Washington - These companies have a choice of admission to Forbes is at least U.S. $ 36 trillion, made a fortune of U.S. $ 2.64 trillion, and assets of U.S. $ 149 trillion.
Ten automotive industry into the world's 100 largest companies in Forbes magazine selection in 2012. Forbes ranks companies based on the rate of sales, profits, assets, and market.
First, Volkswagen AG. The company occupies the 17th position of the 100 largest companies in the world. The second place was occupied by the Toyota Motor Corp., which moved up from 55 to 25 this year.
In the third place, there is a Daimler AG who gets ranked 37th. Followed by Ford Motor in the fourth position, which was ranked the 44th. Japanese carmaker Honda Motor Co. got the fifth place or is ranked the 59th. Japanese automakers are beating the German carmaker, BMW AG, which occupies the sixth position in the rank or-61.
General Motors Co., the world's largest car maker by sales volume, got the seventh position with the rank-63. Nissan Motor sits in eighth place with a rank-85 and Mitsubishi Corp in ninth position or in the rank-95. Hyundai Motor in tenth position with a rank-96.
Car manufacturers who toppled from a list of the Forbes 100 largest companies, including Renault SA, the French automaker, which was ranked 187th; Chinese carmaker, SAIC Motor, ranked number-232, and the Korean automaker, Kia Motors, ranked the 253.
Fiat Spa, an Italian company which became the parent company of Chrysler Group LLC, instead only ranked-314. Followed by Indian car manufacturer Tata Motors, which became the parent company of Jaguar-Land Rover, which is ranked 348.