Toyota is the biggest carmaker in the world in the first 8 months of 2021
- The global production of light vehicles (Passenger cars – PCs & light utility vehicles - LUVs) increased by 16.8% in the first eight months of 2021, to 51 million vehicles, compared to 44 million in 2020.
- By carmaker, the Toyota group (+28.3% compared to 8 months 2020) keeps its first place over the period, a place it had taken over Volkswagen last year, the Japanese having suffered less from the coronavirus crisis than its German competitor in 2020. The Toyota group has a total of 6.85 million light vehicles produced (PCs & LUVs) over the first 8 months of 2021, according to our estimates.The Volkswagen group (+7.8%) remains in second position, as in 2020, with a volume of 5.54 million vehicles produced over the period (including 200,000 battery electric vehicles - BEVs).
- The Renault-Nissan group (+16.3%) remains in third position, with a volume of 4.79 million vehicles produced over the period (including 120,000 BEVs). The Stellantis group (+16.8%) is in fourth position, with a volume of 4.46 million vehicles produced over the period (including 100,000 BEVs).
- The Hyundai-Kia group (+17.7%) remains in fifth position, with a volume of 4.32 million vehicles produced over the period (including 120,000 BEVs). Next are the groups GM (3.42 million units; -0.2%), Honda (2.67 million; +3.7%) and Ford (2.40 million; +2.6%) which produced for their part very few electric cars over the period, like Toyota. Behind, Suzuki (1.91 million; +35%) overpassed BMW (1.65 million; +20%) and Mercedes (1.59 million; +6.7%).
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