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GlobalData Global Light Vehicle Sales Update

February 2024 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate rose to 85 mn units/year in February new
January 2024 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate for January slowed to 82 mn units/year
December 2023 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate for December was 94 mn units/year, continuing a strong run of results since mid-year. 
November 2023 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate for November was 94 mn units/year
October 2023 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate was broadly in line with the previous month, at 94 mn units/year 
September 2023 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate ended its 6-month rising streak by falling to 93 mn units/year in September 
August 2023 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate rose to 99 mn units/year in August 
July 2023 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate rose to 93 mn units/year in July
June 2023 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate rose to 93 mn units/year in June
May 2023 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate rose to 89 mn units/year in May 
April 2023 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate rose to 86 mn units/year in April
March 2023 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate rose to 84 mn units/year in March
February 2023 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate in February fell to 81 mn units/year
January 2023 January’s Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate stood at 83 mn units/year, broadly in line with the previous month
December 2022 December’s Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate fell for the fourth consecutive month to 82.7 mn units/year
November 2022 November’s Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate eased back to 84 mn units/year
October 2022 At 86 mn units/year, October’s Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate was in line with the previous month
September 2022 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate ended a four-month growth trend in September by falling to 85.8 mn units/year
August 2022 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate continued its gradual improvement for the fourth consecutive month to 94 mn units/year
July 2022 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate rose for the third consecutive month to 91 mn units/year in July 2022
June 2022 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate rose to 85 mn units/year in June 2022
May 2022 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate improved to 76 mn units/year for May 2022
April 2022 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate plunged to 67 mn units/year in April 2022
March 2022 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate fell to 75 mn units/year in March 2022
February 2022 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate dropped to 77 mn units/year in February 2022
January 2022 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate improved to 84 mn units/year for the opening month of 2022
December 2021 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales are estimated to have reached 81 mn units for 2021
November 2021 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate is estimated at 80 mn units/year for November
October 2021 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate improved slightly in October, to 76 mn units/year
September 2021 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate fell to 73 mn units/year in September
August 2021 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate slipped to 80 mn units/year in August
July 2021 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate was 82 mn units/year in July
June 2021 Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate stood at 82.4 mn units/year in June
May 2021 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales increased by 33.7% year-on-year (YoY) in May
April 2021 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales increased by 77.6% year-on-year (YoY) in April
March 2021 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales increased by 52.7% year-on-year (YoY) in March
February 2021 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales increased by 12.4% year-on-year (YoY) in February
January 2021 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales increased by 1.9% year-on-year (YoY) in January
December 2020 Global Light Vehicle annual sales for 2020 stands at 77.7 mn units, 14% lower than 2019
November 2020 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales fell by 2.1% year‐on‐year (YoY) in November
October 2020 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales grew by 2.3% year‐on‐year (YoY) in October
September 2020 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales grew by 0.5% year‐on‐year (YoY) in September
August 2020 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales fell by 10.3% year‐on‐year (YoY) in August
July 2020 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales fell by 6.8% year‐on‐year (YoY) in July
June 2020 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales fell by 18.1% in June
May 2020 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales suffered a severe fall in May, dropping by 33% year-on-year (YoY)
April 2020 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales suffered another sharp fall in April, dropping by 45% year-on-year (YoY)
March 2020 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales contracted sharply in March, down 37.9% year‐on‐year (YoY) 
