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World Car Sales Statistics – 2016

Automotive Sales Figures have always been a disputed subject. While OEMs shy away to share their respective Sales Numbers, we at Auto Punditz just couldn’t understand the logic. We believe in data transparency and just wish all OEMs could share their numbers without much fuss. We do not see any reason why they should hide it. We in this post try to assess the World Cars Sales Figures of these manufacturers as per the data available in various forums/sites.

Let us look at how the OEMs stand in the Top rankings table:

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Source: Forbes


  1. The aforementioned data is for the OEMs Alliance. For Ex: GM numbers would include the sales of all its subsidiaries (Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, Opel, Vauxhall etc). Similarly Renault-Nissan Alliance Nos would include the sales from Renault, Nissan, Avtovaz (Lada) & Mitsubishi.

  2. Volkswagen did the impossible in 2016. It emerged as the Global No.1 Automaker for the first time! Despite the Dieselgate emissions scandal which has rocked Volkswagen worldwide, the German carmaker achieved record group sales in 2016 of 10.3 million vehicles.

  3. Renault Nissan Alliance was just a stone throw away of claiming the No.3 spot! The Alliance grew a staggering 16.8% pushed by excellent performance of Renault in markets such as India and the recent controlling stake at Mitsubishi boosted their volumes positively.

  4. Toyota & GM posted single digit growth and stood 2nd & 3rd in the podium respectively.

  5. What is interesting to see is that ALL Top 4 automaker groups are hovering around the 10 million mark and it’ll be a much interesting race in 2017!

PS: While VW, GM & Renault-Nissan published the vehicle delivery data for 2016; Toyota’s numbers in consideration here are the production stats. Hence the above table will not have the exact metric.

However, if we consider the individual brand performance – Toyota surpassed the No.2 manufacturer by quite a margin and stood tall at the Numero Uno spot.

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Source: Focus2Move


  1. Again, stellar performance by Renault & Mercedes who grew double digits in Calendar Year 2016.

  2. Honda is strongly challenging Hyundai’s & Nissan’s global numbers. It successfully overtook Chevrolet this year and looks promising in the way ahead.

  3. Also to note that even in Electric Car Sales, Nissan held the Top Spot. Nissan was way ahead of Tesla with the support of its electric offering Leaf. Since its inception, more than 250,000 Leafs have been sold worldwide through December 2016, making the Leaf the world’s all-time best-selling highway-capable electric car in history. As of December 2016, the United States is the world’s largest Leaf market with almost 103,600 sold, followed by Japan with almost 72,500 units, and Europe with almost 68,000 units.

  4. Mercedes also clearly stood ahead of its German Counterparts. While it sold over 23 Lakh units and overtook BMW (19.85 Lakh units); Audi came third with sales of 18.85 Lakh units globally.

Note: The data in this post is a consolidation from multiple sites and multiple references. Hence accuracy is not guaranteed.

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