2020 global sale of light vehicles by automotive groups
- The global automotive market for light vehicles (passenger and utility) fell by nearly 14% in 2020, due to the consequences of the coronavirus crisis. In this context, the Toyota group regained the world’s leading position in terms of volume from the Volkswagen group, which lost 1.6 million sales last year against 1.2 million for the Japanese. The German carmaker suffered from the fall of the European market more than any other carmaker, consequence of its dominant position in this market (25% market share in a region which lost 4 million sales in 2020).
- The Renault-Nissan group, which keeps its third place, lost more sales than Volkswagen (2.4 million vehicles), in particular due to large-volume models at the end of their life cycle.
- The GM group loses 900,000 sales in 2020 but narrowly keeps its fourth place ahead of the Hyundai-Kia group, fifth, which loses almost as many sales (850,000 units). The Honda group, in sixth position, lost only 800,000 sales in 2020 and thus stood out from the Ford group, seventh, which for its part lost 900,000 sales, in particular by removing its sedans from its North America production program.
- The FCA group, which is now behind the Ford group in eighth place, loses 850,000 sales, doing better than its new partner PSA, ninth, which loses 1 million sales in 2020. Suzuki, tenth, loses 550,000 sales. Next came the Premium carmakers BMW and Daimler, which lost few sales (respectively 200,000 and 250,000 units). Behind, the Chinese Geely and Changan are the only ones to increase their sales in 2020 among the top 15 world carmakers.
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