In 2024, 85.12 million new cars were sold in the world, which is 2.6% higher than 2023. Such statistics were published by Focus2move.

More than 30% of all cars (26.05 million) last year sold in China. The second place is saved by the United States (15.94 million), and India rose to the third (4.27 million). Japan (4.25 million cars) and Germany (2.81 million) also fell into the top five leaders..

Toyota and Volkswagen remain the most popular auto -brands. BYD was the third, rising by a year to six positions at once.

The most popular cars in the world remained unchanged. Tesla Model Y still retained leadership, although Toyota Corolla approached her. Toyota Rav4 retains third place. The largest increase of 45.3% was demonstrated by BYD SONG. The greatest demand is crossovers and pickups.

By the way, in Europe Tesla Model Y still lost leadership according to the results of 2024.

Focus also wrote about the most popular cars in the USA for the past year.