- Over a recent ten-year period between 2002 and 2012, the hierarchy of global carmakers has changed.
The GM group fell from first place in 2002 to third place in 2012. while increasing its production volume (620 000 vehicles).

- Two groups have been more dynamic than GM and exceeded in recent years: the Toyota group leading in 2012 (3 480 000 vehicles produced) and the Volkswagen group in second position (4 280 000 vehicles produced ).

- The Ford group formerly second fell to sixth place (2.28 million vehicles produced), mainly because the disposal of Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin and the removal of the Mercury brand.

- The Renault-Nissan group in fifth position in 2002 rose to fourth place in 2012 (2 880 000 vehicles produced), thanks to the strong growth of Dacia and the acquisition of AvtoVAZ.

- Daimler-Chrysler in sixth position in 2002 has parted from Chryslerto be at the 11th position in 2012. The Fiat Group acquired Chrysler to become Fiat-Chrysler in 2010, and was in 7th position in 2012 (2 450 000 vehicles produced). PSA went from 7th place in 2002 to ninth in 2012 (130,000 vehicles produced), Honda remains stable in 8th place (while having produced 1 200 000 vehicles). Finally, the Hyundai-Kia group has moved from 9th place in 2002 to fifth in 2012 (4 680 000 vehicles produced), thanks to the opening of factories in Europe (600 000 vehicles produced.), in the USA (400 000 vehicles produced) and in China (one million vehicles produced).

Data source: File #101 - Worldwide production detailed by models