The GM group sold 5.48 million vehicles in 2025
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The GM group sold 5.48 million vehicles in 2025
- The GM group, once the world's leading carmaker for several decades, sold 5.48 million vehicles (passenger cars and light utility vehicles) worldwide in 2025, compared to 5.44 million in 2024, placing it fourth globally. If we exclude the Chinese brands Baojun and Wuling, which are counted by the American carmaker even though the Chinese company SAIC owns more than 50% of its capital, the figure drops to 4.1 million. In this case, GM ranks sixth globally, just ahead of its compatriot Ford.
- If we consider GM's 5.48 million vehicles sold in 2025, GM is neck and neck with Stellantis, which includes the former Chrysler group. GM has lost considerable influence since the period between 2010 and 2015, when it was within reach of 10 million sales per year. The carmaker has therefore lost almost half of its sales since then.
- The sale of its European subsidiaries to the PSA Group in 2017 was one reason for its downsizing, but not the only one. GM is also facing tough competition in China and even in the United States (its historical market), where the former leader has lost some of its luster.
- Let us remember that the GM group, having divested itself of its Oldsmobile brand in 2004, Saturn in 2009, Saab in 2009, Pontiac in 2010, Opel in 2017, Vauxhall in 2017, Holden in 2021, will only include the Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac and GMC brands in 2026.
- Having left the European, Indian, and Russian markets, the GM group is now only present in three major regions: the USA, which represents more than half of its sales, China, and Latin America (South America + Mexico).
- The GM group, including the Chinese brands Baojun and Wuling (which are heavily electrified), sold 1.1 million BEVs in 2025 (20% of its total sales), almost exclusively in China, compared to 821,000 in 2024.
The Hyundai-Kia group sold 7.25 million vehicles in 2025
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The Hyundai-Kia group sold 7.25 million vehicles in 2025
- The Hyundai-Kia group sold 7.25 million vehicles (passenger cars and light utility vehicles) worldwide in 2025 (4.11 million under the Hyundai or Genesis brand and 3.14 million under the Kia brand), representing a slight increase of 0.3% compared to 2024, which is equivalent to the volumes recorded in 2023. For the past three years, the Korean group has been relatively stagnant, its sales peak having been reached between 2014 and 2016, with nearly 8 million units sold annually. It appears that the Hyundai-Kia group is facing increasing competition from Chinese carmakers. Evidence of this is that the Korean group has lost considerable influence in China, having sold only 465,000 vehicles in that market in 2025, compared to 1 million in 2019 and 1.8 million in 2016.
- However, the Hyundai-Kia group is consolidating its third place globally, behind the Toyota and Volkswagen groups, because its following competitors (GM and Stellantis) have been experiencing sharp declines for several years.
- The Korean group avoids such setbacks thanks to a consistent and regularly updated product range policy that developped battery electric vehicles. Thus, Hyundai-Kia sold 490,000 BEVs in 2025 (7% of its total sales) compared to 400,000 in 2024, and 85,000 PHEVs compared to 95,000 in 2024. Furthermore, the carmaker sold 795,000 HEVs compared to 650,000 in 2024. These models represent 19% of the carmaker's total sales, compared to 16% in 2024 and 15% in 2023.
- The United States remains the Korean group's largest market, with 1.835 million sales in 2025, compared to 1.708 million in 2024. This is followed by Korea (1.10 million units), Europe (1.04 million), India (0.85 million) and China (0.465 million).
The Toyota Group sold 11.32 million vehicles in 2025
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The Toyota Group sold 11.32 million vehicles in 2025
- The Japanese Toyota Group (Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu, Hino) sold 11,322,575 vehicles (passenger cars and light utility vehicles) worldwide in 2025, including 2,071,254 units in Japan and 9,251,321 units outside Japan, thus remaining the world's leading carmaker ahead of the Volkswagen Group (8,980,000 units) and Hyundai-Kia (7,250,000 units). This volume represents a 4.6% increase compared to 2024, when its global sales did not exceed 10,821,480 units. The number of F-HEVs is projected to reach 3.265 million units in 2025.