February 2020 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales fell by 19.9% year-on-year (YoY) in February
January 2020 Global Light Vehicle (LV) sales fell by 10.4% year-on-year (YoY) in January
December 2019 Global Light Vehicle annual sales for 2019 stands at 90.3 mn units, 4.4% lower than 2018
November 2019 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 2.4% in year-on-year (YoY) terms in November
October 2019 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 3.8% in year-on-year (YoY) terms in October
September 2019 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 2.7% in year-on-year (YoY) terms in September
August 2019 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 3.9% in year-on-year (YoY) terms in August
July 2019 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 1.5% in year-on-year (YoY) terms in July 
June 2019 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 6.4% in year-on-year (YoY) terms in June
May 2019 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 7.0% in year-on-year (YoY) terms in May
April 2019 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 6.9% in year-on-year (YoY) terms in April
March 2019 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 5.0% in year-on-year (YoY) terms in March
February 2019 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 6.0% in year-on-year (YoY) terms in February
January 2019 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 8.2% in year-on-year (YoY) terms in January
December 2018 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 0.5% year-on-year (YoY) for 2018
November 2018 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 7.3% in year-on-year (YoY) terms in November
October 2018 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 3.8% in year‐on‐year (YoY) terms in October
September 2018 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 8.5% in year‐on‐year (YoY) in September
August 2018 Global Light Vehicle sales grew by 2.7% in year‐on‐year (YoY) in August
July 2018 Global Light Vehicle sales grew by 1.9% year-on-year (YoY) in July
June 2018 Global Light Vehicle sales grew by 4.2% year-on-year (YoY) in June
May 2018 Global Light Vehicle sales grew by 4.5% year-on-year (YoY) in May
April 2018 Global Light Vehicle sales grew by 5.9% year-on-year (YoY) in April
March 2018 Global Light Vehicle sales grew by 1.2% year-on-year (YoY) in March
February 2018 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 1.3% year-on-year (YoY) in February
January 2018 Global Light Vehicle sales grew by 7% year-on-year (YoY) in January
December 2017 Global Light Vehicle sales fell by 1% year‐on‐year (YoY) in December
November 2017 Global Light Vehicle sales grew by 2.2% year‐on‐year (YoY) in November
October 2017 Global Light Vehicle sales grew by 2% year‐on‐year (YoY) in October
September 2017 Global Light Vehicle sales grew by 4.1% year‐on‐year (YoY) in September
August 2017 Global Light Vehicle sales grew by 2.7% year-on-year (YoY) in August
July 2017 Global Light Vehicle sales grew by 3.2% year-on-year (YoY) in July
June 2017 Global Light Vehicle sales grew by 1.3% year-on-year (YoY) in June
May 2017 Global Light Vehicle sales grew by 3.4% year-on-year (YoY) in May
April 2017 Global Light Vehicle sales fell back in year-on-year (YoY) terms in April, down 1.4%
March 2017 Global Light Vehicle sales grew once again in year-on-year (YoY) terms, up 5.0% for March
February 2017 Global Light Vehicle market maintained its positive YoY momentum, with sales volumes up 7.7%
January 2017 Global Light Vehicle market selling rate slipped back to 92.8 mn units/year in January 2017
December 2016 Global Light Vehicle market achieved a record result in 2016, growth by nearly 5% to 93.2 mn units

GlobalData Western European Passenger Car Sales Update

February 2024 Western Europe selling rate rose to 12.8 mn units/year in February new
January 2024 Western Europe selling rate fell slightly to 12 mn units/year in January
December 2023 Western Europe selling rate rose to 13 mn units/year in December
November 2023 Western Europe selling rate rose slightly to 12.5 mn units/year in November
October 2023 Western Europe selling rate rose to 12 mn units/year in October
September 2023 Western Europe selling rate fell to 11.4 mn units/year in September 
August 2023 Western Europe selling rate improved to 14.6 mn units/year in August
July 2023 Western Europe selling rate improved to 11.5 mn units/year in July
June 2023 Western Europe selling rate stood at 11.4 mn units/year in June
May 2023 Western Europe selling rate improved to 11.4 mn units/year in May 
April 2023 Western Europe selling rate fell slightly to 10.7 mn units/year in April
March 2023 Western Europe selling rate slipped back to 10.9 mn units/year in March
February 2023 Western Europe selling rate climbed to 11.7 mn units/year in February
January 2023 Western Europe selling rate fell to 10.7 mn units/year in January
December 2022 Western Europe selling rate rose to 13.1 mn units/year in December
November 2022 Western Europe selling rate rose to 12.2 mn units/year in November
October 2022 Western Europe selling rate fell to 10.3 mn units/year in October
September 2022 Western Europe selling rate decreased to 10.5 mn units/year in September
August 2022 Western Europe selling rate improved to 12.4 mn units/year in August
July 2022 Western Europe selling rate slipped to 9.5mn units/year in July
June 2022 West European selling rate remained at 9.8 mn units/year in June
May 2022 West European selling rate increased to 9.8 mn units/year in May
April 2022 West European selling rate dropped to 8.8 mn units/year in April
March 2022 West European selling rate dropped to 9.0 mn units/year in March
February 2022 West European selling rate increased only slightly to 10 mn units/year in February
