2004 Global and Company Vehicle Production Figures
 

On TV Show Autoline Detroit the following tables were presented on last week's show that I found extremely interesting and I am sure you will too:

2004 Regional Vehicle Production (Source OICA):

1. Asia = 23 Million Vehicles
2. Europe = 20.8M
3. North America = 16.2M
4. South America = 2.5M
5. Rest = 420K

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2004 Company Vehicle Production (Source: Annual Reports)

1. GM = 8.24M
2. Toyota = 7M
3. Ford = 6.64M
4. Renault/Nissan = 5.95M
5. VW = 5.14M
6. Daimler/Chrysler = 4.6M
7. PSA = 3.37M
8. Honda = 2.98M
9. Hyundai/Kia = 2.94M
10. Fiat = 1.766M

Toyota the second largest automaker on the planet officially and look at Renault/Nissan just half a million vehicles behind Ford. Hyundai/Kia looks like they might surpass Honda soon!

Wow, PSA sells a lot of cars even without a NA presence.

i'm embarrased that i dont know this ... but who is PSA?

That was my other thought which I missed posting. They actually dont even have presence in big cars or even trucks, including SUVs. Even more impressive.

Peugeot and Citroen. Mostly owned by the French gov't mind you :)

The 607 and the C5 are full size cars for Europe but they don't sell many of those. They do have minivans/wagons that sell well. Virtually no SUVs.

Right. By "dont have presence" I meant, no presence at the top of the charts compared to the competition.

Bottom line, their numbers are almost exclusively based on small or very small cars.