- The European passenger car market is in steady decline since 2007 (it has lost nearly 25% in six years, which represents a loss of 3.5 million units), but some manufacturers have defended their positions better than others.

- Three manufacturers have actually managed to increase their market share in Europe since 2000: the Volkswagen Group, BMW and Hyundai-Kia.

- The Volkswagen group has the best performance of all manufacturers present in Europe rising from 18% to 25% market share in three years, representing a gain of 7 points. It stands out from all other manufacturers for the years 2004-2005.

- The BMW Group has doubled its market share from 3.5% to 7% in thirteen years, a gain of 3.5 points.

- The Hyundai-Kia group has tripled its market share from 2% to 6% in three years, a gain of 4 points.

- All other manufacturers saw their market share decline or stagnate.

- Thus, Toyota and Daimler have seen their market share stagnate (4% for Toyota, and 6% for Daimler).

- The largest falls were observed for GM Europe (loss of 4 points), Fiat (loss of 4 points), Ford Europe (loss of 3 points). PSA (loss of 2 points) and Renault-Nissan (loss of 1 point) experienced smaller declines.

  

- We saw previously that the brands the most produced in Venezuela are Chevrolet, Ford, Mitsubishi and Toyota, who sell most of their production locally.The country therefore intends most of its sales for the first two American groups, present since the 50s, and two Japanese groups, that have arrived  much more recently.

- On the passenger car market (60% of registrations), the first five places are occupied by four segment C cars and by a car from segment B. Of the four segment C cars, figure a Chinese car, the Fengshen S30, produced in China by the Dongfeng Group.

- Three Chevrolet are among the first ten sales (Aveo, Cruze, Orlando). They are assembled locally (Valencia). One notes the presence of two Toyota (Corolla, Fortuner) among the top ten, also assembled locally (Cumana).

- In the market for light commercial vehicles (40% of registrations),six pick-up vans are in the top ten, including the Ford F-Series and the Chevrolet Silverado (leaders on the U.S. market). The pickups are two-thirds of Venezuela's light commercial vehicles.

- Three Chevrolet (Silverado, NPR, C-3500) and three Ford (F-Series, Explorer, Cargo) are in the top ten along with four Japanese models (including two Mitsubishi). These models are mostly assembled locally.

  

- The car ownership rate (PC + LCV) at the 31 December 2012 of major automobile markets has recently been calculated by Inovev.

- The United States remains by far the largest (810 cars per 1 000 inhabitants), followed by Canada (620 cars per 1 000 inhabitants), Japan (590 cars per 1 000 inhabitants) and the European Union (550 vehicles for 1000 inhabitants).

- At the back of the pack,we have China (80 cars per 1 000 inhabitants) and India (40 cars per 1 000 inhabitants), evidence that these two countries are little motorized and still have a high margin growth in the coming decades.

- Within the European Union, there is a surprising observation: Italy, Spain and France (Southern countries) are ahead of England and Germany (Northern countries).

- Globally, the automotive market has virtually grown non stop since 1980 (average rate: 2.7% per year, the biggest crisis having been that of 2008-2009). This growth is expected to continue at with even greater rate in the coming decades (between 3% and 3.5%).