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Production of passenger cars fell 23.3% to 1,927 thousand in the USA in 2020, according to ACEA.
Historically, production of passenger cars in the USA reached an all time high of 6,614 thousand in 1994 and an all time low of 1,927 thousand in 2020. When compared to USA's main peers, production of passenger cars in Canada amounted to 328 thousand, 19,994 thousand in China, 6,960 thousand in Japan and 967 thousand in Mexico in 2020.
USA has been ranked 6th within the group of 50 countries we follow in terms of production of passenger cars.
Production of Passenger Cars | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Australia | thousand | 146 | 160 | 149 | 88.2 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
Belize | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Canada | thousand | 914 | 889 | 803 | 749 | 656 | ||||||||||||||||
China | thousand | 19,920 | 21,143 | 24,421 | 24,807 | 23,529 | ||||||||||||||||
Guatemala | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Honduras | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
India | thousand | 3,158 | 3,409 | 3,707 | 3,953 | 4,032 | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | thousand | 8,277 | 7,831 | 7,874 | 8,348 | 8,359 | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | thousand | 1,916 | 1,968 | 1,993 | 1,900 | 1,581 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | thousand | 1,684 | 1,216 | 1,124 | 1,348 | 1,564 | ||||||||||||||||
South Korea | thousand | 4,124 | 4,135 | 3,860 | 3,735 | 3,662 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | thousand | 4,253 | 4,163 | 3,917 | 3,033 | 2,785 | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | thousand | 1,528 | 1,588 | 1,723 | 1,671 | 1,519 |