The global car market was shaken in 2020 by the corona crisis. However, models that are not among the most popular in Slovenia, but are still available, remain at the top of sales. That's also why we decided to review the world's automotive taste, check the research and write down which car brands performed best in 2020.
You don't know which ones they are best selling car models and the most popular brand in the world in 2020? We have compiled a list of the top ten for you!
Volkswagen Group had the largest market share, while it has Toyota still the world's most desirable car: the Toyota Corolla remains the world's best-selling model. Also, this brand is the most successful in terms of sales among all car brands.
You can also buy a Toyota Corolla in Slovenia and it is the only one in the offer of all Slovenian dealers that for a price slightly above 17 thousand offers all assistance systems and radar cruise control and reversing camera. (Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6. VVT-i Luna). Attributes that convince globally.
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And it is the attribute of price, equipment, proverbial Toyota quality and maintenance of after-sales value that put the Toyota Corolla in first place globally. With this model, people turn out to be extremely pragmatic buyers, and this on a global scale, regardless of nationality and cultural background. Toyota's attributes convince the pragmatic and rational "global" buyer.
In the interesting analysis that we found on the pages market analysts Focus2move, we will not only examine which group of manufacturers was the best in terms of sales last year, but we will also see which individual brands and models in the world have loosened the wallets of buyers the most.
Volkswagen Group is at the top before the groups Toyota and Renault Nissan Alliance.
To begin this part of the market analysis, let's consider the fact that the world market for light "passenger" vehicles in 2020 was 80.26 million of vehicles sold worldwide.
Years 2020 is a group Volkswagen finished at the top of the market and achieved an 11.6 percent market share with 9.31 million vehicles sold (minus 14.5 percent compared to 2019). In recent years, they have a large global reach while managing their brand portfolio well.
The Toyota Group is in second place with 8,90 million units sold year 2020. They increased their share by 0.1 percent.
Top List of Global Car Manufacturer Groups 2020.
- Volkswagen Group: 11.6 percent, 9.31 million (-14.5 percent)
- Toyota Group: 11.1 percent, 8.90 million (-12 percent)
- Renault Nissan Alliance: 9.9 percent, 7.95 million (-20.5 percent)
- Hyundai-Kia: 8.1 percent, 6.52 million (-10.4 percent)
- General Motors: 7.7 percent, 6.26 million (-13.2 percent)
- Honda Motor: 5.6 percent, 4.50 million (-14.1 percent)
- Ford Group: 5.2 percent 4.15 million (-18.3 percent)
- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA): 4.9 percent, 3.90 million (-16.8 percent)
- PSA group: 3.6 percent, 2.91 million (-22 percent)
- Mercedes Daimler: 3.2 percent, 2.55 million (-12.2 percent)
She took third place Renault Nissan Alliance with 7.95 million copies sold (-20.5 percent), it follows Hyundai-Kia, which reached fourth place also thanks to excellent measures against the pandemic in South Korea with 6.52 million (-10.4 percent), the smallest drop in sales among the top 10 producer groups.
General Motors remained at No. 5 in 2020, losing 13.2 percent from last year and selling 6.26 million units. Exactly ten years ago, in 2010, this American group was a world leader thanks to its large portfolio of brands.
Japanese manufacturer Honda Motor ranked 6th with 4.50 million sales (-14.1 percent). The group follows Ford, which is in 7th place with 4.15 million (-18.3 percent).
A new group Stellantis, which was created by merging groups of producers FCA and PSA, will combine the current 8th and 9th largest manufacturers in the world and is expected to create the fourth largest group worldwide with a combined market share of 8.5 percent. Since the merger became official on January 16, 2021, we consider their sales for the previous year separately. In fact, their sales were 3.90 million FCA (-16.8 percent FCA) or PSA with 2.91 million (-22 percent).
On the edge of the TOP 10 list is the prestigious Mercedes Daimler, which sold 2.55 million vehicles in 2020 and recorded a drop of -12.2 percent.
Toyota is number 1 among all car brands
Years 2020 it is Toyota as an independent car brand achieved 10.1% share with sales of $8.06 million after widening the gap to its followers during the Covid-19 crisis. Together with Kia, Mercedes and to BMWs was one of the least affected TOP 10 brands in the coronavirus pandemic. She lost 12.2 percent compared to the previous year. In recent years, the market share has fluctuated between the smallest 9.2 percent (in 2016 and 2017) and a maximum of 10 percent (in 2019) and now amounts to 10.1 percent.
In addition, we could always see the name itself in this ranking of the best selling car brands in the world since 2010 Toyota. The Japanese benefit from the strategy of concentrating the strongest model range in the world into one brand. While other manufacturers have combined different brands to cover multiple customer segments, it is Toyota diffused its one-brand strategy only slightly, v Lexus the luxury segment and in Daihatsu, the segment of small and inexpensive vehicles. But the primary strategy is one strong brand!
List of best selling car brands 2020
- Toyota: 10.1 percent, 8.06 million (-12.2 percent)
- Volkswagen: 7.1 percent, 5.73 million (-16.8 percent)
- Honda: 5.4 percent, 4.33 million (-14.1 percent)
- Ford: 5.2 percent, 4.18 million (-18.3 percent)
- Nissan: 4.7 percent, 3.80 million (-19.5 percent)
- Hyundai: 4.6 percent, 3.71 million (-15.22 percent)
- Chevrolet: 3.7 percent 2.96 million (-22.4 percent)
- Kia: 3.6 percent, 2.69 million (-4.6 percent)
- Mercedes-Benz: 3.0 percent, 2.43 million (-8.4 percent)
- BMW: 2.6 percent, 2.05 million (-8.4 percent)
Best selling car models from 2010 to 2019 (animation)
TOP 10 best selling car models 2020
It is on the list of the best-selling cars in the world in 2020 Toyota Corolla in first place with sales 1.134.262 specimens, which is 8.8 percent less than the year before. In another place Toyota RAV4, which is one of only two models to register growth in the chart, with sales of 971,516 units (+1.9 percent), also thanks to a segment that is growing tremendously.
He occupies the third step Honda CR-V (2 places more than in 2019) with 705,651 units sold (-13.2 percent), overtaking Honda Civic with 697,945 units (-16.3 percent) and placed ahead of the Volkswagen Tiguan in 5th place with 607,121 (-18.8 percent).
He occupies the sixth position Toyota Camry with 592,648 units sold (-13.2 percent), followed by Nissan Sylphy, which, with 544,376 copies, rose by as many as 7 places and recorded the greatest growth in the ranking (+ 14.4 percent) and Volkswagen Golf, which took 8th place with 492,262 units (-28.6 percent).
In the 9th place of the ranking is the Chinese model Volkswagen Lavida - a kind of Chinese Passat with 463,804 units (-13 percent), as the last to round this ranking Hyundai Tucson with 462,110 units (-14.6 percent).
And the Slovenians?
Official figures for 2020 are not yet available at the time of writing, but we believe that despite a difficult year, they have not changed too much compared to the past. At the top are definitely Volkswagen, Renault and Škoda, which also dominate the minds of Slovenians in recent decades, thanks to greater investments in advertising on the market. But because we are Slovenes even very rational buyers, in recent years the models of Toyota and the sister concern Hyundai-Kia have already cut strongly into the pie of the dominant ones on our market and are slowly changing the taste of Slovenians. This is also a sign that Slovenians are a real automobile nation.
According to the latest data for 11/2020, the best-selling model in Slovenia is the Renault Clio, followed by the Škoda Octavia. (data 11/2020)
Test: Toyota Corolla - Ciril Komotar
