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Table of contents

• Country Overview
  • Geography
  • History
  • People & Politics
• Economic Outlook
  • Economy
  • Infrastructure
• Market Outlook
  • Market Heritage
  • Car Passenger’s segmentation
  • LCVs segmentation
  • Car Passengers Body Type mix
  • LCVs Body Type mix
  • Premium segment share
  • Chinese OEMs share
• Key Players
  • Top selling Groups 2022
  • Top selling Brands 2022
  • Premium Brands
  • Chinese Brands
• Market Data By Model
  • Top selling Models 2022
  • Top models by segment and body type
• Key Factors for market Evolution
  • Country development
  • Economic Outlook
  • Customer base evolution
  • Low-Carbon Transition Policy
  • Infrastructure & Investments
• 2023-2028 Volume Forecast
  • TIV evolution by segment
  • Cars and LCVs forecast
  • Segments forecast
  • Premium segment share forecast
  • Chinese OEMs share forecast
  • Forecast by Manufacturer

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Global economy is continuing to perform strongly, with growth stabilizing at levels last seen more than two years ago in Q3. According to estimates by FocusEconomics, the global economy expanded 3.2% annually in Q3, matching the result in Q2. Q3’s reading mostly reflected improving economic dynamics in emerging-market economies such as Brazil and Russia, while developed nations continued expanding healthily on the back of rising real wages due to low inflation and largely accommodative monetary policies. While the global economy appears to be in a sweet spot, political developments are gradually taking center stage, threatening to undermine the current economic momentum.

Global automotive market become more and more dependent by internal dynamics in the Chinese market, after that during the 2016 this single market become 30% of total sales and the slow pace taken by the Asian giant is limiting the growth albeit a quite positive economic environment. In addition, US market is at all time highest level and has ended propellent for further growth.

Furthermore, the Global light vehicles market ended the year with a new all time record, the seventh in a row with 94.5 million vehicles sold, up 2.2% from the previous year

At brand-wise, the leadership of the Japanese Toyota Motor Company is undisputed with 2017 sales at the new all time record of 8.7 million, up 2.6%.

Volkswagen was second with a faster speed and 6.8 million units (+4.2%) with top performances in North and South America. feed by positive score in USA, China and Brazil while penalized by lost in Germany, UK, Turkey and Mexico.

In third place Ford is losing 2.0% with 6.1 million sales, losing in USA, UK and – in double-digit – China.

In fourth place Nissan has overtaken Honda, after a long fight number by number, with 5.13 million sales (+4.6%) while Honda did 5.07 million (+7.0%).

Koreans are struggling, first time in a decade, with Hyundai sixth with 4.46 million sales (-8.0%) and Kia 8th with 2.7 million sales (-9.3%). Both brands are losing near the half of sales in China.

Chevrolet was seventh with 4.1 million sales (+0.2%) while in 9th place Renault is fast growing with 2.6 million (+9.3%) as the 10th, Mercedes, with 2.56 (+10.1%).

The fastest growing brands, within the top 50 reported is the Chinese Roewe, 47th and up 70%, followed by Geely, 21st and +56%.

Focus 2 Electric Vehicles

On December 2nd, 2017, Focus2move Team launched a new section, fully dedicated at the Alternative Fuels Vehicles, starting to report global sales for Electric Vehicles. To see the ranking you can go here.

Data Source

This report is done utilizing data extracted from our GAD (Global Auto Database) the wider Auto Sales Database actually existing in the World, with sales data by region/area/country broken down by type/size/body-style/brand/model from January 2010 to lats month. Data are collected by over 300 sources, including all the official providers (local Minister of Transportations or Associations of car Manufacturers).

Below, you can sort our interactive tables to see data regarding Brands, Groups and Models. Please bear in mind that sales data are subject to adjustments as sources will update their information. This report is updated at the publishing date and will not be modified while the next on this subject will report year to date data updated.

