Car Sales by Country

2019

F&I Tools key points
The top 5 world's largest automotive countries remained steady with a slight decrease in year over year sales.

Brazil, Russia, Thailand, and Spain were the big winners last year, while Iran and Turkey were on the other side of the spectrum with vehicle sales taking a big hit from the political and economic disruptions in those countries.

**Top 20 Car Sales by Country Last Year**
Rank	Country	Cars Sold	Year ↑↓%	Top Brands
1.	China	23,754,875	↓ 2%	General Motors 3,701,112 Volkswagen 3,130,233 Honda 1,488,322
2.	United States	17,175,893	↑↓ = Even	General Motors 2,944,117 Toyota 2,523,124 Ford 2,392,889
3.	Japan	5,271,985	↑↓	Toyota 1,509,323 Honda 746,387 Suzuki 714,657
4.	Germany	3,436,112	↑↓	Volkswagen 644,210 Mercedes 319,265 BMW 264,984
5.	India	3,382,453	↑ 5%	Maruti Suzuki 1,733,113 Hyundai 709,162 Tata 687,102
6.	France	2,633,231	↑ 3%	Renault 406,234 Peugeot 389,777 Citroen 213,822
7.	Brazil	2,567,254	↑ 15%	Fiat Chrysler 435,112 General Motors 433,180 Volkswagen 367,453
8.	United Kingdom	2,366,976	↓ 7%	Ford 382,429 Volkswagen 245,767 Vauxhall 206,109
9.	Canada	1,985,053	↓ 3%	Ford 297,894 GM 288,324 FCA 225,108
10.	Italy	1,909,997	↓ 3%	Fiat Chrysler 499,675 Volkswagen 162,887 Ford 130,341
11.	Russia	1,800,602	↑ 13%	Lada 360,333 Kia 226,980 Hyundai 178,342
12.	South Korea	1,545,597	↑↓	Hyundai 721,112 Kia 532,423 Ssangyong 109,132
13.	Mexico	1,421,395	↓ 7%	Nissan 312,132 GM 236,115 VW 196,287
14.	Spain	1,322,112	↑ 7%	Seat 107,367 VW 103,122 Peugeot 99,102
15.	Australia	1,153,214	↓ 3%	Toyota 217,098 Mazda 111,302 Hyundai 94,198
16.	Indonesia	1,151,309	↑ 3%	Toyota 352,287 Daihatsu 202,867 Honda 162,201
17.	Thailand	1,039,126	↑ 19%	Toyota 315,122 Isuzu 178,453 Honda 128,453
18.	Iran	959,322	↓ 36%	Peugeot (TBD) Saipa Khodro
19.	Argentina	802,992	↓ 11%	VW 119,433 Renault 114,321 GM 101,395
20.	Turkey	620,943	↓ 35%	FCA 86,102 Renault 70,116 Ford 66,983

Discrepancy in Numbers

Pinpointing sold vehicles per country per year is not as simple as it may sound. We end up with ballpark numbers due to many factors:

Are we counting fleet vehicles sold to businesses and rental companies in our list?

Are we including heavy duty trucks in the list?

Should Europe be considered in total, or should we consider each individual country within Europe separately?

Should we list parent companies, or only list the brands they own?

Are we counting the amount of vehicles that are shipped to dealers or are we counting the number of new car registrations?

The goal is to count new vehicle registrations for automobiles purchased for personal use, but many other types of sales may end up in one set of data but not another.

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