Passenger car production 1995-2000, country ranking:
When clicking on the country names, you will find country-specific
1992-2000 production figures by make for passenger cars, as well as trucks and buses.
2000 figures have been added now for most countries.
The P and/or A stand for production and/or assembly.
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| Ranking |
| in 2000 |
| (99/98/97) |
Country |
|
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| 1 (1/1/1) |
Japan |
P |
7,610,533 |
7,863,763 |
8,492,080 |
8,055,763 |
8,100,169 |
8,363,485 |
| 2 (2/2/2) |
USA |
P |
6,351,255 |
6,080,410 |
5,927,281 |
5,547,116 |
5,636,744 |
5,540,174 |
| 3 (3/3/3) |
Germany |
P |
4,823,009 |
5,032,116 |
4,678,022 |
5,348,115 |
5,298,153 |
5,144,245 |
| 4 (4/4/4) |
France |
P |
3,050,9291 |
2,088,038 |
2,258,769 |
2,603,021 |
2,784,467 |
2,879,596 |
| 5 (5/7/5) |
South Korea |
P |
2,003,146 |
2,264,709 |
2,308,476 |
1,625,125 |
2,361,735 |
2,602,008 |
| 6 (6/5/6) |
Spain |
P |
1,958,789 |
1,941,716 |
2,010,266 |
2,216,386 |
2,208,708 |
2,366,359 |
| 7 (7/6/7) |
United Kingdom |
P |
1,532,084 |
1,686,134 |
1,698,015 |
1,748,277 |
1,786,623 |
1,628,531 |
| 8 (8/8/10) |
Canada |
P |
1,336,725 |
1,279,312 |
1,372,111 |
1,481,111 |
1,625,113 |
1,551,193 |
| 9 (9/9/9) |
Italy |
P |
1,422,359 |
1,317,995 |
1,562,865 |
1,402,378 |
1,410,314 |
1,422,480 |
| 10 (10/10/8) |
Brasil |
P |
1,307,503 |
1,471,079 |
1,679,644 |
1,244,463 |
1,103,460 |
1,347,923 |
| 11 (12/11/11) |
Belgium |
P+A |
1,192,335 |
1,161,547 |
1,004,970 |
969,871 |
938,881 |
1,156,390 |
| 12 (13/12/13) |
Mexico |
P |
699,312 |
800,300 |
853,197 |
952,909 |
994,104 |
1,132,712 |
| 13 (11/13/12) |
Russia |
P |
845,710 |
859,568 |
983,139 |
838,159 |
954,885 |
980,747 |
| 14 (15/16/15) |
India |
P |
393,698 |
472,482 |
486,593 |
459,819 |
596,007 |
632,146 |
| 15 (16/15/16) |
China |
P |
352,298 |
385,274 |
481,611 |
507,103 |
565,366 |
604,677 |
| 16 (14/14/14) |
Poland |
P+A |
259,045 |
445,231 |
539,857 |
593,781 |
666,362 |
487,103 |
| 17 (18/17/20) |
Czech Republic |
P |
193,186 |
240,044 |
320,589 |
368,328 |
348,478 |
428,223 |
| 18 (17/18/17) |
Sweden |
P |
387,659 |
367,793 |
375,705 |
368,305 |
385,044 |
406,172 |
| 19 (19/20/19) |
Australia |
P |
314,142 |
328,827 |
325,957 |
337,500 |
302,925 |
323,649 |
| 20 (24/23/23) |
Turkey |
P |
233,412 |
207,757 |
242,780 |
239,937 |
222,041 |
297,476 |
| 21 (22/21/22) |
Taiwan |
P |
282,006 |
264,943 |
268,060 |
293,009 |
245,697 |
263,013 |
| 22 (21/27/21) |
Malaysia |
P |
194,574 |
233,647 |
272,941 |
126,400 |
250,620 |
253,900 |
| 23 (23/19/18) |
Argentina |
P |
226,504 |
269,199 |
366,466 |
353,068 |
224,825 |
238,921 |
| 24 (26/25/24) |
South Africa |
A |
236,584 |
249,838 |
239,762 |
203,821 |
189,370 |
224,122 |
| 25 (20/22/25) |
Netherlands |
P |
100,434 |
145,257 |
197,225 |
242,989 |
262,242 |
215,085 |
| 26 (25/24/31) |
Iran |
P+A |
n.d. |
69,296 |
94,679 |
226,560 |
207,748 |
n.d. |
| 27 (27/26/26) |
Portugal |
P |
73,185 |
152,646 |
189,131 |
181,388 |
186,996 |
190,912 |
| 28 (28/30/35) |
Slovakia |
A |
19,688 |
30,147 |
40,885 |
125,089 |
126,503 |
181,312 |
| 29 (29/33/32) |
Hungary |
P+A |
51,055 |
63,033 |
76,255 |
89,481 |
125,889 |
134,029 |
| 30 (30/32/29) |
Austria |
P |
59,196 |
97,386 |
97,774 |
91,264 |
123,217 |
115,979 |
| 31 (31/28/30) |
Slovenia |
A |
46,583 |
89,229 |
95,717 |
126,397 |
118,132 |
n.d. |
| 32 (32/29/27) |
Romania |
P+A |
87,708 |
116,980 |
130,437 |
125,423 |
106,401 |
77,361 |
| 33 (33/34/33) |
Uzbekistan |
A? |
- |
16,439 |
71,817 |
60,000 |
58,000 |
30,000 |
| 34 (34/31/28) |
Thailand |
A |
n.d. |
90,5232 |
112,041 |
32,008 |
n.d. |
n.d. |
| 35 (35/36/36) |
Finland |
A |
21,415 |
32,272 |
33,700 |
31,000 |
n.d. |
n.d. |
| 36 (36/38/38) |
Egypt |
A? |
n.d. |
3,087 |
4,000 |
19,941 |
25,445 |
n.d. |
| 37 (37/35/34) |
Indonesia |
A |
40,000 |
52,754 |
48,000 |
8,401 |
n.d. |
n.d. |
| 38 (38/37/39) |
Ukraine |
P |
59,963 |
