10 Biggest Automobile Companies In The World 2013


6. Nissan
Vehicles Produced: 4,889,379
Cars Produced: 3,830,954 (6th Most)
Overall Rank: 6

Nissan is a Japan based automobile company founded by Masujiro Hashimoto, Kenjiro Den, Rokuro Aoyama and Meitaro Takeuchi in 1933. The company is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan.

In 2012, Nissan was the 6th largest manufacturer of automobile after Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen Group, Hyundai Motor Group, and Ford.

The company also manufactured several memorable sports cars like Datsun Fairlady 1500, 1600 2000 Roadsters and 2000 Roadsters.

7. Honda
Vehicles Produced: 4,110,857
Cars Produced: 4,078,376 (5th Most)
Overall Rank: 7

Honda was established in 1948 by Hamamatsu. It is said that, the company invests 5 percent of its total revenue to the research and development in automobile.

Honda has employed 179,060 people and has annual revenue of 9.877 trillion yen.

The company has good market for its products in India. It has two manufacturing industries in Greater Noida, UP and in Tapukara, Rajasthan.

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