Toyota was by far the largest automaker in the world by production in 2024, with 11.4 million vehicles made. They were followed by Volkswagen, which includes Audi, Skoda, Seat, and other marques, at 8.8 million, then by Hyundai, which includes Kia, at 7.4 million.
Stellantis was in fourth place, with 5.7 million global sales, followed by General Motors with 4.8 million. This was made possible by Stellantis’ reach in South America and Europe, where General Motors is a more minor player. GM was the world’s largest automaker for years, but withdrew from Europe and reduced its presence in other countries to focus on profitability and organizational renewal.
Auto Forecast Solutions, which provided the global data, noted that the most popular platforms in the world were responsible for 2.1 to 2.5 million vehicles each. These were, in order of popularity, Toyota’s NGA-K SUV platform, Volkswagen’s MQB A1, Renault’s CMF-B HS, Hyundai’s N, and Toyota’s NGA-C. However, two of world’s top five assembly plants were both owned by BYD; the top four all made 1.1 to 1.2 million vehicles, and were owned by BYD, Maruti Suzuki, and Chery. For 2025, the consultancy estimated that the Asia-Pacific region would continue to make more than half the vehicles in the world, slowly growing each year.
David Zatz started what was to become the world’s biggest, most comprehensive Mopar site in 1994 as he pursued a career in organizational research and change. After a chemo-induced break, during which he wrote car books covering Vipers, minivans, and Jeeps, he returned with Patrick Rall to create StellPower.com for daily news, and to set up MoTales for mo’ tales.
David Zatz has around 30 years of experience in covering Chrysler/Mopar news and history, and most recently wrote Century of Chrysler, a 100-year retrospective on the Chrysler marque.
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