twice as much cars as Spain, which is ranked the second leading country.

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