Overview of the car market Globally in 2015
- The global car market increased by 1.5% in 2015, reaching a volume of just over 90 million units. This is the first time the world market exceeds the symbolic threshold of 90 million units, although growth is the lowest since 2010.
- The reason behind this low growth: falling sales in key markets in terms of volume, such as Japan, Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, Thailand and Argentina. In addition, growth in China has been the lowest since 2012, which - in view of the volume of this market in the overall volume - has had a negative impact on all the results.
- By manufacturer, the Toyota group (10.15 million units, 0.8%) remains the global market leader, ahead of the Volkswagen group (9.93 million units, -2.1%). Followed by the GM _ (9.84 million units, -0.8%), Renault-Nissan (8.49 million units, + 0.2%) and Hyundai-Kia groups (8.02 million units , + 0.1%). Among the top five manufacturers, only Renault-Nissan and Hyundai-Kia have managed to increase their sales in 2015, benefiting from a fresh line of popular products.
- The ten best selling models on the world market are: Toyota Corolla (1 026 150 units), Ford F-Series (956 058), Volkswagen Golf (892 182), Ford Focus (814,876), Volkswagen Jetta ( 706 175), Toyota RAV4 (661 844), Honda CRV (659 678), Chevrolet Cruze (612 963), Toyota Hilux (612 644), Chevrolet Silverado (607 078).
- In 2016, global growth depends on the stimulus or lack of stimulus from markets such as Japan, Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, Thailand and Argentina. The level of growth of the Chinese market will also have an impact on the growth of the global market.
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