7,131 |
1,085 |
24,237 |
6,040 |
11,383 |
| 39 (39/39/37) |
Yugoslavia |
P |
7,502 |
9,524 |
11,124 |
12,911 |
3,816 |
11,175 |
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Total |
±36,500,000 |
±38,700,000 |
±39,742,625 |
±39,396,000 |
±40,144,000 |
±40,948,000 |
Compiled from various sources, mainly:
Auto Katalog No. 45 (2001/2002), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 2001.
Auto Katalog No. 44 (2000/2001), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 2000.
Auto Katalog No. 43 (1999/2000), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1999.
Auto Katalog No. 42 (1998/99), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1998.
Auto Katalog No. 41 (1997/98), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1997.
Website VDA (Verband Deutsche Automobilhersteller).
Various manufacturer's web sites.
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Technical remarks on the statistics:
The figures include car production as well as car assembly. Although I corrected
some mistakes and inconsistencies occurring in the various sources I used, the above list is still not perfect! For some countries, exact
figures are hard to get.
A first probable cause for different figures according to the source, is the distinction that
has to be made between car production and car assembly (it is a question of
definition whether the assembly of a CKD [completely knocked-down]-kit is to be
counted in the country of production of the kit (Component Set Order), or in
the country of assembly). Secondly, at what point, assembly becomes manufacturing? Normally,
a local content of at least 50 per cent of the value added is required in order to be regarded as
production.
Assembly of CKD kits (often practiced to by-pass excessive import duties on imported cars) can
be found in numerous countries not mentioned in the above list, such as, among others,
Morocco, Philippines, Botswana etc.
A second problem of definition is whether small utilitary vans and pick-up trucks,
are to be counted among the passenger cars or as commercial car
production. For instance, in Brasil, pick-up trucks are sometimes included, but four-wheel drives
are not.
Normally, the vans and pick-ups are not included in production figures for passenger
cars, except if they are registered as passenger cars (intended for passenger
transportation as opposed to transportation of commodities).
Thirdly, French and German production figures tend to include production and assembly in other
countries, for instance BMW includes the production of the US-made Z3 Roadster in its German
production figures although this car is not produced in Germany at all, nor is it assembled in that country.
It may be an issue of local content. Hence, one should be careful comparing figures
from various sources!
If anyone has remarks and/or corrections to make with respect to these problems, or knows of
figures and sources I didn't use, please don't
hesitate to mail me.
Production by make:
- BMW
- Seat
- VW
Countries with commercial vehicle production only (no passenger car production):
- Belarus
- Pakistan
- Switzerland
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Car links (you will find many more links on
country-specific pages):
Historic car links:
www.oldtimerinfo.de
Gazoline (French oldtimer magazine)
Oldtimer-Markt
(German oldtimer magazine)
Panhard
The International Streamline Tatra site by Paul
Schilperoord
DAF Club Netherlands
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Automotive press links:
Motor Presse Online (German)
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Copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Frank Bessem ( f b e s s e m @ y a h o o .c o m - remove spaces)
Notes:
1 Including production of French makes outside France. back to table
2 According to OICA sources, car production in Thailand was 141,123 in 1996. back to table
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