[arvi86]

Here's the Top 10 brands in the United States of America.

Source: Anything-On-Wheels

[volkman10]

Volkswagen declares its 2018 sales.

- Most successful year in company’s history with global deliveries of 6.24 million vehicles (+0.2 percent)

-SUV offensive and numerous other new products were key growth drivers

-Growth in South America, USA and Europe offsets situation in China and adverse effects due to WLTP in Western Europe

the SUV segment grew 38.0 percent over the same period. As a result, almost every fifth Volkswagen delivered to customers was an SUV (19.2 percent). This share was only 13.9 percent in 2017.

Source: Volkswagen Release

[JS Kwt]

Volkswagen delivered 10.8 million cars in 2018, eyes world No.1 spot

BERLIN: Volkswagen Group said on Friday its passenger car deliveries rose 0.9 percent last year to a record 10.83 million, putting it neck-and-neck with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi in the race to be the world's biggest carmaker.

Volkswagen said the VW brand delivered 6.24 million vehicles last year, while premium brands Audi and Porsche posted registrations of 1.81 million and 256,000 vehicles respectively.
Reuters | January 11, 2019, 17:50 IST

Volkswagen Group said December deliveries fell 8.4 percent, to 916,200 vehicles, from 999,900 a year earlier.
Volkswagen Group said December deliveries fell 8.4 percent, to 916,200 vehicles, from 999,900 a year earlier.

Rivals Toyota Motor and Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi have not released 2018 registration figures, but the Franco-Japanese alliance sold 10.6 million cars in 2017 and racked up sales of 5.54 million cars in the first half of 2018.

Toyota last month released a forecast for total global sales of 10.55 million cars last year, but has yet to confirm official numbers.

This makes Audi the third biggest selling premium brand behind BMW, which delivered 2,125,026 cars and leader Mercedes-Benz, which sold 2.31 million passenger cars.

Volkswagen said the ongoing trade dispute with the United States had dampened the business climate in China, its most important market, over the second half of 2018.

Volkswagen's head of sales, Christian Dahlheim, said in a webcast on Friday that he expected demand in China to remain stable in 2019, although the first quarter would be challenging.

Separately, Dahlheim said the German carmaker did not foresee a significant financial impact in 2019 from the implementation of the new WLTP emissions standard, which cost the company 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in 2018.

Volkswagen Group said December deliveries fell 8.4 percent, to 916,200 vehicles, from 999,900 a year earlier.

December group deliveries to China dropped by 12.5 percent year-on-year, the Wolsburg-based carmaker said, adding deliveries also fell by 5.6 percent in Europe and by 3.4 percent in the United States.

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[volkman10]

Volkswagen Group reveals 2018 sales figures and best-selling models for each brand.

The Volkswagen Group’s global car sales crept up to 10.9 million last year from 10.77 million in 2017, largely down to gains in the European Union (EU) and China.

The group’s sales in the EU were up 1.2% and sales in the Chinese market rose 0.5%, despite both markets contracting overall. However, Volkswagen Group sales were down 2% year on year in the US, with a total of 960,000.

1. Volkswagen

Volkswagen’s best-sellers

- Tiguan: 861,331

- Polo/Virtus: 855,179

- Golf: 805,752

2.Audi’s best-sellers

- A4: 344,623

- A3: 304,903

- Q5: 298,645

3. Skoda’s best-sellers

- Octavia: 400,210

- Rapid: 195,270

- Fabia: 186,213

Seat

- Leon: 159,486

- Ibiza: 120,287

- Arona: 110,926

Bentley’s best-sellers

- Bentayga: 4072

- Continental GT: 2841

- Flying Spur: 1627

Porsche

- Macan: 93,953

- Cayenne: 79,111

- 911: 36,236

Lamborghini

- Urus: 2565

- Huracán: 1669

- Huracán Spyder: 1121


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[surjaonwheelz]

Autocar tells you which cars were 2018’s market leaders in 30 countries, including India, UK, Brazil, Europe and more.

Bestselling cars of 2018 in every major market:

USA: Ford F Series – 9,09,330 vehicles sold
China: Nissan Sylphy – 4,81,216 vehicles sold
Japan: Honda N-box – 2,41,870 vehicles sold
India: Maruti Suzuki Alto – 2,34,471 vehicles sold
Brazil: Chevrolet Onix – 2,10,451 vehicles sold
Germany: Volkswagen Golf – 1,72,434 vehicles sold
France: Renault Clio – 1,51,434 vehicles sold
Thailand: Toyota Hilux – 1,49,336 vehicles sold
Canada: Ford F Series – 1,45,694 vehicles sold
Italy: Fiat Panda – 1,30,206 vehicles sold
South Korea: Hyundai Grandeur – 1,13,101 vehicles sold
Russia: Lada Vesta – 1,08,363 vehicles sold
United Kingdom: Ford Fiesta – 95,996 vehicles sold
Mexico: Nissan Versa – 91,320 vehicles sold
Indonesia: Toyota Avanza – 82,167 vehicles sold
Malaysia: Perodua Axia – 78,425 vehicles sold
Australia: Toyota Hilux – 51,705 vehicles sold
Algeria: Dacia Logan – 46,270 vehicles sold
Turkey: Fiat Egea – 36,649 vehicles sold
Spain: Seat Leon – 34,764 vehicles sold
Taiwan: Toyota Corolla – 28,184 vehicles sold
Vietnam: Toyota Vios – 27,188 vehicles sold
Czech Republic: Skoda Octavia – 25,834 vehicles sold
Romania: Dacia Logan – 24,955 vehicles sold
Sweden: Volvo S/V90 – 24,346 vehicles sold
Portugal: Renault Clio – 15,076 vehicles sold
Netherlands: Volkswagen Polo – 14,757 vehicles sold
Norway: Nissan Leaf – 12,303 vehicles sold
Chile: Mitsubishi L200 – 11,312 vehicles sold
Hungary: Suzuki Vitara – 11,123 vehicles sold

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[volkman10]

In Q1 2019 , the Premium executive cars' market share increased from 72% in Q1 2018 to 75%, despite the double-digit drops recorded by BMW and Audi. Mercedes was the only one of the three to drive growth.

