The Numbers Tell the Truth: Who's the Best Car Company in the World?
The Numbers Tell the Truth: Who's the Best Car Company in the World?
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It’s not easy to figure out who is the best car company in the world. But we can rank the top automakers by how many vehicles they sell, how much revenue they bring in, what their net profit is and by how much profit they make on each vehicle they sell.
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My favorite attribute of a car company is how well do their vehicles hold up over time. 1. Toyota 2. Honda 3. Subaru. 4. VW group . And another important factor is resale value- 1. Toyota 2. Honda 3. Subaru…
Great breakdown for a stock holder but not for a car owner. Excellent presentation though.
You should do a video on Advertising spend by car makers. Tesla spends nothing, plus they have the retail margin because they sell direct to consumers.
Toyota sure as hell don’t spend their profits on styling.
The Germans make Overated ,Crap cars and Idiots still buy them.
Funny, I thought this would have more to do with "who makesthe best cars", not "most pfofitably run company". The former is how I pick my car manufacturers, not the latter. Anyone who picks a car bc that company made the most profit should have their overly capitalist head examined.
Last category seems useless to compare.. probably ferrari or rolls royce would be top … cant compare as they serve diffent market segments
The best car company speaks for itself when you don’t have to visit the dealership….TOYOTA IS KING AND DEAD LAST NISSAN AND TESLA….overpaid CRAP.
The two countries that were virtually destroyed during WW2….lead auto production. Why? These are industrious cultures. Everything is about culture, or belief systems.
Toyota doesn’t sell many vehicles here in the UK !……and Renault/Nissan are largely owned by the French government.
Toyota makes less profit from single car means not cheap parts and no greed. Best reliability.
I’m on my 5th 4Runner… I love the brand & every time I’m in the market, they always seem to grab me… I like their recipe, I love their longevity & reliability…
That just means that there are 10 and a half million boring people in the world.
Well, that would be FIAT! They manufacture directly and under license, more cars, trucks and vans than any THREE of the companies in the "tease" COMBINED and that includes two brands of US heavy-duty semi tractors! Yes, FIAT!!! The number one auto maker in Brazil and Mexico and South America and Europe and Africa, and the Mid-East and number three in Asia and number three in North America and number three in Australia! 8 out of ten buses on the Earth are made by a FIAT company-like Scania or ALL the US highway buses! The largest Japanese auto/truck company isn’t even mentioned-Toyo-San! Second is Nissan, Third is Toyota (dia-Ichi Motors), a VERY distant fifth is Honda. Toyo-San sells more cars/trucks/ land movers than all other Japanese cos combined but they DON’T sell in the US at all since 2012!!! Not even HD Trucks and have NEVER sold an automobile here but the Emperor of Japan rides in a Toyo-San Limo and has for 104 years!
Very interesting article
Honda builds the best engines
This sounds like a J.D.Power commercial . Pick and choose your questions and answers to fit your customer ratings .German vehicles are over rated .They are also over engineered . The Germans are capable of over engineering a wooden tooth pick .
Like that you are looking at balance sheets and income statements. I second the request for you to look at debt on the balance sheets. Would be interesting to see which OEMs have the cash to invest in the future.
Profit per unit = STUPID BUYERS PAYING ASS LOAD OF MONEY FOR CRAPPY CARS. TESLA. NO QUALITY AND P.O.S.
if you’re going to include Ducati motorcycles for the Volkswagen group, then why not add Honda motorcycles. That would move Honda to the top of the sales list.
Tesla: overpriced junk. Thank you!
I would counter, that the ‘best’ car company is the one that makes the best cars, not the one that generates the most profit. Tesla, for example, could have pioneered a replaceable battery system, but instead is plowing ahead with it’s own proprietary system to get rich instead. That’s not a ‘good car company’. it’s a profit machine, and screw the best interests of the people of the world. A replaceable battery pack which could be slid under the car and attach with say, bayonet connectors and then latched in place with some sort of lock, could be exchanged in a couple of minutes, the same way it only takes that long to fill a gas tank. But NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, we have to have ‘charging stations’ and sit idly while the proprietary electric systems need to recharge.
If traditional auto makers got rid of the stealership model they would have much higher margins closer or above Tesla. It would be a big plus for them and the consumer. They could drop prices by $2000 which would increase demand and pocket 2-3k which improves profit.
Perhaps next time you could include quality. Thanks
Once GM looses China to sanctions and can only produce truck-based vehicles due to chip crisis they will be super profitable, high margins, but that’s it
great video! that last ranking was especially revealing. most profit per car essentially equal to being ripped off the most. never buy the cheapest thing or the most expensive. always pick somewhere in the middle. I bet Hyundai’s margins are low because of the mountain of money they are paying JD powers, etc.
How about most reliable cars easy and cheap to repair…
Well that is total bollocks because you didn’t even mention that SAIC makes over 6 Million vehicles a year.
What about quality and reliability? Much mor3 important to buyers.
I don’t care who make more money, I care about who’s the best company for the customers, according to what I see Hyundai is the best company for the customers…. 😀
The Best is Tesla…and the one with the brightest future. Bar NONE!
There isn’t one!
Honda
We want to know who makes the Best quality car/vehicle??
Hard to believe GM, volts wagon, Nissan are still in business.
Best vehicle in the world is the — no pymt
Great show John!! A real overall look at the car business.
Thank you. Great synopsis. I had no idea how little manufacturers actually made. Shocking actually.
You missed an obviously one – Suzuki. Looking at Suzuki press releases, they made 2.8 million cars in 2021, and sold over 2.75 million cars, ahead of BMW and Mercedes.
Nice video, thanks.
What did you use for profit? ( EBITDA ) VW, Mercedes have massive long term debt, payments are included in Financials.
John missed the point. You can slap a badge on a "luxury vehicle" and charge more and give the customer less. From 2017 for example Toyota have been including on all "Safety Sense" on it’s base cars. To this day you have to pay extra for similar features on some luxury cars. The present Toyota Venza is better build quality than a lot luxury vehicles. Call that the GLB hybrid and you charge another 5000 for it easily.
Any rental car company, because you don’t have to own the problem, just rent it.
high profits are not the best they ripoff the consumer the most
Toyota quality beats the crap out of all the rest.
I was thinking hard of buying Tesla stocks these last couple of weeks. I think I’ll wait for another dip and get in.
This was great – thanks!
$5k car where can I get one…
Porsche used to be the most profit per vehicle
How about the most important factors for consumers, quality and reliability?
Toyota is methodical and slow rolling in a very good way.Notice that Toyota is reluctant to jump on the EV bandwagon in a big way…..hydrogen cars coming!!