This document provides an overview of automobile production statistics from 1997-2012. It shows that global automobile production increased from 54 million vehicles in 1997 to over 84 million vehicles in 2012, though it declined from 2008-2009 during the economic downturn. The document also includes tables on the top automobile exporting countries in 2012, the largest manufacturers by production in 2013, sales data by vehicle category in India from 2011-2012, and the major automobile clusters in India.