[volkman10]

June 2019 - Car sales, Europe:

[wheelguy]

• Mercedes-Benz sold 209,058 cars worldwide last month, passing the mark of 200,000 units delivered for the first time in a November (+5.3%).

• From January to November a total of 2,133,594 vehicles were sold - a sales increase by 1.4%.

• In November and since the beginning of the year, unit sales increased in the three major sales markets: China, Germany and the United States.

• “With convincing products and the impetus from our model offensive with compact cars and SUVs, we have started the year-end spurt with confidence. In November, we presented the Maybach GLS, the first SUV model from our exclusive Mercedes-Maybach brand. For our customers, the Mercedes-Maybach GLS combines the advantages of the popular GLS with the luxury of a high-end Saloon that Maybach customers are used to. Since the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class Saloon was launched in 2015, more than 45,000 units of this model alone have been delivered to customers all over the world,” stated Britta Seeger, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and of Mercedes-Benz AG responsible for Marketing & Sales.

Stuttgart. For the first time, global sales by Mercedes-Benz passed the mark of 200,000 units in a November: deliveries of 209,058 cars constitute an increase of 5.3%. Not only was a new record high reached for the month, but unit sales also increased by 1.4% in the period of January to November. Last month and also since the beginning of the year, the previous year’s sales were exceeded in the three largest markets: China, Germany and the United States. Important growth drivers for Mercedes-Benz unit sales in November were compact cars and SUVs, among other things due to new models such as the A-Class Saloon, the B-Class, the GLC and the GLE.

In the first eleven months of the year, Mercedes-Benz maintained its market leadership in the premium segment in markets including Germany, UK, France, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland, Denmark, Portugal, Turkey, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Thailand, Canada, Republic of South Africa and other markets.

“With convincing products and the impetus from our model offensive with compact cars and SUVs, we have started the year-end spurt with confidence. In November, we presented the Maybach GLS, the first SUV model from our exclusive Mercedes-Maybach brand. For our customers, the Mercedes-Maybach GLS combines the advantages of the popular GLS with the luxury of a high-end Saloon that Maybach customers are used to. Since the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class Saloon was launched in 2015, more than 45,000 units of this model alone have been delivered to customers all over the world,” stated Britta Seeger, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and of Mercedes-Benz AG responsible for Marketing & Sales.

Source: Daimler Press Release

[arvi86]

What a bad year 2020 has been for the global automotive industry. The only consolation for car-makers comes from the fact there are industries and businesses (aviation, hospitality, small scale entrepreneurs, etc.) that fared far worse.

In the United States, it's the usual Ford-Toyota-Chevrolet that finished the year on top. When it comes to individual models, F-Series still led the way followed by the Chevy Silverado and the Ram Pick-up. It's amazing to see how SUVs, crossovers and trucks are rapidly climbing up the order pushing the sedans out. Look at the Accord, a once top-seller to see how far this trend has caught up already.

Source: Anything-On-Wheels

[SSO]

I recently wrote an article on Tesla & Ferraris 2020 results. One thing that really jumped out was Tesla's current market cap of $820 billion. However when you back the money Tesla makes selling regulatory credits out of their profitability, Ferrari actually makes more money selling 1/500th the number of cars than Tesla does. Ferrari's market cap is 1/20th Teslas.

[volkman10]

Top 10 OEMs in terms of Sales Volume for the year 2020 :

Rank 1. Toyota:

The Japanese manufacturer regained the Top Rank spot in the year 2020.

The OEM managed to survive the pandemic year with a drop of about 1.21 million units.

The degrowth was lowest in the top 10 with about -12.7% over LY.

Rank 10. Suzuki:

With close to 50% of its volumes coming from the Indian Market. Suzuki the Japanese carmaker has its task cut off. The Indian Market continues to contribute and grow.

For the rest of the world, things may not seem very bright currently. In total Suzuki degrew by about -22.9% for the last Calendar Year.

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[Venkatesh]

Skoda sales down 19.1% globally in 2020.

Skoda increased its European market share by 0.5% last year, and now accounts for 5.4% of all models sold in the region, but was hard hit by a 38.7% year-on-year sales drop in one of its biggest global markets - China.

The brand delivered 1,004,800 models globally in 2020, down 19.1% on 2019's 1,242,800 deliveries.

Octavia remains Skoda's best-selling model

In 2020, the new Octavia continued to be the brand's best-selling model worldwide, with 257,400 units delivered.

The Kodiaq and smaller Kamiq each sold around 130,000 units.

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[volkman10]

Global 2020 : World’s bestselling A-Sedans.( 4 m in length)




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[volkman10]

Last year was a disaster for the motor industry. Total revenue fell by 16% to €1.57 trillion, in line with the volumes decrease. Operating income totaled €53.89 billion, or €34.07 billion less than in 2019.






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[volkman10]

World’s vehicle sales in H1 2021 and how the volume changed compared to H1 2019, when the pandemic had not arrived!




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