Best Selling Auto Brands Ranking in 2026. Sales slowdown eroded growth rates of most top 10 brands, with Volkswagen in 2nd (10.3%) and BYD in 9th (-30.3%) being impacted the most. Notably, Maruti defied the contraction and surged 10.5% into 10th.
Sourcing local Minister of Transportation or deputy agencies, we collect new light vehicles registrations, country by country, brand by brand, in 159 markets worldwide. Extracting data for our Global Auto Database we are able to report on this ranking as several others.
Considering YTD sales up to april 2026, Toyota was still the best selling brand. Despite losing 3.4% year-on-year, the Japanese giant retained its decade-long leadership in the market, securing a 10.9% share of all global sales.
Volkswagen ranked in 2nd, losing 10.3% and with a 5.2% share of the global market.
Hyundai -up 1 spot- ranked 3rd, achieving a share of 4.5% despite losing 0.3%.
Ford -down 1 spot- ranked 4th while securing a 4.3% share (-9.3%), followed by Honda in 5th with a 3.9% share (-8.9%) and Kia -up 2 spots- in 6th (+1.1%).
Nissan ranked in 7th (-3.5%), followed by Chevrolet -up 1 spot- in 8th (-4.1%), and BYD -down 3 spots- in 9th (+30.3%). Maruti -up 3 spots- closed the Top 10 (+10.5%).
EV Market Trend and Outlook
EV sales worldwide struggles in 2026 as segment’s giants are impacted by saturation in China’s domestic market. In particular, YTD sales up to april dropped by 5.3%.
BYD remained the leader holding a 16.3% share, despite slowing down and dropping by 30.3%.
Tesla managed to bounce back, ranking in 2nd with a 11.4% share (+4.5%).
Geely also reported losses, down by 36.2% in 3rd to a 5.1% share, followed by Leap Motor (+36.3%) with 4.1% and Xiaomi (+12.6%) with 3%.
Tables with sales figures
In the table below we report sales for Top 25 Brands.
