This report is produced extracting the registrations figures from the Global Database owned by our team, which track registrations i 159 countries, all brands, all models.

Looking at cumulative data up to October 2023, the leadership is solid in the hands of Toyota Group (data for all OEMs does not includes HCV and Buss, so Hino is not included under Toyota) which sold 8.82 million vehicles (+4.7%), losing 6.8% Africa, gaining 6.1% in the Asia and 9.1% in Europe.

The second is Volkswagen Group with 7.15 million sales (+9.1%) growing sharply in America (+16.6%) and Europe (+20.3%).

Hyundai-Kia ranks in 3rd spot reporting 5.91 million sales and a 4.4% increase in sales. This growth was sustained by surges in America (+7.9%) and Asia (+6.3%).

In 4th spot the Renault Nissan Alliance accumulates 5.63 million sales (+5.1%). The struggle in Asia (-15.3%) and Africa (-8.8%) is compensated by growths in both Americas (+22.2%) and Europe (+18.0%).

Stellantis maintains 5th spot with 5.52 million sales (+5.5%). It lost substantial sales in Asia (-13.3%), while growth was reported in Europe (+12.5%).

Behind, General Motors with 5.05 million sales (+1.6%) followed by Ford with 3.31 million units sold (+4.6%).

Honda Motor ranks in 8th with 3.29 million new registrations (+1.5%), losing both in Europe (-11.5%) and Asia (-9.8%).

In 9th place Suzuki with 2.55 million sales is up 5.3% sustained mainly by a +5.5% in Asia.

In 10th place ranks BYD -up 3 spots- with 2.11 million sales (+56.8%). The Chinese Group did better than Tesla (14th with sales up 29.4%) and is now the World Leader among EVs specialists.

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World Best Selling MPV ranking in 2023: BYD Song is the market leader. GAC Aion jumps 6 spots into 2nd (+103.3%). Toyota Sienta up 107.0%.

The best-selling model in the first 10 months of 2023 is the BYD Song, maintaining 1st with 310,961 units sold (-10.1%).

In second place ranks the GAC Aion Y -up 6 spots- with 190,684 sales (+103.3%), ahead of the Chrysler Pacifica -up 8 spots- with 136,369 units sold (+51.3%).

The Toyota Sienna falls 2 spots into 4th with 131,652 units sold (+12.0%), ahead of the Kia Carnival -up 5 spots- with 128,036 sales (+41.7%), the Toyota Sienta -up 13 spots- at 116,330 (+107.0%) and the Maruti Eeco -down 3 spots- with 115,750 new registrations (+7.9%).

The Maruti Ertiga falls 5 spots into 8th, reporting 104,136 sales (-3.3%) followed by the Buick GL8 at 99,616 (+1.8%) and the Denza D9 -up 150 spots- closing the Top 10 with 97,657 units sold.

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World Best Selling SUV Ranking in 2023 sees the Tesla Model Y as new leader, surging 65.6% in sales. Audi Q5 (+19.1%), Honda Hr-V (+20.6%) and Kia Seltos (+10.7%) enter the top 10 for the first time.

The best-selling SUV in the first 10 months of 2023 becomes the Tesla Model Y, leading with 964,591 sales (+65.6%). 

The second best-selling SUV is previous year’s leader the Toyota RAV4, down 0.2% with 743,806 sales, followed by the Honda CR-V with 569,431 new registrations (+10.6%).

In fourth place ranks the Hyundai Tucson with 509,905 sales (+11.0%), followed by the Kia Sportage with 509,905 new registrations (+9.6%). In sixth place ranks the Volkswagen Tiguan with 414,395 sales (+12.1%), ahead of the Mazda CX-5 with 307,074 (-1.1%) and the Honda HR-V -up 8 spots- with 286,566 units sold (+21.1%).

The Kia Seltos rises 5 spots into 9th with 273,712 cumulative sales (+10.7%) and the Audi Q5  closes the Top 10 with 267,933 new registrations, an 17.0% increase from the prior year.

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69,64 million Cars were sold world wide in 2023 up to October, a 6.9% increase in sales from 2022.

China remains the leading global market with 20.12 million sales, falling 1.8%. This huge market accounts for 28.9% of all global sales.

USA, in second position, registers 12.86 million new cars rising 12.5% and holding 18.5% of global market share.

