A week ago, marketers spent an estimate and made the assumption that Volkswagen has become the largest car manufacturer in the world by the end of 2014. If in Wolfsburg and started the celebrations, they have quickly collapse: official data from Toyota prove that the Japanese still retains the title of most large companies. The gap between the two giants was less than 100 thousand cars.
Now, final numbers say that Toyota together with their units (taking into account data on major brand and Lexus, Scion, Daihatsu and Hino) has implemented in the past year 10,23 million cars. This is 3% more than in 2013, and for the second time in the history of the automotive industry covers the indicator 10 million vehicles collected from one source during a calendar year.
But Volkswagen Group immediately adds to the second record third: in the past year, members of the group brands (except VW, this Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Seat, Skoda, MAN and Scania) also exceeded the 10-millionth of the total mark. 10,14 million units and growth of 4.2% are indicators of the Corporation, hoping to 2018 still become the largest automaker in the world.
Recall that Toyota first became a leader in 2008 and held the title for three years, until the devastating tsunami in Japan not made the national auto industry on the brink of destruction. However, in 2012 Toyota again overtook General Motors (by the end of 2014, he is only the third place from 9.98 million vehicles sold) and since then remains undefeated. Battle of the giants continues...