Rank 2017	Rank 2016		Sales 2017	Sales 2016	2017 +/-%	Share 2017
1	1	Toyota	8.737.842	8.515.674	2,6%	9,3%
2	2	Volkswagen	6.811.290	6.539.444	4,2%	7,2%
3	3	Ford	6.106.592	6.229.209	-2,0%	6,5%
4	4	Nissan	5.136.225	4.910.612	4,6%	5,5%
5	6	Honda	5.072.426	4.740.745	7,0%	5,4%
6	5	Hyundai	4.460.675	4.847.409	-8,0%	4,7%
7	7	Chevrolet	4.143.404	4.135.651	0,2%	4,4%
8	8	Kia	2.794.688	3.079.608	-9,3%	3,0%
9	9	Renault	2.663.406	2.437.643	9,3%	2,8%
10	10	Mercedes	2.560.919	2.328.636	10,0%	2,7%
11	12	BMW	2.089.489	1.997.299	4,6%	2,2%
12	11	Peugeot	2.065.877	2.062.903	0,1%	2,2%
13	13	Audi	1.867.944	1.871.139	-0,2%	2,0%
14	15	Fiat	1.643.451	1.534.104	7,1%	1,7%
15	19	Maruti	1.620.773	1.414.832	14,6%	1,7%
16	14	Mazda	1.583.778	1.538.670	2,9%	1,7%
17	18	Suzuki	1.553.284	1.423.850	9,1%	1,7%
18	16	Buick	1.465.989	1.487.661	-1,5%	1,6%
19	20	Changan	1.415.581	1.398.441	1,2%	1,5%
20	17	Jeep	1.405.835	1.460.091	-3,7%	1,5%
21	29	Geely	1.274.533	797.043	59,9%	1,4%
22	23	Skoda	1.202.725	1.149.662	4,6%	1,3%
23	21	Wuling	1.133.082	1.369.647	-17,3%	1,2%
24	22	Opel	1.091.889	1.165.076	-6,3%	1,2%
25	25	Subaru	1.060.616	1.013.653	4,6%	1,1%
26	24	Citroen	1.032.258	1.103.555	-6,5%	1,1%
27	26	Mitsubishi	1.028.016	991.621	3,7%	1,1%
28	31	Baojun	1.021.307	760.292	34,3%	1,1%
29	28	Dongfeng	945.351	933.375	1,3%	1,0%
30	30	Daihatsu	860.234	781.220	10,1%	0,9%
31	27	Haval	853.539	938.549	-9,1%	0,9%
32	34	Ram	692.088	666.551	3,8%	0,7%
33	35	GMC	688.914	663.024	3,9%	0,7%
34	33	Lexus	668.196	678.503	-1,5%	0,7%
35	39	Dacia	638.671	584.648	9,2%	0,7%
36	36	Dodge	577.897	650.346	-11,1%	0,6%
37	32	Baic	575.006	720.645	-20,2%	0,6%
38	40	Volvo	573.596	532.949	7,6%	0,6%
39	38	Chery	545.487	591.487	-7,8%	0,6%
40	190	Trumpchi	508.790	75	678286,7%	0,5%
41	45	Seat	463.611	414.894	11,7%	0,5%
42	44	Land Rover	448.116	424.269	5,6%	0,5%
43	37	JAC	447.024	597.962	-25,2%	0,5%
44	41	BYD	444.038	497.383	-10,7%	0,5%
45	43	Saipa	425.918	426.047	0,0%	0,5%
46	56	Roewe	413.940	241.329	71,5%	0,4%
47	46	Foton	407.518	396.525	2,8%	0,4%
48	42	Isuzu	393.696	451.934	-12,9%	0,4%
49	48	Mini	363.575	363.738	0,0%	0,4%
50	51	Cadillac	355.226	308.512	15,1%	0,4%

Switzerland economy prospects for upbeat GDP growth in the second half of the year remain bright, given strong leading data from the domestic sector. In Q3, unemployment hit a two-year low and business confidence climbed to an over two-year high. Moreover, consumer confidence bordered on optimism in both Q3 and Q4; optimism among consumers has been rare for Switzerland in recent years. That said, retail sales fell for a second straight month in September, although the decline moderated from August.

Switzerland vehicles market in the last five years has been really stable with car passenger’s volume between the 300.000 and 330.000 units.  According to data released by the Auto Suisse, the Association of local Automotive Importers, the car passenger’s sales have been stable across the entire 2017, ending at 314.088 sales (-1.1%).

At brand wise, confirming the characteristic of the market as German feud, four German brands rank in the top 4.

The leader is obviously Volkswagen that in the 2017 sold 35.975 cars (-14.6%) with share at 11.5%.

Mercedes was second with 26.081 units (+9.4%) ahead of BMW with 24.895 (+0.5%), Audi with 20.618 (+5.3%), Skoda with 20.582 units (-2.3%),  Opel with 14.042 (+6.5%), Ford with 13.884 (+6.1%), Renault with 13.873 (-3.0%), Seat with 12.053 (+18.9%) and in 10th place Fiat with 10.352 (+18.2%).