In third position ranks Japan with 3.80 million units sold and  a +14.8% in sales (5.5% market share), followed by India which posted 3.73 million sales (+8.9%), Germany in 5th reports sales at 2.36 million (+13.4%), followed by Mexico with 2.16 million units sold (+24.2%).

UK follows closely with 1.85 million in sales (+16.4%), in front of France with 1.75 million in sales (+14.3%).

At the edge of the top 10 rankings, we find Brazil, with sales at  1.74 million (+11.4%) and finally Italy accumulating 1.44 million new registrations in 2023 (+19.4%).

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World Best Selling SUV Ranking sees the Toyota RAV4 maintaining 1st position despite losing 13.7% this year. Tesla Model Y, up 88.7%, jumps into 2nd overtaking the Honda CR-V.

The best-selling SUV in 2022 remains the Toyota RAV4, leading with 868,398 sales (-13.7%). It’s the first Sport Utility Vehicles sold worldwide, launched in Japan and Europe in 1994.

The second best-selling SUV is the Tesla Model Y that with 759,579 sales (+88.7%) jumped 5 spots, overtaking the Honda CR-V with 591,293 new registrations (-18.8%).

In fourth place ranks the Hyundai Tucson with 549,918 sales (+0.4%), followed by the Kia Sportage -up 1 spot- with 466,408 new registrations (+15.5%). In sixth place -down 2 spots- ranks the Volkswagen Tiguan with 438,502 sales (-19.9%), ahead of the Mazda CX-5 with 351,846 (-6.7%) and the Toyota Highlander -down 3 spots- with 342,424 units sold (-16.5%).

The Mercedes GLC rises 5 spots into 9th with 321,414 cumulative sales (+5.6%) and the Nissan Qashqai  closes the Top 10 with 301,643 new registrations, an 11.5% decrease from the prior year.

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World Best Selling MPV ranking of 2022: BYD Song is the new market leader. GAC Aion Y reaches 6th place, while previous year’s leader drops in 5th place.

The new best-selling model of 2022 is the BYD Song, previously in second place, with 459,429 units sold this year (+128.7%).

In second place ranks the Maruti Ertiga -up 7 spots- with 133,814 sales (+17.0%), ahead of the Toyota Sienna – also up 7 spots- with 132,699 units sold (+27.0%).

The Maruti EECO rose 4 spots into 4th place with 125,074 units sold (+9.2%), ahead of previous year’s leader the Wuling Hongguang -down 4 spots- with 124,381 sales (-51.4%), the GAC Aion Y -up 36 spots- at 119,687 (+250.9%) and the Nissan Note -up 4 spots- with 114,646 new registrations (+19.5%).

In eight place ranks the Buick GL8 with 114,175 sales (-32.8%) followed by the Kia Carnival at 111,907 (-4.9%) and the Toyota Roomy closing the Top 10 with 109,236 units sold (-19.0%).

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This report id produced extracting the registrations figures from the Global Database owned by our team, which track registrations i 159 countries, all brands, all models.

In 2022 global light vehicles sales (cars + LCVs) accumulated to 76.96 million with a moderate 4.1% decline from the previous year.

The leadership is solid in the hands of Toyota Group (data for all OEMs does not includes HCV and Buss, so Hino is not included under Toyota) which sold 10.0 million vehicles (-1.8%), losing over 60% in the C.I.S. area and 10.3% in North America.

The second is Volkswagen Group with 7.86 million sales (-7.2%) losing sharply in Europe (-10.7%), North America (-20.0), Latin America (-11.5), the UK (-12.1%). The Loss was mitigated by a 0.2% loss in the world’s largest area, Asia.

The third is Hyundai-Kia, with 6.66 million sales (-5.7%) due to losses in Asia (-1.1%), North America (-4.7%) and Europe (-14.9%). The Group reported a growth in sales only in Oceania (+7.7%).

In fourth place and down 1 spot we find the Renault Nissan Alliance  with sales at 6.32 million (-15.7%) . Sales are declining in all sub-regions, apart from in Africa (+6.0%) and in East Europe.

In fifth spot the French-Italian-American Group Stellantis with sales at 6.31 million (-8.6%). The group is struggling both in Europe (-11.9%) and North America (-10.7%) while growing rapidly in the ASEAN (+31.0%).

