2025 Automotive Industry Sales Report

Updated: Jul 9, 2025

USA car sales were up 3% in the first half of 2025 with 8.1 million vehicles sold.

General Motors ranked #1, up 12% this year.

Stellantis declined 10% in the 2nd quarter of 2025 as it searched for traction to balance EV offerings with Ram Trucks and Jeep 4x4s.

Automotive sales have fluctuated in recent years due to global economics, but profits and revenue remain strong, and the US automotive industry is well positioned for prosperity in 2025 if global auto sales and consumer pricing find a better balance.

USA Vehicle Sales by Quarter

LIGHT-DUTY CAR SALES
Quarter 1 (Jan - Mar) Quarter 2 (Apr - Jun)
Quarter 3 (Jul - Sep) Quarter 4 (Oct - Dec)
Sales listed by manufacturer. Reflects quantity of new cars sold.

2025 USA Car Sales Report
Automaker	Quarter	Sold Autos	Status	USA Rank
GM	Q1	693,363	↑ 17%	1
	Q2	746,588	↑ 7%	1
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	1,439,951	↑ 12%	1
Toyota	Q1	570,269	↑ 1%	1
	Q2	666,469	↑ 7%	2
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	1,236,738	↑ 4%	2
Ford	Q1	501,291	↓ 1%	3
	Q2	612,095	↑ 14%	3
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	1,113,386	↑ 7%	3
Hyundai Kia	Q1	402,404	↑ 6%	4
	Q2	453,387	↑ 3%	4
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	855,791	↑ 5%	4
Honda	Q1	351,577	↑ 5%	5
	Q2	387,574	↑ 9%	5
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	739,151	↑ 7%	5
Stellantis	Q1	293,225	↓ 12%	6
	Q2	309,976	↓ 10%	6
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	603,201	↓ 11%	6
Nissan	Q1	267,085	↑ 6%	7
	Q2	221,441	↓ 6%	7
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	488,526	↓ 1%	7
Subaru	Q1	166,957	↑ 9%	8
	Q2	154,818	↓ 9%	8
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	321,775	↓ 1%	8
VW	Q1	149,509	↑ 7%	9
	Q2	130,448	↓ 24%	9
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	279,957	↓ 10%	9
Tesla	Q1	128,100	↓ 9%	10
	Q2	127,000	↓ 18%	10
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	255,100	↓ 13%	10
Mazda	Q1	110,316	↑ 10%	11
	Q2	99,982	↓ 2%	11
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	210,298	↑ 4%	11
BMW	Q1	94,591	↑ 4%	12
	Q2	98,500	↑ 1%	12
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	193,091	↑ 3%	12
Mercedes	Q1	75,100	↓ 9%	13
	Q2	82,700	↓ 11%	13
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	157,800	↓ 10%	13
Volvo	Q1	33,285	↑ 8%	14
	Q2	31,395	↓ 3%	14
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	64,680	↑ 2%	14
Jaguar Land Rover	Q1	29,190	↑ 19%	16
	Q2	29,500	↑ 13%	15
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	58,690	↑ 16%	15
Mitsubishi	Q1	31,637	↑ 11%	15
	Q2	22,116	↓ 3%	16
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	53,753	↑ 5%	16
Rivian	Q1	8,640	↓ 36%	17
	Q2	10,661	↑ 23%	17
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	19,301	↓ 30%	17
2025 USA Grand Total	Q1	3,906,539	↑ 4%
	Q2	4,184,650	↑ 2%
	Q3
	Q4
	YTD	8,091,189	↑ 3%

Previous Reports: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

Global Auto Industry Snapshot
Region	Year	Sold Autos in Millions	Status
China	2024	31.44	↑ 5%
	2023	30.09	↑ 28%
	2022	23.56	↑ 10%
	2021	21.48	↑ 8%
	2020	19.29	↓ 12%
	2019	21.85	↓ 8%
	2018	23.75	↓ 2%
	2017	24.28	↑ 3%
USA	2024	15.93	↑ 2%
	2023	15.61	↑ 14%
	2022	13.69	↓ 9%
	2021	15.08	↑ 3%
	2020	14.59	↓ 15%
	2019	17.05	↓ 1%
	2018	17.18	↓ 1%
	2017	17.23	↓ 2%
Western Europe	2024	11.39	↑ 8%
	2023	10.55	↑ 12%
	2022	9.44	↓ 10%
	2021	10.49	↓ 3%
	2020	10.84	↓ 23%
	2019	14.02	↓ 2%
	2018	14.29	↓ 1%
	2017	14.39	↑ 3%
Top 3 Total	2024	58.76	↑ 5%
	2023	56.25	↑ 20%
	2022	46.69	↓ 1%
	2021	47.05	↑ 5%
	2020	44.72	↓ 15%
	2019	52.92	↓ 4%
	2018	55.22	↓ 1%
	2017	55.90	↑ 2%

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