World Light Vehicles ranking in March of 2021 with sales aggregated by manufacturer group sees Toyota Group still on top, with 12.6% of market share. Stellantis registers the best performance by growing 10.5%, while Ford Group is the only one to fall (-0.4%).
During the last decade, the automotive industry competitive scenario changed dramatically due to the success or defeats of the manufacturers on following the development of the market dynamics which challenge each player at 360 degrees, from the ability to design appropriately for each market to the delivery of an appropriate customer relation in any side of the World.
Up to March 2021 Toyota Group is on top of the market with 12.6% market share and 2.3 million sales Year to Date (+7.9%). In recent years they had great global coverage while managing the brand portfolio quite well.
Volkswagen Group takes the second position, with 2 million sales registered YTD (11.4% share), growing 6.9%.
The third position was taken by Renault Nissan Alliance with 1.8 million units sold (+10%), followed by the new Stellantis (the merger between F.C.A and P.S.A that became official the 16th of January), which registered 1.8 million units sold (+9.8%).
In 5th place we have Hyundai-Kia, with sales at 1.7 million units (+11.2%), followed by General Motors with 1.5 million units sold (+15.1%). In 2010, the America group was the global leader, after leading the World for decades, thanks to a huge brand portfolio. However, most of GM sales were unprofitable and it was a clay giant, not far from bankruptcy. In the last decade, GM has reduced the covered territories and the brands (selling Opel to PSA).
Ford Group registered 1 million new sales (-0.4%), followed by Honda Motor with 905k sales (+14.3%) and Mercedes Daimler growing 13.8% with 620k sales.
At the edge of the top 10 rankings, we find BMW, with sales at 587k (+17.2%).
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 30 groups.
