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    Global car sales 2026: China, USA, India, Japan, Germany, UK and Ireland compared by country

    Which country sells the most cars in 2026?

    China is the largest of the seven car markets AutoNergy tracks, with 13,334,000 passenger cars retailed from January to September 2026 (down 21.7%), followed by the United States at an estimated 10,711,348 new vehicles to August (the sum of Cox's first-printed monthly figures; Cox's own revised total is 10,705,059, 0.06% lower; Cox prints September in its late-October release) and Japan at 3,545,421 including kei cars to September. Release note: Car sales by country, January to August 2026.

    Germany registered 2,221,798 new cars from January to September (up 5.3%), the UK 1,739,271 (up 10.2%) and Ireland 128,254 (up 5.4%). India retailed 427,213 in September alone, according to FADA. Electrification varies far more than size: in September 2026 China's new-energy penetration hit a record 67.0%, Germany's battery-electric registrations were 88,599 (34.5% of 256,774) and the UK's 99,201 (28.3% of 350,536), while the United States was at 5.7% in August. Every figure comes from the body that publishes it: CPCA, Cox Automotive, FADA, JADA and Zenkeijikyo, KBA, SMMT and SIMI. Six markets are current to September 2026; only the United States is still on August, until Cox publishes its September actuals. Last checked on 17 October 2026.