January 2022 West European selling rate slipped to 9.7 mn units/year in January
December 2021 West European selling rate increased to 11.3 mn units/year in December
November 2021 West European selling rate increased to 10.3 mn units/year in November
October 2021 West European selling rate dropped to 9.0 mn units/year in October
September 2021 West European selling rate dropped to 9.7 mn units/year in September
August 2021 West European selling rate increased slightly to 11.9 mn units/year in August
July 2021 West European selling rate dropped to 10.5 mn units/year in July
June 2021 West European selling rate rose to 11.9 mn units/year in June
May 2021 West European car registrations grew by 74.8% year-on-year (YoY) in May
April 2021 West European car registrations grew by 282.5% year-on-year (YoY) in April
March 2021 West European car registrations grew by 64.5% year-on-year (YoY) in March
February 2021 West European car registrations fell by 21.3% year-on-year (YoY) in February
January 2021 West European car registrations fell by 25.7% year‐on‐year (YoY) in January
December 2020 West European car registrations fell by 3.8% year‐on‐year (YoY) in December
November 2020 West European car registrations fell by 14.1% year‐on‐year (YoY) in November
October 2020 West European car registrations fell by 6.3% year‐on‐year (YoY) in October
September 2020 West European car registrations grew by 0.1% year‐on‐year (YoY) in September
August 2020 West European car registrations fell by 15.5% year‐on‐year (YoY) in August
July 2020 West European car registrations fell by 2.2% year‐on‐year (YoY) in July
June 2020 West European car registrations fell by 24.8% year‐on‐year (YoY) in June
May 2020 West European car registrations fell by 57.3% year‐on‐year (YoY) in May
April 2020 West European car registrations fell by 80.0% year‐on‐year (YoY) in April
March 2020 West European car registrations fell by 52.9% year‐on‐year (YoY) in March
February 2020 West European car registrations fell by 7.0% year‐on‐year (YoY) in February
January 2020 West European car registrations fell by 7.7% year‐on‐year (YoY) in January
December 2019 West European car registrations grew 20.6% year-on-year (YoY) in December
November 2019 West European car registrations grew 4.2% year-on-year (YoY) in November
October 2019 West European car registrations grew 8.0% year-on-year (YoY) in October
September 2019 West European car registrations grew 13.9% year-on-year (YoY) in September
August 2019 West European car registrations fell by 8.5% year‐on‐year (YoY) in August
July 2019 West European car registrations increased by 0.1% year‐on‐year (YoY) in July 
June 2019 West European car registrations fell by 8.4% year‐on‐year (YoY) in June
May 2019 West European car registrations fell by 0.3% year‐on‐year (YoY) in May
April 2019 West European car registrations fell by 1.0% year‐on‐year (YoY) in April
March 2019 West European car registrations fell by 3.7% year‐on‐year (YoY) in March
February 2019 West European car registrations fell by 1.6% year‐on‐year (YoY) in February
January 2019 West European car registrations fell by 5% year‐on‐year (YoY) in January
December 2018 West European car full‐year registrations were down 0.7% YoY, with a total of 14.2 mn units sold
November 2018 West European car registrations fell by 8.3% year‐on‐year (YoY) in November
October 2018 West European car registrations fell by 7.3% year‐on‐year (YoY) in October
September 2018 West European car registrations fell by 23% year‐on‐year (YoY) in September
August 2018 West European car registrations increased by 26.6% in year‐on‐year (YoY) terms in August
July 2018 West European car registrations increased by 9.1% in year‐on‐year (YoY) terms in July
June 2018 West European car registrations increased by 4.6% in year‐on‐year (YoY) terms in June
May 2018 West European car registrations were virtually unchanged, year on year (YoY), in May
April 2018 West European car registrations grew by 9.1%, year on year (YoY), in April

Forecast Reports by OEM

SAIC Group’s light vehicle sales in 2027 will be 3.02 million units Sales Forecast Mar. 25, 2024
Suzuki’s light vehicle production expected to increase to 3.33 million units in 2027 Production Forecast Mar. 13, 2024
GWM’s light vehicle sales in 2027 will be 1,570k units Sales Forecast Mar. 06, 2024
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q4 2023) Production Forecast Jan. 30, 2024
Stellantis’ light vehicle production expected to increase to 7.76 million units in 2027 Production Forecast Jan. 29, 2024
Subaru’s Light vehicle sales will be 1.01 million units in 2026 Sales Forecast Jan. 12, 2024
Mazda to produce 1.27 million light vehicles in 2026 Production Forecast Dec. 22, 2023
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q3 2023) Production Forecast Oct. 27, 2023
Mercedes-Benz Group’s production in 2026 will be 2.77 million units Production Forecast Sep. 28, 2023
BMW’s light vehicle sales expected to increase to 2.72 million units in 2026 Sales Forecast Sep. 27, 2023
GM Group’s light vehicle production forecast rising gradually, to reach 5.13 million units in 2026 Production Forecast Sep. 15, 2023
FAW: NEV Sales to Reach 1.45 Million Units in 2025 Sales Forecast Sep. 13, 2023
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q2 2023) Production Forecast Jul. 26, 2023
Toyota Group’s production in 2026 will be 11.3 million units Production Forecast Jul. 14, 2023
Chery Group’s light vehicle sales in 2026 will be 1.62 million units Sales Forecast  Jun. 21, 2023
Tesla's global sales to reach 2.47 million units in 2026 Sales Forecast  Jun. 09, 2023
Honda Group’s sales in 2026 will be 4.33 million units Sales Forecast  Jun. 02, 2023
Ford’s light vehicle production expected to be 4.19 million units in 2026 Production Forecast May 15, 2023
