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China Now The World’s Biggest Carmaker, Overtakes EU Production

China has overtaken the European Union as the world’s biggest carmaker, having built around 18.2 million new passenger cars in 2013.  According to the latest European Automobile Manufacturers Association figures, 87 million new cars were bui


China has overtaken the European Union as the world’s biggest carmaker, having built around 18.2 million new passenger cars in 2013. 

According to the latest European Automobile Manufacturers Association figures, 87 million new cars were built last year of which almost 66 million were passenger cars.

That sees China’s share of the world passenger car pie at 27.6 percent - well ahead of the EU (22.3 percent), Japan (12.5 percent) and North America (10.8 percent).

South Korea is next on 6.3 percent, followed by India on 4.8 percent and Brazil with 4.2 percent. 

A group called “Asia-Others” built 4.7 percent of the world’s new passenger cars in 2013, which includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Australia.

The same group - excluding Thailand - built 1.9 percent of the world’s commercial vehicles, while Thailand on its own is a much bigger player in this class with 6.4 percent of production.

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