Leasing Options has done the research to discover how many cars are produced around the world per hour, day and year. As well as revealing the manufacturers selling the most cars worldwide. 

View the interactive map here or read on to discover what the research uncovered. 

Toyota sells 9000 more cars per day than any other manufacturer

Toyota was by far the most in-demand manufacturer of 2020, totalling over 8.5 million car sales last year. That’s nearly 24 thousand cars sales a day and a thousand an hour! They also out-sold rivals Volkswagen by 3.4 million, which equates to just under 10,000 more sales every day and almost 400 more per hour. 

In comparison to Mazda who landed tenth place, Toyota sold 7.4 million more cars last year. Which equates to 20.4 thousand more a day and 850 more an hour. 

Mercedes-Benz beats executive car rivals BMW and Audi

As you can see in our top 10 list above, in the battle of the executive cars, it was Mercedes-Benz that came out on top over their fierce rivals BMW and Audi, selling around 200,000 cars more than BMW and around 500,000 more than Audi in 2020.

China produces 1.5k more cars an hour than any other country

China produced the most passenger cars in 2020, and by some way. Last year the country produced almost 20 million cars, nearly three times more than Japan, which was the second-highest producer in the world, making close to 7 million cars. 

Breaking it down further, in comparison to Japan, China produced 13 million more cars per year. Which equates to 35.7 thousand more a day and almost 1.5 thousand more per hour. 

Being able to produce such a large amount of cars becomes even more amazing when you break it down into smaller timestamps. 

Breakdown of China’s Passenger Car Production

• Per Year = 19,994,081

• Per Month = 1,666,173

• Per Week = 384,501

• Per Day = 54,778

• Per Hour = 2,282

• Per Minute = 38

• Per Second = 0.6

55,834,456 passenger cars were made in 2020, 15% lower than 2019

In 2020 there were reportedly 55,834,456 passenger cars produced. That number was drastically lower than in previous years due to the impact COVID 19 had on the motoring industry. According to Statista’s Research Department, 2020 showed a decline of around 15% of cars produced compared with the previous year.

Toyota created almost 15% of all passenger cars per day in 2020

In 2020 there were an estimated 152,971 passenger cars produced every day around the world. That’s quite an amazing statistic, especially when you look at Toyota in particular, which managed to create 23,814 brand new cars each day around the world. That’s around 15% of all passenger cars created each day!

There are 6,374 passenger cars produced every hour worldwide

Around 6,374 passenger cars are produced every hour around the world. Out of all the countries, it’s China that tops the leaderboard, producing just shy of 2,300 each and every hour of the day. That’s around seven times the number of passenger cars produced in the UK and the USA, combined.

106 passenger cars are produced every minute worldwide

106 passenger cars are produced around the world every minute. Topping the list of cars made are Toyota, Volkswagen and Nissan models, totalling 34 of those 106 cars, which is just under a third of all cars produced per minute.