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q1 2023) Production Forecast Apr. 26, 2023
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance’ production in 2026 will be 7.97 million units Production Forecast Mar. 23, 2023
Hyundai Group's production to reach 7.79 million units in 2026 Production Forecast Mar. 17, 2023
Changan Automobile Group’s light vehicle sales in 2026 will be 1.80 million units Sales Forecast  Mar. 06, 2023
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q4 2022) Production Forecast Jan. 30, 2023
Suzuki’s sales expected to be 3.13 million units in 2026 Sales Forecast  Jan. 18, 2023
SAIC Group’s light vehicle production in 2025 will be 2.77 million units Production Forecast Jan. 17, 2023
SUBARU’s production in 2025 will be 1.02 million units Production Forecast Dec., 19, 2022
BAIC Group’s sales in 2025 will be 613k units Sales Forecast  Nov. 17, 2022
Mazda Motors sales in 2025 will be 1.44 million units  Sales Forecast  Nov. 15, 2022
VW’s light vehicle production expected to be 9.95 million units in 2025 Production Forecast Nov. 10, 2022
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q3 2022) Production Forecast Oct. 28, 2022
Geely Group’s light vehicle sales will reach 2.9 million units in 2025 Sales Forecast  Oct. 27, 2022
GAC Group’s light vehicle sales in 2025 will be 568k units Sales Forecast  Oct. 05, 2022
Mercedes-Benz Group’s sales in 2025 will be 2.92 million units Sales Forecast  Sep. 08, 2022
Dongfeng Motor’s sales in 2025 will be 763k units Sales Forecast  Sep. 01, 2022
Stellantis’ light vehicle sales to reach 8.34 million units in 2025 Sales Forecast  Aug. 10, 2022
BMW’s light vehicle production expected to increase to 2.84 million units in 2025 Production Forecast Aug. 04, 2022
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q2 2022) Production Forecast Jul. 26, 2022
GM’s light vehicle sales in 2025 will be 5,448k units Sales Forecast  Jun. 09, 2022
Tesla’ s sales to achieve 1.8 million units in 2025 Sales Forecast  May 31, 2022
Toyota’s sales in 2025 will be 12 million units Sales Forecast  May 27, 2022
Ford’s light vehicle sales expected to be 4.9 million units in 2025 Sales Forecast  Apr. 25, 2022
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q1 2022) Production Forecast Apr. 22, 2022
FAW Group’s sales in 2025 will be 482k units Sales Forecast  Mar. 28, 2022
Honda Group’s production in 2025 will be 5.1 million units Production Forecast Mar. 11, 2022
BYD’s sales in 2025 will be 1.22 million units Sales Forecast  Mar. 04, 2022
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q4 2021) Production Forecast Jan. 25, 2022
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi's light vehicle sales expected to reach 10.33 million units in 2025 Sales Forecast  Jan. 17, 2022
SAIC Group’s sales in 2024 will be 2.98 million units Sales Forecast  Jan. 13, 2022
Suzuki production will be 3.23 million units in 2024 Production Forecast Dec. 08, 2021
Great Wall Motor sales are expected to exceed 1.56 million units in 2024 Sales Forecast  Nov. 17, 2021
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q3 2021) Production Forecast Oct. 22, 2021
Changan Automobile Group’s light vehicle sales in 2024 will be 1.50 million units Sales Forecast  Oct. 11, 2021
Subaru’s light vehicle sales expected to be 1.04 million units in 2024 Sales Forecast  Sep. 14, 2021
Mazda’s production in 2023 will be 1.71 million units Production Forecast Sep. 06, 2021
Chery Group’s sales in 2024 will be 751k units  Sales Forecast  Aug. 31, 2021
Hyundai Motor Group to sell 8.5 million units in 2024 Sales Forecast  Aug. 05, 2021
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q2 2021) Production Forecast Jul. 28, 2021
Daimler Group’s production expected to be 3.16 million units in 2024 Production Forecast Jul. 09, 2021
Toyota’s light vehicle production will be 11.44 million units in 2024 Production Forecast May 26, 2021
Tesla’ s sales to achieve 963k units in 2024 Sales Forecast  May 10, 2021
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q1 2021) Production Forecast Apr. 22, 2021
Stellantis’ light vehicle production expected to increase to 9.13 million units in 2024 Production Forecast Apr. 08, 2021
GM’s light vehicle production in 2024 will be 5.9 million units Production Forecast Mar. 25, 2021
VW’s light vehicle sales expected to be 9.82 million units in 2021 Sales Forecast  Feb. 19, 2021
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q4 2020) Production Forecast Jan. 26, 2021
BMW’s light vehicle sales expected to decline to 2.23 million units in 2020 Sales Forecast  Dec. 16, 2020
Honda Group’s sales in 2023 will be 5.25 million units Sales Forecast  Nov. 30, 2020
Ford Group's production in 2023 will be 5.4 mn units Production Forecast Nov. 25, 2020
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q3 2020) Production Forecast Oct. 23, 2020
Suzuki's sales will be 2.3 million units in 2023  Sales Forecast  Oct. 15, 2020
Tata Motors Group's sales to be 986k units in 2023  Sales Forecast  Oct. 14, 2020
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi’s global production in 2023 will be 9,849k units Production Forecast Oct. 01, 2020
Mazda Motors' light vehicle sales in 2023 will be 1.65 million units  Sales Forecast  Sep. 08, 2020
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q2 2020) Production Forecast Jul. 22, 2020
SUBARU’s production will be 862k units in 2020 and 1.0 million units in 2023 Production Forecast Jul. 06, 2020
Hyundai Group's production to decline to 6.27 million units in 2020 Production Forecast Jun. 22, 2020
Daimler's sales to be 2.99 million units in 2023  Sales Forecast  May 27, 2020
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q1 2020) Production Forecast Apr. 23, 2020
Tesla's sales to achieve 460,000 units in 2020 Sales Forecast  Mar. 25, 2020