Behind, General Motors with 5.83 million sales (-7.8%) followed by Honda Motor with 3.70 million and the worse performance among the leaders (-20.3%).

Ford ranks in 8th with 3.64 million new registrations (-6.2%), losing in North America (-1.4%), Europe (-8.4%) and Asia (-15.4%).

In 9th place Suzuki with 2.87 million sales is up 4.7% thanks to the +7.9% reported in Asia countered by the heavy loss in Europe (-32.9%).

In 10th place ranks the first premium group, BMW with 2.33 million sales (-8.0%), losing in Asia and Europe.

The rising star is the Chinese BYD -up 8 spots- in 13th spot, specialized in electric vehicles with sales booming 156.9%. The Chinese brand did better than Tesla (15th with sales up 41.4%) and is now the World Leader among EVs specialists.

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In 2022 65.65 million cars were sold world wide, a 3.9% decrease in sales from 2021.

China remains the leading global market with 22.14 million sales, rising 0.9%. This huge market accounts for 33.7% of all global sales.

USA, in second position, registers 10.67 million new cars dropping 11.4% and holding 16.3% of global market share.

In third position ranks India with 3.82 million units sold and  a +23.1% in sales (5.8% market share), followed by Japan which posted 3.80 million sales (-5.5%).

Germany in 5th  reports sales at 2.45 million (+1.4%), followed by UK with 1.61 million units sold (-3.7%).

Brazil follows closely with 1.58 million in sales (+1.6%), in front of France with 1.52 million in sales (-6.9%).

At the edge of the top 10 rankings, we find South Korea, with sales at  1.51 million (-2.3%) and finally Italy accumulating 1.31 million new registrations in 2022 (-13.2%).

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In 2021 almost 84 million vehicles have been sold in the world, gaining 4.1% compared to the almost 81 million sales reported the previous year.

China remains the leading global market, with 24.9 million sales, and rose only 0.5% compared to the sales reported the previous year. This huge market accounts for 29.6% of all sales at a global level.

The USA are in the second position, with almost 15 million sales registered they report a growth of 2% and hold 17.8% share of the world’s sales.

In third position we have Japan with 4.4 million units sold and falling 3.3% (5.3% market share), followed by India which registered 4.4 million units sold (+31.6%).

In 5th place we have Germany,  with sales at almost 3 million units and fell 8.5% and reported the worst performance on the leaderboard, followed by the UK with 2.9 million units sold (+10.2%).

France -down 1 spot- registered 2.1 million sales and rose 2.1%, followed by Mexico which rose 1 spot with 2 million sales rising 6.9%.

At the edge of the top 10 rankings, we find Brazil -down 1 spot-, with sales at  2 million (+1%) and finally South Korea, down 7.9% with 1.7 million units sold.

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During the last decade, the automotive industry competitive scenario changed dramatically due to the success or defeats of the manufacturers on following the development of the market dynamics which challenge each player at 360 degrees, from the ability to design appropriately for each market to the delivery of an appropriate customer relation in any side of the World.

In 2021 Toyota Group is on top of the market with 12.2% market share and 10.3 million sales (+7.7%). In recent years they had great global coverage while managing the brand portfolio quite well. 

Volkswagen Group takes the second position, with 8.8 million sales registered (10.4% share), losing 4.4%.

The third position was taken by Renault Nissan Alliance with 7.6 million units sold (-1.4%), followed by Stellantis -up 1 spot-, which registered 7.4 million units sold (+9.6%).

In 5th place we have Hyundai-Kia -up 1 spot-,  with sales at 6.9 million units (+6.8%), followed by General Motors with 6.1 million units sold reporting the sharpest drop (-11.1%) and dropping 2 positions. In 2010, the America group was the global leader, after leading the World for decades, thanks to a huge brand portfolio. However, most of GM sales were unprofitable and it was a clay giant, not far from bankruptcy. In the last decade, GM has reduced the covered territories and the brands.

Honda Motor registered 4.4 million new sales (-1.3%), followed by Ford with 4.1 million sales (-0.4%) and Suzuki -up 1 spot- growing 10.6% with 2.7 million sales.

At the edge of the top 10 rankings, we find Mercedes Daimler -down 1 spot–, with sales at  2.5 million (-1.6%). 

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