In full-year 2023, Volvo increased worldwide car sales by 15% to a record 708,716 vehicles with the XC60 and XC40 the global top-selling models. 2023 (January to December): Volvo cars set a new sales record when 708,716 vehicles were sold worldwide — an increase of 15% from the 615,121 vehicles sold globally in 2022. Europe … Read more
In full-year 2023, Hyundai increased global car sales by nearly 7% with over 4.2 million vehicles delivered worldwide. The forecast for 2024 is only modest growth. 2023 (January to December): Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) announced total global sales of 4,216,680 vehicles — an increase of 6.9% over worldwide deliveries in 2022. Hyundai annual sales in … Read more
In full-year 2023, Kia increased worldwide car sales by 6% with over 3 million global deliveries and forecasted further growth in 2024. The Sportage was the best-selling Kia model worldwide. 2023 (January to December): Kia Corporation of South Korea increased global car sales by 6.3% in 2023 to 3,085,771 vehicles. The result set a new … Read more
In full-year 2023, Tesla increased worldwide car production and with global sales of over 1.8 million vehicles remained the world’s largest battery-electric carmaker. 2023 (January to December): Tesla increased worldwide car production by over a third to 1,845,985 battery electric vehicles to confirm its position as the leading manufacturer of electric passenger cars in the … Read more
In full-year 2023, BYD increased global car production and worldwide sales of passenger vehicles by nearly two-thirds to become the second-largest battery electric carmaker in the world. In the full calendar year 2023, Chinese car producer BYD increased production and sales of new energy vehicles by 62%. Sales and production of battery-electric passenger cars were … Read more
2023 (Q1-Q3): new car sales increased worldwide in all major global vehicle markets with growth strongest in Mexico, Japan, and Europe. Global car sales continued to increase during the first three quarters of 2023. All major car markets worldwide expanded during the first three quarters of 2023 but the growth was unevenly distributed. Growth was … Read more
Half Year 2023: worldwide new car sales increased in all major global markets with growth particularly strong in Japan, Europe, and the USA. During the first semester of 2023, car sales increased in all major global markets but only China and India have thus far exceeded prepandemic sales levels. New passenger vehicle registrations in Japan … Read more
2023 (Q1): Worldwide new car sales increased in all major world markets except China with growth in passenger vehicle registrations the fastest in Europe. During the first quarter of 2023, car sales in the largest markets in the world increased with the exception of China. Growth was the fastest in Europe but here, as in … Read more
In 2022, international car sales were flat with China the largest single-country market worldwide and India the fastest-growing major global vehicle market. Worldwide car sales in full-year 2022 were flat but the only major international markets recording growth were India and China. China remained by far the largest single-country car market in the world by … Read more
In 2022, worldwide battery-electric car sales by all brands of the Volkswagen Group increased globally by 26%. In the full-year 2022, fully electric car sales of all brands in the Volkswagen Group increased worldwide by 26%. Volkswagen-branded battery-electric vehicle sales increased by 24% to 325,100 cars worldwide. Porsche electric car sales contracted by 16% but … Read more