Volkswagen has overtaken Toyota and General Motors
Volkswagen has overtaken Toyota and General Motors
International authoritative analytical agency Focus2Move published the results of sales in the automotive market in 110 countries.
 
So, at the end of 2014 a concern Volkswagen Group has become the largest car manufacturer in the world. German auto giant has increased its share in the global car market to 11.6%, ahead of the first Japanese company Toyota, which topped last five years. 9,910,000 cars Volkswagen spread throughout the world - in this case we are talking about passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. And Toyota has sold 9.81 million cars. Thus, Germans sales exceeded sales of Japanese by 1%. And all for 2014 Volkswagen increased sales by 5%.
 
Total sales in the world markets in 2014 amounted to 86.5 million passenger cars, 2.5 million cars more than in 2013.
 
TOP-10 of the world's major automakers at the end of 2014
1. Volkswagen Group - 9919305
2. Toyota - 9818609
3. General Motors - 8017844
4. Renault-Nissan - 7947606
5. Hyundai-Kia - 7550383
6. Ford - 5912591
7. FCA (Fiat-Chrysler) - 4558007
8. Honda - 4457477
9. PSA (Peugeot Citroen) - 3148030
10. Suzuki - 2908126
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