At model wise, the best-selling is the Skoda Octavia with 10.017 sales (-14.5%) ahead of the Volkswagen Golf with 9.500 (-21.6%) and the Volkswagen Tiguan with 7.110 (+10.7%).

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for all Brands and top 10 Manufacturers Group and top 10 models.

Italian economy gained traction in Q3, growing at the fastest annual rate in more than five years. Although a complete breakdown is not yet available, the strong expansions recorded in the industrial sector throughout the quarter suggest that robust fixed investment drove the acceleration. On 27 October, S&P Global Ratings revised Italy’s credit rating up from BBB- to BBB, citing declining risks in the banking sector, stronger investment and steady employment growth. According to leading indicators, momentum seems to have carried over into Q4: Both business and consumer confidence improved in October, and the manufacturing PMI hit a multi-year high on the back of expansions in both output and new orders—especially from abroad.

Italian vehicles market fell down in the period 2008-2011 hitting a thirty years record low, before starting to recover. In the last 5 years car passenger’s volume grew up from 1.4 million in the 2012 to 1.8 million in the 2016 and finally at 1.964.000 in the 2017, with a total light vehicles figures hitting the 2.14 million. Outlook for 2018 is still positive and the market is foreseen above the 2 million units again, after a decade.

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In the 2017, according with data released by the Italian Minister of Transportation, demand was robust in the first half with sales up 7.9%, then followed by a second half up  6.6%, ended with December sales at 121.141 units (-2.6%).

At brand-wise, Fiat was on top with 401.437 sales (+5.2%) with a disappointing end of the year, down 12.4% and 16.8% in the last two months.

In second place, Volkswagen with 144.283 (+3.8%) followed by Ford with 133.701 (+3.8%), just few units ahead of the fast growing Renault with 133.701 sales (+10.1%).

In fifth place Peugeot with 103.993 sales (+8.5%) followed by Opel with 98.619 (+3.8%), Toyota with 84.643 (+17.8%), Citroen with 77.781 (+28.9%), Audi, leader in the premium segment, with 66.901 (+4.5%) and in 10th place Mercedes with 65.188 (+13.3%).

At model wise, the Fiat Panda has sold 145.919 units (-0.9%) leading the ranking ahead of the Lancia Ypsilon with 60.321 (-8.1%) and the Fiat Tipo with 56.046 (+77.6%).

To see the best-selling models ranking in Italy, please refer to the specific article here.

Research, Consulting, Data & Forecast

F2M covers intensively this market with several products developed to help any investigation required. Market Researches in PDF are immediately available for download with study on the market since 2005 and with forecast up to the 2022. AutoData in EXCEL are immediately downloadable with annual sales volume, split by month, for all brands and all models distributed in the market. This year data are released year to date, but you will receive a monthly update until the year-end.  See details within Italy Corner Store!

Below, you can sort our interactive tables to see data regarding Brands, Groups and Models. Please bear in mind that sales data are subject to adjustments as sources will update their information. This report is updated at the publishing date and will not be modified while the next on this subject will always have the year to date data updated.

