This annual survey looks at the world’s largest companies, as measured by their annual sales revenue in US dollars. We’ve taken a look at the list, and used it to identify the world’s largest car firms and where they sit within the planet's 500 biggest companies.

We also take a look at how they’ve been doing: the sales and profit numbers are for 2018, the rankings state the respective companies place in the overall Fortune 500, and the sales and profits percentage changes are from 2017's figures. After a strong 2017 for most car firms, 2018 was distinctly trickier for many of them - let's take a look:

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