据《汽车新闻》报道，大众去年全球销量1030万辆轿车、卡车和巴士，比上一年增长3.8%。而丰田去年销量为1020万辆，这其中包括雷克萨斯，大发和日野品牌销量，与上一年相比，同比仅增长0.2%。中国市场成为大众转圜的关键，尽管大众去年爆发的柴油门丑闻，但它在中国市场销量出现大幅增长，销量超过丰田。丰田去年在美国市场销量下降，主要是由于市场对凯美瑞需求下降。丰田在今年1月的北美车展发布了全新凯美瑞，该车将于今年夏季上市，这有助于使其恢复在美国市场地位。德国商业银行分析师Sascha Gommel表示：“美国市场的发展决定大众今年是否还将领先丰田。如果中国和欧洲市场继续稳定增长而美国市场继续疲弱，大众今年销量仍将领先丰田。”

 

VW overtakes Toyota as world's best-selling automaker

Automotive News reports that Volkswagen Group has managed to shift no less than 10.3 million cars, trucks, and buses in 2016, a 3.8 percent gain over the previous year. Toyota fell short with 10.2 million sales, including the Lexus, Daihatsu, and Hino brands – an increase of only 0.2 percent compared to 2015.

 

The Chinese market is seen as a key factor for the triumph of the German conglomerate, despite the Dieselgate scandal. VW enjoyed bigger increase in China sales than Toyota.

 

Toyota U.S. sales dropped last year, mainly because of the slowed demand for the Camry, the country best-selling sedan. A brand new Camry was revealed earlier this month at the 2017 NAIAS in Detroit and will go on sale this summer, helping the brand restore its positions in America.

 

"The development of the U.S. market is set to decide if VW can stay ahead of Toyota this year," Sascha Gommel, an analyst at Commerzbank, added. "If the Chinese and European markets continue to be solid and the U.S. market weakens as I expect, VW might stay first in 2017 as Toyota has a larger exposure to North America."