Rank 2017	Ran Dec	Brand	Sales 2017	Sales Dec	Variation 2017	Variation Dec	Share 2017	Share Dec
1	1	Fiat	401.437	21.775	5,2%	-16,8%	20,4%	18,0%
2	2	Volkswagen	144.283	9.275	3,8%	-8,4%	7,3%	7,7%
3	4	Ford	133.701	7.969	7,6%	7,9%	6,8%	6,6%
4	3	Renault	133.371	8.530	10,1%	3,5%	6,8%	7,0%
5	5	Peugeot	103.993	7.094	8,5%	4,6%	5,3%	5,9%
6	14	Opel	98.619	3.754	3,8%	-38,7%	5,0%	3,1%
7	6	Toyota	84.643	4.988	17,8%	-1,5%	4,3%	4,1%
8	7	Citroen	77.981	4.976	28,9%	29,0%	4,0%	4,1%
9	17	Audi	66.901	3.069	4,5%	-14,9%	3,4%	2,5%
10	9	Mercedes	65.188	4.507	1,3%	-10,4%	3,3%	3,7%
11	11	Nissan	62.541	4.145	13,3%	25,9%	3,2%	3,4%
12	10	BMW	60.702	4.428	1,5%	15,7%	3,1%	3,7%
13	16	Lancia	60.324	3.140	-8,2%	-27,4%	3,1%	2,6%
14	8	Hyundai	58.692	4.642	4,2%	11,6%	3,0%	3,8%
15	13	Dacia	57.805	4.133	16,6%	34,2%	2,9%	3,4%
16	12	Jeep	49.412	4.139	22,2%	37,5%	2,5%	3,4%
17	15	Kia	47.766	3.467	5,8%	36,7%	2,4%	2,9%
18	18	Alfa Romeo	45.263	2.870	24,4%	-4,0%	2,3%	2,4%
19	19	Suzuki	31.024	1.990	37,2%	-4,4%	1,6%	1,6%
20	21	Smart	26.629	1.547	-6,0%	-3,4%	1,4%	1,3%
21	20	Mini	24.679	1.823	1,0%	31,7%	1,3%	1,5%
22	22	Skoda	23.005	1.512	17,3%	-8,2%	1,2%	1,2%
23	25	Land Rover	18.635	1.019	-10,7%	9,7%	0,9%	0,8%
24	24	Seat	17.467	1.246	13,0%	-5,0%	0,9%	1,0%
25	23	Volvo	16.936	1.285	-3,7%	-16,6%	0,9%	1,1%
26	26	Mazda	10.513	764	-4,1%	8,8%	0,5%	0,6%
27	27	Honda	9.841	665	2,6%	-2,8%	0,5%	0,5%
28	29	Porsche	5.474	365	6,9%	23,7%	0,3%	0,3%
29	31	Jaguar	5.282	311	7,5%	5,8%	0,3%	0,3%
30	28	Lexus	3.996	528	-3,6%	-6,9%	0,2%	0,4%
31	32	Mitsubishi	3.744	269	-11,1%	21,2%	0,2%	0,2%
32	30	Subaru	3.084	317	-12,1%	17,8%	0,2%	0,3%
33	33	Maserati	2.897	150	41,2%	-35,6%	0,1%	0,1%
34	35	DS	2.646	102	-28,5%	-62,8%	0,1%	0,1%
35	34	SsangYong	2.240	144	-20,2%	-11,7%	0,1%	0,1%
36	37	Infiniti	1.787	42	1,3%	-64,1%	0,1%	0,0%
37	36	Abarth	525	45	-87,4%	-88,3%	0,0%	0,0%
38	40	DR Motor	410	21	-13,9%	-32,3%	0,0%	0,0%
39	42	Ferrari	341	8	-8,1%	-50,0%	0,0%	0,0%
40	38	Tesla	329	41	37,0%	50,0%	0,0%	0,0%
41	39	Mahindra	283	23	-18,0%	21,1%	0,0%	0,0%
42	41	Lamborghini	132	10	40,4%	150,0%	0,0%	0,0%
43	45	Chevrolet	45	2	21,6%	0,0%	0,0%	0,0%
44	43	Aston Martin	39	7	129,4%	600,0%	0,0%	0,0%
45	44	Lada	36	4	414,3%	100,0%	0,0%	0,0%
46		Great Wall	1		-99,1%	-100,0%	0,0%	0,0%

Market Outlook

There are encouraging signs from the consumer side of the economy: retail sales increased in November and bucked a two-year downward trend. The FocusEconomics panel expects growth of 1.5%, which is unchanged from last month’s Consensus. In 2018, panelists project that GDP will expand 1.6%.

Albeit with slight sales losses, the Swiss cars market in 2016 was one of the rare in Europe to decline y.o.y. with 317.318 units (-2.0%). Despite the registrations posted the third negative performance since 2010, it was the sixth consecutive year with over 0.3 million units sold.

According to data released by the Auto Suisse, the Association of local Automotive Importers, in December the cars passengers has been 35.331 sales (+8.2%).

Competitive Arena

Despite the Dieselgate, the market leader in 2016 was of course Volkswagen with 42.142 units (-0.2%) ahead of BMW and Mercedes respectively up 2.8% and 4.2% at 24.780 and 23.842. The greatest increases were reported for Jaguar, Cadillac, Bentley, Honda, Dacia and Alfa Romeo, while the best performers was Infiniti, surging 172.7%.

Lancia and Dodge posted the worst performances losing 33.9% and 30.4%, followed by Nissan, Citroen, Smart, Peugeot, Audi and Jeep.

The Volkswagen Golf was on the first step of the podium for the 23rd consecutive year with 11.988 units (-21.6%) ahead of the Skoda Octavia with 11.721 (-4.1%) and the Volkswagen Polo with 6.516 (+30.7%).

In fourth place, the new Volkswagen Tiguan with 6.434 units (+62.9%) was the most popular SUV in Switzerland.

