20 June 2020

U.S. Passenger Car Production : 2018-19

Still a hot seller in the U.S.

As recently as 2016, over 4 million passenger cars were made in the USA. Only 2.5 million exited factory production lines in that country just three years later. Local companies have seen the writing on the wall and been the most active in moving away from manufacturing cars. Only Tesla has gone in the other direction but that is due to its unique situation.

Asian companies are for now at least actively involved in this area, mopping up customers that are still in the market for a car. Toyota/Lexus leads the way, even increasing production by 6% and its share is up from around 20% to 24%. The Camry (pic above) is selling well. Honda moved up to second with a small decline in numbers, the Accord the main volume model.

GM was a big mover downward, mostly as it wound down its Cruze compact car production. Ford's car effort is now basically the Mustang. Chrysler pulled out a couple of years ago. I'm surprised the US car manufacturers gave up on this segment in their home market before Asian ones. Margins are thin but perhaps when it comes to cars, Asian brands are more respected.

15 16 17 18 19 Make 2019 Share +/-
2018 Share
2 2 2 1 1 Toyota 601,824 23.7% 6% 566,332 19.7%

Toyota 550,164 21.6% 5% 522,652 18.2%
Lexus 51,660 2.0% 18% 43,680 1.5%
3 3 3 3 2 Honda Tot 448,386 17.6% -6% 476,755 16.6%

Honda 405,910 16.0% -7% 434,274 15.1%
Acura 42,476 1.7% 0% 42,481 1.5%
11 11 10 7 3 Tesla 326,756 12.8% 55% 211,203 7.4%
5 4 5 4 4 Hyundai Tot 289,392 11.4% -13% 332,883 11.6%

Hyundai 198,593 7.8% -15% 233,987 8.1%
Kia 90,799 3.6% -8% 98,896 3.4%
1 1 1 2 5 GM 283,379 11.1% -43% 497,584 17.3%

Chevrolet 258,352 10.2% -43% 453,661 15.8%
Cadillac 18,471 0.7% -37% 29,430 1.0%
Opel 4,518 0.2% 117% 2,081 0.1%
Buick 2,038 0.1% -84% 12,412 0.4%
6 5 6 5 6 Nissan 272,383 10.7% -5% 286,063 10.0%
4 6 4 6 7 Ford Tot 120,242 4.7% -54% 264,199 9.2%

Ford 106,443 4.2% -57% 245,820 8.6%
Lincoln 13,799 0.5% -25% 18,379 0.6%
10 10 7 8 8 Subaru 106,410 4.2% -9% 116,612 4.1%
8 9 9 9 9 Mercedes 48,765 1.9% -30% 69,549 2.4%
9 8 8 10 10 VW 45,429 1.8% -13% 52,172 1.8%
7 7 11 - - Chrysler Tot





Total listed 2,542,966 -11% 2,873,352

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