Volkswagen Falls To Second In Global Sales Race - But You Aren't Going To Guess Who Is Now Number One

The German group sold fewer vehicles in the first six months of the year than a rival alliance anchored by Renault and Nissan.

It's the first time the coalition of French and Japanese automakers, which includes new member Mitsubishi, has topped the global sales ranking.

The Renault-Nissan alliance announced Friday that it sold 5,268,079 vehicles in the first half of the year.

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MDarringer - 7/28/2017 1:57:00 PM

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So the #1 crappy company has been supplanted by an even crappier company!

TheSteve - 7/28/2017 2:51:52 PM

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In case you haven't heard, the latest news in the auto industry is new rules for reporting sales. The intention behind the new rules is to make reporting consistent for all manufacturers in order to allow meaningful comparisons to be made.

MDarringer - 7/28/2017 4:27:59 PM

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There is so much wiggle room its ridiculous. Historically, manufacturers have been notorious for counting cars sold once they left the factory lot. Maserati was "selling" cars and reporting them as sold, but because they weren't "delivered" they were "backed out' to be "sold" again the next month if they didn't actually sell them. Then there is the scam of paying dealers to "buy" cars as courtesy cars so as to report them sold. Mitsubishi has even sent brand new cars to auction to create sales.

Car4life1 - 7/28/2017 3:15:35 PM

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Congrats Nissan, while every company has it's haters/lovers, pros/cons, ups/downs, outselling Toyota and Volkswagen is a major feat regardless, and took strategic planning as well as preparation

TomM - 7/28/2017 5:16:18 PM

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Actually - the claim is BOGUS. Nissan and Renault are not a single entity - they are two separate corporations with their own stock selling on the Stock Exchange. Just because they have agreements to work together does not make them ONE company. (yes - they could do it - but the fact is - they did not) Renault owns the needed 35% of Nissan it needs to control the company legally in Japan - and Nissan owns the 35% (Approx) it needs to control Mitsubishi cars as well - but these are three distinct corporations - not a single one.

And there is history to support MY claim. For years - Ford controlled Mazda - and GM controlled Isuzu - both owning the required 35% of the companies. However - The total sales of Ford and Mazda vehicles was NEVER at issue - nor was that of GM - where Isuzu sales could have kept their lead - but did not.

Firewombat - 7/30/2017 4:25:11 AM

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@Tom Renault / Nissan alliance is more integrated than simply owning each owning a percentage of other's company. Their alliance is fully integrated with most new models from both companies created from shared platforms developed in partnership. Your reference to each have having their own stock, that's not an indication of independence, Audi has it's own stock price does that mean it's not a subsidiary of VW?