GM's sales to decline to 6.0 million by 2021 Sales Forecast  Mar. 11, 2020
Great Wall Motor sales are expected to exceed 1.26 million units in 2022 Sales Forecast  Feb. 27, 2020
PSA's sales to increase to 3.76 million units in 2020 Sales Forecast  Feb. 25, 2020
Toyota Group’s light vehicle sales will be 11 million units in 2023 Sales Forecast  Jan. 31, 2020
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q4 2019) Production Forecast Jan. 28, 2020
FCA's sales to decline to 4.29 million units in 2020 Sales Forecast  Jan. 28, 2020
Dongfeng's own brand production to decline 612 thousand units in 2022 Production Forecast Jan. 17, 2020
VW's production to grow to 11.6 million units in 2022 Production Forecast Dec. 12, 2019
Geely group experience steady growth and produce 2.58 million units in 2022 Production Forecast Dec. 4, 2019
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q3 2019) Production Forecast Nov. 22, 2019
BMW's light vehicle production to be 2.65 million units in 2022 Production Forecast Oct. 18, 2019
Honda Group’s production in 2022 will be 5.38 million units Production Forecast Oct. 17, 2019
Ford Group's vehicle sales in 2022 will be 6.09 million units Sales Forecast  Sep. 20, 2019
Suzuki’s light vehicle production expected to be 3.05 million units in 2022 Production Forecast Sep. 19, 2019
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q2 2019) Production Forecast Sep. 11, 2019
Mazda’s production in 2022 will be 1.8 million units Production Forecast Aug. 1, 2019
GAC's own brand production to reach 630 thousand units in 2022 Production Forecast May 20, 2019
Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q1 2019) Production Forecast Apr. 23, 2019
Daimler Group’s light vehicle production in 2022 will be 3.18 million units Production Forecast Apr. 18, 2019
(New) Global Top 10 OEMs Production Forecast (Q4 2018) Production Forecast Mar. 7, 2019
Subaru’s light vehicle sales in 2022 will be 1,066,000 units Sales Forecast  Feb. 13, 2019
Tesla's sales to achieve 440,000 units in 2022 Sales Forecast  Jan. 31, 2019
GM Group’s light vehicle production in 2021 will be 6.53 million units Production Forecast Jan. 9, 2019
Hyundai Group's sales to grow to 8.35 million units in 2021 Sales Forecast  Dec. 20, 2018
Toyota Group’s light vehicle production will be 10.8 million units in 2021 Production Forecast Dec. 12, 2018
VW's sales to grow to 12 million in 2021 Sales Forecast  Nov. 6, 2018
Honda Group’s light vehicle sales in 2021 will be 5.15 million units Sales Forecast  Sep. 19, 2018
BMW's sales to grow to 2.7 million units in 2021 Sales Forecast  Sep. 14, 2018
Suzuki's light vehicle sales to hover 3.2 million units in the medium term Sales Forecast  Sep. 6, 2018
SAIC Group to experience steady growth and sell 3.3 million units in 2021 Sales Forecast  Jul. 31, 2018
Mazda’s light vehicle sales in 2021 will be 1.59 million units Sales Forecast  Jul. 23, 2018
Ford Group's production to grow to 6.6 million units in 2021 Production Forecast Jul. 4, 2018
Daimler Group's sales to grow to 3 million units in 2021 Sales Forecast  Jan. 30, 2018
Tesla to sell 220,000 units in 2020 Sales Forecast  Jan. 5, 2018
FCA Group's production to grow to 5.33 million units in 2020 Production Forecast Dec. 14, 2017
BYD Group will recover in 2019 and reach 0.45 million units in 2020 Sales Forecast  Oct. 27, 2017
Renault-Nissan Group's global sales in 2020 will be 10.66 million units Sales Forecast  Oct. 20, 2017
GM's sales to fall until 2019, return to growth and reach 6.61 million units in 2020 Sales Forecast  Oct. 13, 2017
Chery Group’s sales will recover in 2019 and reach 0.8 million units in 2020 Sales Forecast  Sep. 26, 2017
Toyota Group's sales in 76 countries will be 10.32 million units in 2020 Sales Forecast  Sep. 21, 2017
BAIC Group is mild growth and reach 1.5 million units in 2020 Production Forecast Aug. 29, 2017
Honda's light vehicle production to hover around 5.1 million units in the medium term Production Forecast Aug. 1, 2017
Suzuki's light vehicle production to reach 3 million units in the medium term Production Forecast Jul. 27, 2017
VW Group's production to reach 11.6 million units in 2020 Production Forecast Jun. 20, 2017
PSA Group's sales in 69 countries will be 3.84 million units in 2020 Sales Forecast  Jun. 1, 2017
Hyundai Group's production in 2020 will be 8.8 million units Production Forecast May 23, 2017
Geely to experience steady growth and produce 1.87 million units in 2020 Production Forecast May 11, 2017
Ford's sales in 56 major countries in 2019 will be 6.52 million units Sales Forecast  Jan. 16, 2017
FAW Group is will change to rise in 2017, but difficult to secure a strong position Sales Forecast  Dec. 16, 2016
FCA Group's global sales to reach 4.97 million units in 2019 Sales Forecast  Dec. 16, 2016
Great Wall to experience steady growth and produce 1.07 million units in 2019 Production Forecast Nov. 15, 2016
Subaru's sales will be 969,000 units in 2019 Sales Forecast  Oct. 26, 2016
Tesla Motors' sales in 2019 to hit 210,000 units Sales Forecast  Oct. 24, 2016
Renault Group's global production to reach 4.04 million units in 2019  Production Forecast Oct. 14, 2016
Mazda's light vehicle production in 2019 will be 1.71 million units Production Forecast Oct. 7, 2016
Changan Group is mild growth and reach 1.58million units in 2019 Sales Forecast  Sep. 30, 2016
GAC's local brand production to reach 410,000 units in 2019 Production Forecast Sep. 8, 2016
Nissan’s light vehicle sales in 57 countries to reach 5.19 million units in 2019 Sales Forecast  Aug. 17, 2016
BMW’s global production expected to be 2.6 million units in 2019 Production Forecast Aug. 8, 2016
GM’s global production to reach 8.35 million units in 2019 Production Forecast Jul. 4, 2016
