The G Man

We often talk about sales numbers here Club Lexus and automatically assume we are talking about US sales numbers only, I just want to post this link which reflects the over all global sales of the top 10 car companies. A couple of surprise here on the list are:

Hyundai has climb to # 5 in global sales.

Audi overtook BMW and Mercedes-Benz as Europe and China's leading luxury car brand.

http://autoindustrie.blogspot.com/20...-by-sales.html

MPLexus301

iTrader: (3)

VW is quite a ways behind GM and Toyota. I thought the gap was more narrow than that.

Sens4Miles

Wow, Nissan is real close to overtaking Honda. Never realized their global sales were that close

FKL

It is.

Those are 2008 figures.

Trexus

That is correct that the figures are for the 2008 year. One has to remember that those figures are number of units sold and not translated into dollars sold.

Per the 2008 Fortune Global 500 in sales in dollars Hyundai is 11th.

1. Toyota Motor - $204,352,300,000
2. Volkswagen - $166,579,100,000
3. General Motors - $148,979,000,000
4. Ford Motor - $146,277,000,000
5. Diamler - $140,327,900,000
6. Honda Motor - $99,652,400,000
7. Fiat - $86,913,600,000
8. Nissan Motor - $83,982,000,000
9. Peugeot - $79,560,100,000
10. BMW - $77,863,700,000
11. Hyundai Motor - $72,541,800,000
12. Renault - $55,314,100,000

It will be very interesting to see what the 2009 figures will look like. Most likely GM will drop further down. Toyota should still be number 1 and I'm sure Hyundai will move up.

mmarshall

Correct.....total units, of course, differs from the next question (total dollars sold), below:

How are these "dollar" figures obtained? Is this simply the total value of the list prices of all the sold vehicles added up, the total company profits on all the vehicle sold (after expenses), or simply the total company profits in general, after taxes? There are, of course, many ways this data can be intrepreted.

The G Man

Seems to me Hyundai and VW and the rising stars here. Sad for Honda, I think they will continue to drop in ranking.

TRDFantasy

Honda deserves to drop in the rankings with the absolute ignorance they have been showing towards consumers (including Honda owners) and the market in general.

LexFather

Nice figures.....amazing how Hyundai/Kia has risen.....

TwiBlueG35

I can't see the list.

Trexus

The dollar figures are gross sales and not net of anything...

The G Man

Here you go:

Also, notice that Hyundai has the biggest gain from 2007 to 2008. Unit sales went up by 5 %. I wonder if the global recession actually help Hyundai because of their lower priced cars.

Joeb427

iTrader: (1)

What helps Hyundai is they have the cheapest lower line of vehicles and always offering rebates on the lower line which helps salesbut cuts into the profit margin.

LexFather

What helps Hyundai is the won. VW sells the most sub compacts and compacts with 70% of their lineup. Hyundai is 2nd. This is according to EVO.

TWong350

iTrader: (8)

Hyundai has really been doing well. It's quite impressive. Does the VW numbers include Audi sales?