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for all Brands, top 10 Manufacturers Group and top 10 models.

Market Outlook

The latest monthly indicators suggest that the economy maintained a slow but broadly steady pace of growth in Q4 after it had accelerated slightly in Q3, mainly on the back of stronger fixed investment, which offset a more negative contribution from the external sector. In the political arena, on 4 December, Italians voted No in the constitutional referendum, prompting Matteo Renzi to resign as prime minister.

Supported by fiscal incentives to vehicles purchased for business, the domestic new car passenger’s sector reported a brilliant year with a robust gain over the already positive 2015. In December the sales improved 13.7% with 124.433 registrations scoring the 25th year on year growth in a string.

The full year was the best since 2010 with 1.826.881 sales (+16.0%). Adding the sales of light commercial vehicles of 185.000 units (preliminary data) the whole light vehicles market raised over 2 million units again, first time since 2010, a significant recovery from the low peak hit in 2013 at 1.4 million.

Thanks to this outstanding trend, the Italian light vehicles market gained 3 spots in the global ranking, outpacing Korea, Canada and Brazil recovering its traditional rule within the Top 10.

Competitive Arena

Almost all brands are participating to the sales festival. However the year was almost positive for Renault, Mercedes, BMW, Jeep, Mazda, Honda and Lexus while the crown of the best performer was by far taken by Jaguar, up 197% at 4.912 sales.

Less positive performance were reported for Toyota, Opel, Volvo, Seat with he worse ticket, the only one down, shown by Nissan, down 6.7%.

At model wise, Fiat Panda was the leader for the 5th year in a row with 147.283 sales (+16.5%) and the domestic performance pushed the model up the podium in the global “city-cars” ranking (see the dedicated article).

Second was the Lancia Ypsilon, surprisingly gaining one spot despite the age, with 65.663 units (+17.6%), while third was the Fiat 500L with 54.578 sales (+9.3%).

Best imported models and up 2 spots the Renault Clio with 49.798 units.

To see more about the best-selling models, please refer to the specific article here.

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Below, you can sort our interactive tables to see data regarding Brands, Groups and Models. Please bear in mind that sales data are subject to adjustments as sources will update their information. This report is updated at the publishing date and will not be modified while the next on this subject will always have the year to date data updated.

According to data released by the Auto Suisse, the Association of local Automotive Importers, in the 2015 the market leader unchanged. It was the Volkswagen Golf with 15.288 sales (+6.4%) and 4.7% of market share.

All top positions are in the hands of German brands (or brands owned by German manufacturers) and the podium included the Skoda Octavia with 12.228 units (+12.7%) and the Volkswagen Polo with 7.210 (+22.5%).

In fourth place the Audi A3 with 5.725 units (+10.0%) followed by the Seat Leon with 4.869 (+21.7%), the Volkswagen Passat with 4.579 (+56.7%), the Mercedes C Class with 4.299 (+72.1%), the Renault Clio with 4.031 (+25.0%), the Volkswagen Tiguan with 3.950 (-18.2%) and in 10th place the BMW Series 2 with 3.871, the best new models of the year.

The fastest models inside the top ten  include the Mazda2, 32nd with 2.627 sales (+91.9%), the Smart fortwo (36th with 2.427) and the Tesla Model S (71st with 1.556).

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for top 100 models.

Economic Outlook

The Swiss economy has decelerated throughout 2015 and recent data showed that Q3’s GDP figures weren’t an exception. After avoiding falling into recession in the second quarter, the economy stagnated in the third quarter. While the disappointing figure was largely attributable to a contraction in fixed investment reflecting a weak performance of the construction sector, the country’s external sector remains fragile due to the overvalued currency and the slow recovery in the country’s main trading partners.

The economy will likely record another weak growth figure in the fourth quarter. In fact, retail sales contracted again in October and the KOF Economic Barometer plummeted to a seven-month low in November.

Market Outlook

The domestic industry sales has decelerated during the Q4 2015 with only a +3% increase over the correspondent period last year. However, the market closed the 2015 with the third increase in a row despite slow economy.

According to data released by the Auto Suisse, the Association of local Automotive Importers, in December car passenger’s sales had been 32.642 -0.7% while the entire 2015 sales had been 323.784, up 7.2%.

During the year, Volkswagen has sold 42.212 cars (+5.1%) with 13.0% of market share followed by BMW with 24.103 (+6.4%) and Mercedes, up 2 spots from 2014, with 22.884 (+24.5%).