Honda's light vehicle sales to reach 4.88 million units in 2019 Sales Forecast  Jun. 2, 2016
Daimler's production to reach 2.75 million units in 2019  Production Forecast May. 23, 2016
Toyota Group's production in 2019 to reach 10.5 million units  Production Forecast Mar. 28, 2016
PSA's global production to reach 3.92 million units in 2019  Production Forecast Jan. 29, 2016
Ford production will be 6.77 million units in 2018  Production Forecast Oct. 16, 2015
Hyundai group production in 2018 will be 8.74 million units  Production Forecast Oct. 16, 2015
Volkswagen Group Diesel Emissions Crisis [Special report] Sep. 24, 2015
VW Group's production predicted to be 9.8 million units in 2015  Production Forecast Sep. 15, 2015
Suzuki’s sales will be 2.8 million units in 2018 Sales Forecast  Sep. 10, 2015
Subaru's production will be 910,000 units in 2018  Production Forecast Aug. 4, 2015
FCA Group's production in 17 major countries will be 5.4 million in 2018  Production Forecast  Jul. 27, 2015
Mazda's sales will be 1.41 million units in 2018 Sales Forecast Jul. 24, 2015
BMW group's global sales will reach 2.57 million in 2018 Sales Forecast May 27, 2015
Renault Group's sales in 51 major countries will be 3.3 million units in 2018 Sales Forecast Apr. 28, 2015
Toyota Group's sales in major 55 countries in 2018 will be 9.71 million  Sales Forecast  Mar. 13, 2015
Honda Group's light vehicle production in 2018 will be 5.32 million units  Production Forecast  Jan. 23, 2015
Daimler's light vehicle global sales will be 2.3 million in 2017  Sales Forecast  Jan. 6, 2015
Nissan's production will be 5.82 million units in 2017  Production Forecast  Dec. 8, 2014
GM's light vehicle sales to expand to 8.3 million in 2017  Sales Forecast  Nov. 12, 2014
Toyota Group Production will be 10.7 million units in 2017  Production Forecast Oct. 8, 2014
Suzuki's production will be 3.1 million units in 2017  Production Forecast  Sep. 7, 2014
Hyundai Group sales in 53 countries to be 7.47 million units in 2017  Sales Forecast  Sep. 5, 2014
VW's light vehicle sales to expand to 11.4 million units in 2017 Sales Forecast  Sep. 1, 2014
Ford's global sales to rise to 7 million units in 2017 Sales Forecast Jul. 4, 2014
Mazda's global production to rise to 1.78 million units in 2017  Production Forecast  June 11, 2014
Honda Group sales forecast in 52 major countries through 2017 Sales Forecast  May 27, 2014
PSA group global sales to 3.70 million units by 2017 Sales Forecast  May 22, 2014
Renault’s production will reach 3.71 million units in 2017  Production Forecast Apr. 25, 2014
SAIC light vehicle production to rise to 2.5 million units in 2017   Production Forecast  Apr. 25, 2014
Nissan group sales in 54 countries to be 5.39 million units in 2017 Sales Forecast  Mar. 5, 2014
Dongfeng production to rise to 1.18 million units in 2016  Production Forecast  Jan. 10, 2014
Tata/JLR: LMC forecasts growth as production expands beyond traditional markets  Production Forecast  Dec. 19, 2013
Daimler Group's production to reach 2.28 million units by 2016  Production Forecast  Nov. 26, 2013
Toyota group sales forecast in major 54 countries through 2016  Sales Forecast  Nov. 20, 2013
BMW Group production to reach 2.39 million units by 2016  Production Forecast  Nov. 1, 2013
Honda Group production forecasted to 5.32 million in 2016  Production Forecast  Sep. 25, 2013
Hyundai Group production forecasted to 8.35 million in 2016  Production Forecast  Aug. 23, 2013
Ford: Strong light-vehicle production through 2016  Production Forecast  Aug. 22, 2013
VW Group production forecast by country and by make  Production Forecast  Aug. 7, 2013
PSA Group production forecast by country and by make  Production Forecast  Jul. 8, 2013
FIAT lays out strategy to break-even in Europe by 2016  Production Forecast  Jun 10, 2013
GM predicts continued growth for 2013  Production Forecast  Apr 19, 2013
Nissan targets 2 million light vehicle sales in China by 2015  Production Forecast  Apr 16, 2013
Toyota: Sales expansion planned for North America and Asia Production Forecast Mar 21, 2013

Forecast Reports by Region/Country

Thai production expected to be 2.07 million units in 2026 Production Forecast Mar. 05, 2024
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q4 2023) Sales Forecast Jan. 30, 2024
Light vehicle sales in the US will be 16.8 million units in 2026 Sales Forecast Nov. 24, 2023
Western European production to reach 11.94 million units in 2026 Production Forecast Nov. 16, 2023
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q3 2023) Sales Forecast Oct. 27, 2023
Indian light vehicle sales will reach 5.05 million units in 2026  Sales Forecast Sep. 19, 2023
Chinese light vehicle production will reach 29.2 million units in 2026 Production Forecast Aug. 21, 2023
Sales in Japan in 2026 will be 5 million units Sales Forecast Aug. 18, 2023
ASEAN sales to grow to 4.02 million units in 2026 Sales Forecast Aug. 17, 2023
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q2 2023) Sales Forecast Jul. 26, 2023
Korean light vehicle production expected to be 3.91 million units in 2026 Production Forecast Jul. 05, 2023
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q1 2023)  Sales Forecast  Apr. 26, 2023
Mexican production expected to be 4.1 million units in 2026 Production Forecast Apr. 24, 2023
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q4 2022)  Sales Forecast  Jan. 30, 2023
Indonesian production expected to be 1.49 million units in 2026 Production Forecast Jan. 27, 2023
Thai production expected to be 2.20 million units in 2025 Production Forecast Dec. 12, 2022
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q3 2022)  Sales Forecast  Oct. 28, 2022
Production in US will be 10.88 million units in 2025 Production Forecast Oct. 05, 2022
