Overall sales of cars had positive balance and expectations

The sales statistics of car and light commercial in the world surpassed expectations in 2017.
The additional heating of the economy in the first world, plus some emerging countries, helped speed up the numbers at the end of the year making the total units sold hit the 94.5 million vehicles, surpassing the estimates with an increase of 2.2% compared to 2016.
Analyzing the five best-selling brands globally, the first runner up was Toyota, which sold 8.7 million units, almost 2 million more than the Volkswagen, the runner-up with 6.8 million.
These two giants have been taking turns in recent years, in a frantic battle. Then Ford appears, with 6.2 million, being the only one of the five to submit fall of 1.2% over the previous year.
Next on the list is the Honda with 5.2 million units sold and, also, the one that grew up between the five (8.2% increase in sales compared to 2016). In fifth place was the Nissan, with overall sales of 5.1 million units.
Reminding the reader that we're talking about cars and light commercial vehicles, the latter weighing up to 3.5 tons. Are outside this statistic the buses and trucks.
Another point that deserves attention is that manufacturers can belong to groups or alliances that eventually meet more than a brand. The Volkswagen Group, for example, produces automobiles and light commercial vehicles under the Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti and Porsche.
The ranking that we reported previously presents each brand individually, without adding the other in the same group. The statistics are from the focus2move company, whose database brings together official agencies and associations of car manufacturers in the world.
The top five brands in the list accounted for 34% of the cars sold in the world in 2017. Each one of them, in addition to presenting your own vision of the future of mobility, is also the protagonist of the change that's coming.
We are at the gates of the second decade of the second Millennium and, although still exists on the part of society, mainly in the Americas, a certain inertia regarding the use of electricity in cars, the market leaders in no doubt that changes will happen.
On this measure, the Chinese broke in front and if released to the development of electric vehicles on a large scale. Have become the biggest consumers of this product in the world and everything indicates they will lead.
Started with bikes that arrived by the millions. This caused the Chinese factories despejassem small electric motors in the world. The Chinese Government, seeking to reduce your dependence on oil imports and, at the same time, reduce the air pollution that compromises on major cities, this encouraging this boom.
This fact is attracting Western and manufacturers General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen and Daimler are already establishing their strategies for the Chinese market.
Meanwhile, efforts to become less polluting conventional engines are still in progress and the attention on Diesel engines indicate that it is likely that they will be the first victims of this process.