Production by country

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 497.

Comparison by regions

The following table compares vehicle ownership rates by region with the U.S., the country with the highest motorization rate in the world, and how it has evolved from 1999 to 2009.

In 2011, a total of 80 million cars and commercial vehicles were built worldwide, led by China, with 18.4 million motor vehicles manufactured, followed by the United States with 8.6 million, and Japan with 8.4 million. The following table shows the top ten manufacturing countries for 2011 and the corresponding annual production between 2007 and 2011.

Annual Motor Vehicle Production by Country Top 10 countries (2007–2011)
World rank	Country
	China	18,418,876	18,264,761	13,790,994	9,299,180	8,882,456
	United States	8,653,560	7,762,544	5,731,397	8,693,541	10,780,729
	Japan	8,398,654	9,628,920	7,934,057	11,575,644	11,596,327
	Germany	6,311,318	5,905,985	5,209,857	6,045,730	6,213,460
	South Korea	4,657,094	4,271,741	3,512,926	3,826,682	4,086,308
	India	3,936,448	3,557,073	2,641,550	2,332,328	2,253,729
	Brazil	3,406,150	3,381,728	3,182,923	3,215,976	2,977,150
	Mexico	2,680,037	2,342,282	1,561,052	2,167,944	2,095,245
	Spain	2,353,682	2,387,900	2,170,078	2,541,644	2,889,703
	France	2,294,889	2,229,421	2,047,693	2,568,978	3,015,854
World Total	80,064,168	77,629,127	61,791,868	70,520,493	73,266,061

An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods.

The term motorcar has also been used in the context of electrified rail systems to denote a car which functions as a small locomotive but also provides space for passengers and baggage. These locomotive cars were often used on suburban routes by both interurban and intercity railroad systems.

It was estimated in 2010 that the number of automobiles had risen to over 1 billion vehicles, with 500 million reached in 1986. The numbers are increasing rapidly, especially in China and India.

The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells the world's motor vehicles. In 2008, more than 70 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide.

In 2007, a total of 71.9 million new automobiles were sold worldwide: 22.9 million in Europe, 21.4 million in the Asia-Pacific Region, 19.4 million in the USA and Canada, 4.4 million in Latin America, 2.4 million in the Middle East and 1.4 million in Africa. The markets in North America and Japan were stagnant, while those in South America and other parts of Asia grew strongly. Of the major markets, China, Russia, Brazil and India saw the most rapid growth.

About 250 million vehicles are in use in the United States. Around the world, there were about 806 million cars and light trucks on the road in 2007; they burn over 260 billion US gallons (980,000,000 m³) of gasoline and diesel fuel yearly. The numbers are increasing rapidly, especially in China and India. In the opinion of some, urban transport systems based around the car have proved unsustainable, consuming excessive energy, affecting the health of populations, and delivering a declining level of service despite increasing investments. Many of these negative impacts fall disproportionately on those social groups who are also least likely to own and drive cars. The sustainable transport movement focuses on solutions to these problems.

In 2008, with rapidly rising oil prices, industries such as the automotive industry, are experiencing a combination of pricing pressures from raw material costs and changes in consumer buying habits. The industry is also facing increasing external competition from the public transport sector, as consumers re-evaluate their private vehicle usage. Roughly half of the US's fifty-one light vehicle plants are projected to permanently close in the coming years, with the loss of another 200,000 jobs in the sector, on top of the 560,000 jobs lost this decade. Combined with robust growth in China, in 2009, this resulted in China becoming the largest automobile producer and market in the world. China 2009 sales had increased to 13.6 million, a significant increase from one million of domestic car sales in 2000.

Global production of motorvehicles(cars and commercial vehicles)