Western European light vehicle sales expected to be 15.9 million units in 2025  Sales Forecast  Sep. 12, 2022
Chinese light vehicle sales will reach 29.6 million units in 2025  Sales Forecast  Aug. 9, 2022
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q2 2022)  Sales Forecast  Jul. 26, 2022
8.88 Million Light Vehicles to be Produced in Japan in 2025 Production Forecast Jul. 19, 2022
Indian light vehicle production will reach 5.2 million units in 2025 Production Forecast Jul. 15, 2022
ASEAN sales to grow to 3.7 million units in 2025   Sales Forecast  Jul. 07, 2022
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q1 2022)  Sales Forecast  Apr. 22, 2022
Mexican production volume will reach a record high in 2023 and achieve 4.35 mn units in 2025 Production Forecast Apr. 01, 2022
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Impact on automotive industry Production Forecast Mar. 14, 2022
Korean light vehicle sales expected to be 1.91 million units in 2025  Sales Forecast  Mar. 01, 2022
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q4 2021)  Sales Forecast  Jan. 25, 2022
Electric Powertrain Market Forecast in Major Countries  Sales Forecast  Jan. 07, 2022
Thai production expected to be 2.10 million units in 2024 Production Forecast Nov. 11, 2021
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q3 2021)  Sales Forecast  Oct. 22, 2021
Indonesian production expected to be 1.34 million units in 2024 Production Forecast Oct. 20, 2021
Chinese light vehicle production will reach 28.7 million units in 2024 Production Forecast Aug. 17, 2021
Western European light vehicle production expected to be 14.3 million units in 2024 Production Forecast Aug. 12, 2021
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q2 2021)  Sales Forecast  Jul. 28, 2021
LV sales in the US in 2024 will be 16.94 million units  Sales Forecast  Jul. 12, 2021
ASEAN sales to grow to 3.6 million units in 2024  Sales Forecast  Jun. 10, 2021
Sales in Japan in 2024 will be 4.95 million units  Sales Forecast  Jun. 08, 2021
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q1 2021)  Sales Forecast  Apr. 22, 2021
Indian light vehicle sales to below 4 mn units before 2024   Sales Forecast  Mar. 15, 2021
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q4 2020)  Sales Forecast  Jan. 26, 2021
Electric powertrain composition ratio for U.S. light vehicle sales  Sales Forecast  Jan. 08, 2021
Korean light vehicle production expected to decline to 3.74 million units in 2020 Production Forecast Nov. 12, 2020
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q3 2020)  Sales Forecast  Oct. 23, 2020
Electric Powertrain Market Forecast in Major Countries  Sales Forecast  Oct. 13, 2020
Thailand: Resuming plan to be an EV hub in ASEAN region after COVID-19 pandemic Production Forecast Oct. 02, 2020
Indonesian production to fall to 667,000 units in 2020 Production Forecast Aug. 25, 2020
China’s Light Vehicle Market Will Reach 22.8 Million Units in 2020 and 28.2 Million Units in 2023  Sales Forecast  Aug. 07, 2020
Western European sales to fall by 25% in 2020, not recover to 16 mn before 2023  Sales Forecast  Jul. 28, 2020
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q2 2020)  Sales Forecast  Jul. 22, 2020
Mexican production to below 3 mn units in 2020 and recover to 3.8 mn units in 2023 Production Forecast Jul. 17, 2020
US production in 2020 is expected to decline by 19% YoY Production Forecast  May 20, 2020
ASEAN sales to plunge to less than 2.2 mn units in 2020   Sales Forecast  May 13, 2020
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q1 2020)  Sales Forecast  Apr. 23, 2020
COVID-19 Plant-impact update - South America Production Forecast  Apr. 16, 2020
COVID-19 Plant-impact update - North America Production Forecast  Apr. 15, 2020
COVID-19 Plant-impact update - China Production Forecast  Apr. 7, 2020
COVID-19 Plant-impact update - Asia Production Forecast  Apr. 6, 2020
COVID-19 Plant-impact update - Europe Production Forecast  Apr. 1, 2020
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q4 2019)  Sales Forecast  Jan. 29, 2020
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q3 2019)  Sales Forecast  Nov. 22, 2019
Indian light vehicle production will reach 4.91 million units in 2022 Production Forecast  Sep. 13, 2019
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q2 2019)  Sales Forecast  Sep. 11, 2019
Chinese light vehicles market is modest growth and reaches 29.0 million units in 2022 Production Forecast  Aug. 28, 2019
Korean light vehicle sales expected to increase to 1.82 million units in 2022  Sales Forecast  Aug. 16, 2019
Thai light vehicle production to increase to 2.32 million units in 2022 Production Forecast  Jul. 8, 2019
Sales in Japan in 2022 will be 4.87 million units  Sales Forecast  Jun. 5, 2019
Indonesian light vehicle production will exceed 1.4 million units in 2022 Production Forecast  May 21, 2019
Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q1 2019)  Sales Forecast  Apr. 23, 2019
Mexican production to be 3.97 million units in 2022 Production Forecast  Apr. 11, 2019
ASEAN production to achieve 4.73 million units in 2022 Production Forecast  Mar. 13, 2019
(New) Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast (Q4 2018)  Sales Forecast  Mar. 7, 2019
U.S. light vehicle sales to be lower than 17 million units after 2019  Sales Forecast  Dec. 19, 2018
Western European production to be 14.7 million units in 2020-2021 Production Forecast  Dec. 17, 2018
Japanese light vehicle production in 2021 will be 8.8 million units Production Forecast  Jun. 19, 2018
Korean light vehicle production expected to be 4.28 million units in 2021 Production Forecast  May 21, 2018
Global market predictions of electric vehicles  Sales Forecast  May 9, 2018
Thai light vehicle production to increase to 2.26 million units in 2021 Production Forecast  Apr. 16 2018
