2021 has come to an end, before the sales of various brands in the Chinese market has been announced, Volkswagen, Toyota is still one of the best selling car companies, and in recent days, the global car brand sales came out, on the list, Toyota once again beat Volkswagen to win the first place, and Renault, Suzuki and other seemingly niche brands are actually selling well, all of which have been shortlisted in the top ten.
1st place: Toyota
Sales: 10.49 million units
In the Chinese market, Volkswagen will sell more than 3 million vehicles in 2021, while Toyota will have less than 2 million vehicles, but in the global market, Toyota ranks first consecutively, with sales of up to 10.49 million vehicles, far exceeding Volkswagen's 8.882 million vehicles, an increase of 10.1%, which shows that Toyota's dependence on the Chinese market is smaller than Volkswagen. Although Toyota's total sales are good, pure electric vehicles are still short boards, with only 14,407 units sold in the whole year, accounting for only 0.137%.
Second place: Volkswagen
Sales: 8.882 million units
Volkswagen sales are only second to Toyota, is the world's second largest sales of car companies, last year's cumulative sales of new cars 8.882 million, down 4% year-on-year, and in Western Europe and China's two major markets, Volkswagen sales have declined to varying degrees, in addition to the repeated epidemic, chip shortage impact, but also related to the decline in its reputation, rumors about "cutting corners" did dissuade many Chinese consumers. However, Volkswagen's transformation in electrification is ahead of most traditional car companies, and electric vehicle sales account for 5.1%, far surpassing Toyota.
Third place: Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi League
Sales: 7.68 million units
Many people have heard of Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi, but few are actually the world's largest automotive alliance, ranking third in the global list with sales of 7.68 million vehicles in 2021. Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance technology is shared, such as Renault Corregation and Nissan Qashqai from the same platform, chassis performance and powertrain are basically the same, in the future they also plan to launch a cross-brand shared pure electric vehicle model platform, planning to launch 35 new pure electric models by 2030.
Fourth place: Hyundai Group
Sales: 6.67 million units
Compared with Volkswagen and Toyota, Hyundai's share in the domestic market is low, but with popular models such as the Elantra, it has been in an upward trend, and in the global market, Hyundai ranks fourth with sales of 6.87 million vehicles, and an increase of 3.9% compared with last year, which is very difficult in the dismal environment of 2021, and further shows that Hyundai, Kia and Jenises are strong and worth buying brands.
Fifth place: General Motors
Sales: 6 million units
GM, like Volkswagen, showed a downward trend of 13%, which is also the fifth consecutive year of sales decline. GM's subsidiaries include Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac and the joint venture brand SAIC-GM-Wuling, in the Chinese market, Cadillac performed slightly better, is one of the best-selling second-tier luxury brands, and SAIC-GM-Wuling launched the Hongguang MINI EV is currently the best-selling pure electric vehicle model, although it is won by cheap, but it can not deny its success.
In addition to the above five car companies, Stellantis [a company after the merger of Fiat Chrysler (FCA) and Group PSA], Honda, Ford, Suzuki and BMW have also entered the top ten, but their main markets are not all in China, such as Suzuki in the Indian market sales are very good, Ford is the leader in the US market, and they are also very good in other markets, and many markets work together to achieve good sales.