Toyota, BMW Lead Most Valuable Car Brands

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Toyota, BMW Lead Most Valuable Car Brands

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Most Valuable Brands 2016, tech holds almost all the top spots, with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the lead. There are several auto company brands on the list led by Toyota (NYSE: TM) and BMW

Toyota is in 28th on the list with a brand value of $29.5 billion. BMW holds spot 33rd place at $26.3 billion. It is an odd pairing. Toyota swaps the lead from year to year among cars made worldwide with tattered VW. Each makes about 10 million cars. BMW is the largest independent luxury car company in the world.

Luxury brand Mercedes, BMW’s primary rival, hits the list in 39th place at $22.7 billion. It is interesting that luxury brands, for the most part, top those of mass manufacturers.

Honda (NYSE: HMC) makes the list in 74th place with a brand value of $13.2 billion, followed immediately by Ford (NYSE: F) at $13.1 billion. Ford is the first U.S. car brand on the list.

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The last car brand on the list is Nissan in 92nd place with a brand value of $11.5 billion.

The tally–2 German, 3 Japanese, 1 American.

Methodology:

The 2016 report shows how brands that are leading in innovation have disrupted conventional ways of doing business. Some innovative brands have risen to the top of the ranking and others have just made the list. We also demonstrate how strong brand value helps brands stay in the Top 100 year after year.

This year we’ve taken a look at the B2B brands in the Global Top 100. See our analysis on how B2B brands differ from B2C brands and what they can learn to better promote their brands to drive growth and attract top talent.

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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