Harvest 2023… Toyota leads companies and China is sweeping cities

The harvest of the first ten months of the year 2023 shows that Toyota topped the sales of car companies globally, while the Chinese BYD entered the top ten list, and its BYD Dolphin car ranked first in the city car category.

Data available from the specialized blog “Focus to Move” shows the dominance of Toyota, which sold 8.82 million vehicles, with a growth of 4.7%, despite a decline in its share in Africa by 6.8%, which was compensated by an increase of 6.1% in Asia and 9.1% in Europe.

After Toyota, Volkswagen came second, selling 7.15 million, an increase of 9.1%, and its share is growing sharply in America, which increased by 16.6% and rose by 20.3% in Europe.

The third place went to “Hyundai-Kia” with sales that included 5.91 million cars, an increase of 4.4%, a growth whose momentum increased significantly in America by 7.9% and Asia by 6.3%, while the fourth place was occupied by the “Renault-Nissan” alliance, with 5.63 million cars, with sales that increased by 5.1%. Its activity in Asia declined by 15.3% and in Africa by 8.8%, compared to a growth in America of 22.2% and Europe of 18%.

Stellantis maintained fifth place with sales of 5.52 million, a growth of 5.5%. It lost 13.3% in sales in Asia, compared to a growth in Europe of 12.5%.

It was followed by “General Motors”, selling 5.05 million units, an increase of 1.6%, followed by “Ford”, which sold 3.31 million cars, an increase of 4.6%.

Honda Motor ranked eighth, selling 3.29 million new registrations, a growth of 1.5%, although it lost 11.5% in Europe and 9.8% in Asia.

In ninth place was “Suzuki,” selling 2.55 million cars, an increase of 5.3%, supported mainly by +5.5% in Asia.

As for the tenth place, the Chinese group “BYD” sold 2.11 million, with a growth of 56.8%, and its performance was better than the American “Tesla”, which ranked 14th with an increase in sales of 29.4%, and it is now the world leader among specialists in electric vehicles.

The best city cars in 2023

In terms of the best-selling models in the first ten months of 2023, the Chinese electric hatchback “BY Dolphin” became the new leader among city cars, as it sold 252,552 cars, an increase of 65.2% year on year.

In second place, the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV electric car sold a total of 189,863, albeit with a significant decline of 49.6%, but it was ahead of the Indian Maruti Wagon R, which carried out 176,156 new registrations, but with a decline of 8.5%.

The Daihatsu Tanto advanced eleven places to fourth place, selling 131,612 (+63.2%), followed by the Maruti Alto, falling one place, selling 116,596, a decline of 15.7%, then Wuling Bingo, selling 116,282 cars.

As for the Hyundai Grand i10, it advanced two places to seventh place, selling 115,108 units, down 15.3%, followed by the Fiat 500, which lost two places and sold 108,326 cars, down 5.3%, then the Renault Kwid, which sold 108,036 units, down 1.6%. And finally, the Changan Lumin, which sold 107,492 cars, an increase of 176.5%.