Global Hybrid and EV Forecast  Sales Forecast  Apr. 6, 2018
Chinese light vehicle market has modest growth and reaches 32.5 million units in 2021  Sales Forecast  Mar. 23, 2018
Indian light vehicle sales to increase to 4.99 million units in 2021  Sales Forecast  Mar. 23, 2018
LMC Automotive Prediction: China's Electric Vehicle Market  Sales Forecast  Jan. 22, 2018
ASEAN: Vehicle sales recover, shifting from eco-car policies to EV incentives   Sales Forecast  Jan. 1, 2018
U.S. production decline in 2017, slight recovery to begin in 2020 Production Forecast  Dec. 15, 2017
Mexican light vehicle production will exceed 4.5 million units in 2020 Production Forecast  Oct. 10, 2017
Western European market to keep over 16 million units until 2020   Sales Forecast  Sep. 15, 2017
Indonesian light vehicle production will exceed 1.3 million units in 2020 Production Forecast  Sep. 12, 2017
Brazilian sales to grow to 2.38 million units in 2020   Sales Forecast  Sep. 8, 2017
German light vehicle sales to hover around 3.7 million through 2020  Sales Forecast  Aug. 18, 2017
Japanese light vehicle production hover around 8.8 million in the medium to long term Production Forecast  Jun. 23, 2017
Russian light vehicle production to increase to 1.74 million units in 2020 Production Forecast  May 12, 2017
US light vehicle sales to hover at 17.5-17.6 million-level through 2020  Sales Forecast  Apr. 17, 2017
Light vehicle sales in India will be 4.7 million units in 2020  Sales Forecast  Apr. 3, 2017
Chinese light vehicle market is mild growth and reaches 30million units in 2020 Production Forecast  Mar. 8, 2017
Thai production expected to reach 2.37 million units in 2020 Production Forecast  Jan. 30, 2017
LMCA Client Alert: Trump Trade Policy - Potential Vehicle Assembly Exposure and Risk in North America  Production Forecast  Jan. 27, 2017
Japan Light Vehicle sales will be 4.86 million units in 2019  Sales Forecast  Dec. 13, 2016
French light vehicle production to be 2.14 million units in 2019  Production Forecast  Jun. 10, 2016
Indonesian sales to grow to 1.16 million units in 2019  Sales Forecast  Mar. 18, 2016
Chinese light vehicle market to reach 30 million units in 2019  Sales Forecast  Mar. 11, 2016
West European light vehicle sales to reach to 16 million units in 2019  Sales Forecast  Feb. 12, 2016
Indian light vehicle production will reach 5 million units in 2018  Production Forecast  Jan. 4, 2016
Japanese light vehicle production will be 8.36 million units in 2018  Production Forecast  Dec. 18, 2015
Thai production expected to reach 2.16 million units in 2018  Production Forecast  Dec. 16, 2015
Mexican light vehicle production to grow to 4.8 million units in 2018  Production Forecast  Nov. 16, 2015
Brazilian light vehicle production to be 2.6 million in 2018  Production Forecast  Sep. 9, 2015
Japan Light Vehicle sales will be 4.36 million units in 2018  Sales Forecast  Jun. 3, 2015
Russian sales to drop to 1.6 million in 2015-16 and recover to 2.1 million in 2018  Sales Forecast May 11, 2015
Chinese production to expand to 30 million in 2018  Production Forecast  Mar. 27, 2015
German production to increase slightly to 6.0 million units in 2018  Production Forecast Mar. 25, 2015
U.S. light vehicle sales increase to 17.2 million units in 2018   Sales Forecast  Mar. 13, 2015
Indonesian production expected to rise to 1.58 million units in 2018  Production Forecast  Mar. 13, 2015
Light vehicle sales in West Europe to expand to 15.2 million in 2017   Sales Forecast   Dec. 24, 2014
Japanese production expected to decline to 8.2 million units in 2017  Production Forecast Dec. 9, 2014
Indian light vehicle sales will be 4.57 million units in 2017   Sales Forecast  Oct. 24, 2014
Thai production expected to reach 2.79 million units in 2017  Production Forecast  Oct. 3, 2014
Mexican sales to increase to 1.27 million units in 2017  Sales Forecast Sep. 2, 2014
US Light Vehicle Production will grow steadily over 2017  Production Forecast  Aug. 13, 2014
Brazilian light vehicle sales to expand to 4.0 million units in 2017  Sales Forecast  Jul. 25, 2014
Korean sales to hover around 1.6 million units in 2015-2017  Sales Forecast  May 15, 2014
Japanese sales to slightly decrease to 5.22 million units in CY 2014  Sales Forecast  May 2, 2014
Indonesian sales to increase to 1.54 million units in 2017   Sales Forecast  Apr. 16, 2014
French light vehicle production to recover to 1.89 million units by 2017  Production Forecast  Apr. 02, 2014
Chinese light vehicle market to expand to 31 million units in 2017  Sales Forecast Feb. 26, 2014
Malaysian production to increase to 695,000 units in 2017  Production Forecast Feb. 24, 2014
Russian production to rise to 2.96 million units in 2016  Production Forecast  Dec. 11, 2013
Indian production to reach 5.84 million in 2016  Production Forecast  Oct. 11, 2013
European economy stabilizes; LMC forecasts slow growth in Western Europe  Sales Forecast  Oct. 10, 2013
Thai production to surpass 3 million in 2016  Production Forecast  Sep 13, 2013
German light vehicle production decrease slightly by 2016  Production Forecast  Sep 6, 2013
Mexican production forecast by OEM Brand  Production Forecast  Aug 8, 2013
US Market: Continued growth spurs investment Sales Forecast  Jun 27, 2013
Brazil extends tax breaks to achieve 4 million record-high sales in 2013 Production Forecast  Jun. 19, 2013
Japanese OEMs aim for record high sales in FY2013 Production Forecast  Jun 10, 2013
Korea expects vehicle production of 4.7 M and sales of 1.4 M in 2013 Production Forecast  Apr 17, 2013
Chinese OEM sales outlook 2013 Production Forecast Mar 29, 2013
Indonesia: OEMs gear up operations for growing market Production Forecast Mar 21, 2013

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