- This volume includes 9,654,576 Toyota brand vehicles, 882,231 Lexus brand vehicles (luxury subsidiary), 675,285 Daihatsu brand vehicles (mainly Kei-cars) and 110,483 Hino brand vehicles (commercial vehicles).
- Among the various regions where the carmaker is present, there are 3,285,605 sales in Asia outside Japan (including 1,780,396 units in China, the remainder being distributed mainly in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Pakistan), 2,929,660 sales in North America, 1,182,551 sales in Europe, 600,891 sales in the Middle East, 472,049 sales in South America, 300,560 sales in Oceania (mainly Australia) and 264,228 sales in Africa (mainly South Africa).
- The Toyota Group announced that it produced 11,221,960 vehicles in 2025, consolidating its first place worldwide against its competitors. This volume is distributed as follows: 4,139,043 units produced in Japan and 7,082,917 produced outside Japan, including 3,144,680 in Asia excluding Japan, 2,241,631 in North America, 809,941 in Europe and 346,287 in South America.
The Volkswagen Group sold 8.98 million vehicles in 2025
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The Volkswagen Group sold 8.98 million vehicles in 2025
- The Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat, Cupra , Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini, MAN, Scania) sold 8.98 million vehicles (passenger cars and light utility vehicles) worldwide in 2025, compared to 9.03 million in 2024, representing a decrease of 0.5%. However, despite this (modest) sales decline, the number of BEVs sold increased by 32% to 985,000 units, and that of PHEVs by 58% to 428,000 units. BEVs thus accounted for 11% of the group's global sales, and PHEVs for 5%.
- According to Inovev, the decline in VW Group sales worldwide in 2025 is primarily due to US tariffs on European vehicle imports (VW sales in the US fell by 12.4% in 2025) and also to increasing competition from Chinese carmakers in China (VW sales in China fell by 6.1% in 2025). Fortunately, the growth in VW Group sales in Europe (+4.5%) and South America (+11.5%) helped offset a large portion of these losses.
- By brand, VW Group sales break down as follows: 4,730,000 Volkswagens, 1,623,551 Audis, 1,043,900 Skodas, 586,300 Seat- Cupras, 393,700 Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, and 279,449 Porsches. The remainder is divided between Bentley, Lamborghini and the MAN and Scania heavy goods vehicles grouped in the Traton division.
- Among all these brands, only Skoda and Seat-Cupra are expected to see their sales increase in 2025 compared to 2024, by 12.7% for Skoda (mainly thanks to the Elroq) and by 5.1% for Seat-Cupra (mainly thanks to Cupra).
- The VW Group remains the world's second largest carmaker, equidistant between Toyota and Hyundai-Kia.
The 20 largest global carmakers in 2025
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The 20 largest global carmakers in 2025
- Here are two graphs representing the top 20 global car carmakers according to the Western ranking (this ranking includes the production of non-Chinese models made by Chinese carmakers in China in the figures for non-Chinese carmakers).
- On the first graph representing the top 10 carmakers, the top seven positions remain unchanged. The Chinese group Geely appears in 2025 in eighth place, supplanting Honda and Suzuki. It should be noted that the top three carmakers, Toyota, Volkswagen and Hyundai-Kia, are now very far apart from each other, separated by two million vehicles.
- They are also very separate from the next seven carmakers which are very close to each other, since these carmakers are in a range of approximately 2 million vehicles.
- The second graph represents the 10 carmakers ranked from 11th to 20th place. Nissan, which has lost considerable influence in recent years, is 11th and is tending to close the gap with its pursuers. Chery is making a breakthrough and takes 12th place. BMW, Renault, Mercedes, and Changan are very close together. Tesla is slipping back in 2025 and is approaching Great Wall, Tata Motors, and SAIC (excluding joint ventures). These 10 carmakers are also in a range of approximately 2 million vehicles.
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