Toyota retained the global #1 position in 2024 with approximately 10.8 million passenger vehicle sales worldwide. Volkswagen Group (across all brands) shipped ~9.2M, but at the single-brand level VW marque was 4.8M. The big change at the top of the league: BYD entered the global top 10 for the first time at #5 with 3.7M passenger cars.
Top 10 Global Brands by 2024 Volume
- Toyota - ~10.8M (incl. Lexus would push to 11.6M)
- Volkswagen - ~4.8M (single-marque)
- Honda - ~3.6M
- Hyundai - ~3.6M
- BYD - ~3.7M
- Ford - ~3.5M
- Nissan - ~3.0M
- Kia - ~3.1M
- Chevrolet - ~2.9M
- Suzuki - ~2.9M
Group-Level Differences
At the group level the picture changes: Toyota Group (Toyota + Lexus + Daihatsu + Hino) ~11.6M, VW Group (VW+Audi+Skoda+Seat+Cupra+Porsche+Bentley+Lamborghini+Bugatti) ~9.2M, Hyundai Motor Group (Hyundai+Kia+Genesis) ~7.2M, Stellantis (Peugeot+Citroen+Fiat+Jeep+RAM+Chrysler+Dodge+Opel+DS+Maserati+Alfa+Lancia) ~6.0M, GM (Chevy+GMC+Buick+Cadillac) ~5.9M, BYD ~3.7M.
BYD's Trajectory
BYD's first global top-10 entry took just three years from its 2021 China-only base of 730k. The 2025 forecast is 5M+ globally, which would put BYD inside the global top 4. No automaker has scaled this fast since the postwar Japanese makes.
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