Down the podium, Audi, down 1 spot, with 22.225 (+6.4%), Skoda, down 1 spot, with 20.972 (+7.5%), Renault with 14.821 (+26.2%), Opel with 13.769 )+2.9%) and Ford with 13.704 (+5.8%).

At Group wise, Volkswagen ended the 2015 with 31.5% of market share ahead of BMW with 9.0%, Renault-Nissan with 8.8% and Mercedes with 8.1%.

The best-selling model was the Volkswagen Golf with 15.288 sales (+6.4%) ahead of the Skoda Octavia with 12.228 units (+12.7%), the Volkswagen Polo with 7.210 (+22.5%), the Audi A3 with 5.725 (+10.0%) and the Seat Leon with 4.869 (+21.7%).

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for all Brands and top 10 Manufacturers Group.

In the 2014 according to preliminary data collected by focus2move Research Team in over 110 markets, the total new Light Passengers Vehicles global market grew 2.8% from the correspondent month last year, fixing the new all-time record volume at 86.5 million units, over 2.5 million better than in the 2013.

The 2014 marked a new milestone in the history of the automotive sector.

For the first time ever (or at least following the Second World War) a European Car Manufacturer is the biggest in the World.

For decades, the leadership was disputed between General Motors and Ford and their battle for selling more and more cars was a disaster for both, as the competitions moved over profitability.

Ford changed at the arrival of mulally while GM, the global leader until the 2008, was in bankruptcy and rescued by Obama’s team.

Since 2009 the leadership was taken by the Japanese Toyota that was the king for five years.

However, under the Toyota leadership the Volkswagen Group was scoring an impressive growth challenging Toyota closer and closer.

Finally in the 2014, the Volkswagen Group took the crown of the biggest group worldwide!

In the last three years Toyota Group has reduced its global share from 12.0% to 11.5% while VW grew from 11.4% to 11.6%.

In the 2014, Volkswagen sold 9.91 million vehicles and Toyota 9.81. Both announced to have sold more than 10 million vehicles, probably adding the Heavy track to these numbers (focus2move reports only about cars + LCVs).

The Volkswagen Group success was fueled by a strong Skoda and Audi performance, respectively up 10.2% and 9.3%, while the brand Volkswagen grew only 2.4% last year.

Wishing to see details on single brand 2014 performance, see this report.

Below, you can sort our interactive tables to see data regarding Groups. Please bear in mind that sales data are subject to adjustments as sources will update their information. This report is updated at the publishing date and will not be modified while the next on this subject will always have the year to date data updated.

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In the 2014 according to preliminary data collected by focus2move Research Team in over 110 markets, the total new Light Passengers Vehicles global market grew 2.8% from the correspondent month last year, fixing the new all-time record volume at 86.5 million units, over 2.5 million better than in the 2013.

Last year record was the fifth in a row for a very healthy industry that found a break on its growing path only in the 2008 and 2009, mainly for the EU and USA shortfall.

However the year ended with a second half pace lower than predicted, mainly due to Chinese market thin growth.

Toyota, the first Brand in the World, posted its new all-time record sales at 8.3 million units, up 1.2%.

In second Volkswagen hit its record as well, with 6.5 million, but something else will be celebrated in Germany, considering that the Volkswagen Group in the 2014 has taken the leadership in the sector, first time ever for any European brand. More details in the report on 2014 Global Groups.

Following the impressive 2013 performance, when it was the fastest growing brand, Ford last year kept the third place with a thin increase of only 50.000 units (or 1.0%) at 5.8 million.

After a long battle against Hyundai and Nissan, Chevrolet was able to defend the fourth place albeit losing over 200.000 units or 4.6% from the previous year, the worse Y.o.Y. performance among the Top 30 Brands.

The group behind, Hyundai, Nissan, Honda and Kia overtook the market with over 4% growth. All of them have hit their record!

Renault in 9^th place fell 1.5% and Fiat 2.7%, losing two spots in favor of Peugeot (+8.3%) and Mercedes (+9.3%)

 Among the Top 50 Brands, the fastest was the last, the Chinese BAIC that almost doubled sales from the previous year. Second was Jeep (26^th with 875.000 sales, +38.0%) and the third was the Chinese Haval (43^rd with 380.000 sales, +35.9%).

Below, you can sort our interactive tables to see data regarding Brands. Please bear in mind that sales data are subject to adjustments as sources will update their information. This report is updated at the publishing date and will not be modified while the next on this subject will always have the year to date data updated.

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