Premium Marque Production (By Brand) : 2019

2019 wasn't a good year for Alfa Romeo. Is some sort of
co-operation with the likes of Jaguar a way forward?

World vehicle production was down in 2019, but the premium marques managed a slight increase. The numbers below are either sourced from the manufacturer or are educated estimates. The list brought the total made to just over ten million units.

Mercedes has the lead if based on the logo, but add MINI to BMW and it wins as a company. Lexus and Volvo are doing an excellent job in closing the sizable gap above them. JLR was also in the same boat but problems in the Chinese market has seen to that.

I'm reluctant to call Tesla premium but they seem to compete in that area on price if not quality. They had a huge increase of 50% but that will change in 2020, as they reach the ceiling of how far they can go, for now at least. I added a couple of Chinese entries, Borgward and Qoros. It will be interesting to see where they end up.

	18	19	Make	2019	%	+/-
	1	1	BMW Group	2,558,500	24.9%	3%
			BMW	2,162,063	21.0%	2%
			MINI	396,437	3.9%	10%
	2	2	Mercedes	2,320,000	22.6%	0%
	3	3	Audi	1,794,021	17.5%	-1%
	4	4	Lexus	762,484	7.4%	9%
	5	5	Volvo	705,452	6.9%	10%
	6	6	JLR	486,707	4.7%	-18%
			Land Rover	352,522	3.4%	-14%
			Jaguar	134,185	1.3%	-26%
	9	7	Tesla	367,500	3.6%	50%
	7	8	Cadillac	360,000	3.5%	-6%
	8	9	Porsche	274,463	2.7%	7%
	11	10	Acura	200,000	1.9%	3%
	10	11	Infiniti	184,000	1.8%	-22%
	12	12	Lincoln	181,831	1.8%	13%
	14	13	Genesis	77,135	0.8%	-10%
	13	14	Alfa Romeo	76,365	0.7%	-36%
	16	15	Borgward	52,736	0.5%	61%
	15	16	Qoros	17,697	0.2%	-73%
			Total	10,272,093		2%