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# Mexican automotive industry in 2021: full year data and analysis
- URL: https://clusterindustrial.com.mx/mexican-automotive-industry-in-2021-full-year-data-and-analysis/
- Published: 2022-01-07T22:09:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-29T00:49:58.000Z
- Author: Cluster 1
- Tags: Artículos especiales

**PRODUCTION**

**In 2021, Mexico produced a total of 2,979,276 vehicles**. Throughout the year, both the semiconductor crisis and logistical disruption caused production sites to stop, resulting in hundreds of thousands of vehicles less than expected; **a -2% drop in production compared to 2020**. In the month of December, only 212,272 vehicles were added to the total for the year, 16.51% less than in December 2020.

**The manufacturers with the highest production in 2021 were:**

Nissan: 536,323

GM: 518,175

Stellantis: 406,973

Volkswagen: 294,408

Toyota: 222,346

With the production halts at **the General Motors plants, their results were affected with a drop of -28.9% during the year**. On the other side, Toyota grew by 31.3% and **Ford Motor increased its production by 60.4%, reaching 218,289 units,** a Little below KIA, which ranked sixth with 219,400 units.

**EXPORTS**

**Mexico accumulated a total of 2,706,980 light vehicles exported between January and December 2021, 0.9% more than in 2020**. In this regard, the **export of trucks produced in the country increased considerably (12.5% ​​against 2020**), with the introduction of models such as the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the first all-electric vehicle mass-produced in Mexico **and the scaling up of production for the Toyota Tacoma in Guanajuato. Exports in the month of December 2021 were up to 227,465 vehicles, 17.3% less than in the same month of 2020.**

**We must remark that a total of 2,071,668 light vehicles produced in Mexico were exported to the United States in 2021.**

**The brands with the highest exports in 2021 were:**

GM: 531,383

Stellantis: 404,453

Nissan: 390,501

Volkswagen: 254,331

Toyota: 220,126

**SALES**

**In 2021 a total of 1,014,680 vehicles were sold**; **6.8% more than in 2020**. From that total number, **367,235 vehicles sold were manufactured in Mexico** and **647,445 were imported**, a growth of 1.5% and 10.1%, respectively.

In the last year, **the growth of Chinese brands in Mexico stood out, growing an impressive 307.56% compared to 2020**, with a **total of 26,593 units sold during 2021**. The most important of these brands being MG Motor with 16,358 units sold.

The **brands with sales of less than 25 thousand units** that managed to grow the most compared to 2020 were:

**MG Motor**: 2,203.9% (16,358 sales).

**JAC**: 92.1% (8,203 sales).

**Mitsubishi**: 71.1% (17,872 sales).

**Subaru**: 46.7% (2,119 sales).

**SEAT**: 39.3% (20,942 sales).

While the **big brands (over 25 thousand sales)** that grew the most during 2021 were:

**Suzuki** 27.2% (33,044 sales).

**Toyota** 19.0% (91,090 sales).

**Hyundai** 15.4% (37,209 sales).

**KIA**: 11.4% (82,040 sales).

**Renault** 10.6% (28,218 sales).

Meanwhile, **brands such as General Motors and Honda fell -15.3% and -10.8% respectively**. Other brands such as **Mercedes-Benz fell -7.0%, Infiniti -17.3%, and Audi -4.3%.**

**The brands with the most sales in Mexico during 2021 were:**

**Nissan**: 203,918

**General Motors**: 127,300

**Volkswagen**: 98,436

**Toyota**: 91,090

**KIA**: 82,040

**BEST-SELLING CARS**

In 2021, a champion remains: the Nissan Versa, renewed at the end of 2019, continues its reign as the best-selling car in the country, **achieving 7,124 sales in a single month**, the highest figure in 2021 for a single model, during the month of March.

**The list of the best-selling cars of 2021 looks like this:**

**Nissan Versa**: 69,775

**Nissan NP300**: 47,884

**Chrysler Aveo**: 37,039

**Nissan March**: 34,974

**Volkswagen Vento**: 29,380

**To consult the rest of the statistics, visit:** [**https://www.inegi.org.mx/datosprimarios/iavl/**](https://www.inegi.org.mx/datosprimarios/iavl/?ref=clusterindustrial.com.mx)