Calendar year

2012

What the archive documents for calendar year 2012. “Introduced” and “in production” are listed separately; model years, where a market uses them, are shown apart from calendar years.

Across the archive in 2012

Production started BYD Qin BYD · 2012
Production started Renault Zoe Renault · December 2012
Production started Tesla Model S Tesla · June 2012
Production started Volkswagen Golf Mk7 Volkswagen · 2012
Production ended REVAi Reva · 2012
Production ended Honda Civic (eighth generation) Honda · 2012
Production ended Dacia Sandero (first generation) Dacia · 2012
Production ended Tesla Roadster (first generation) Tesla · 2012

Other models in production during 2012

Introduced earlier; their documented production covers 2012. Introduced-this-year models are listed above.

Chevrolet Suburban Hindustan Ambassador Lada Niva (VAZ-2121) Maruti Suzuki 800 Maruti Suzuki Gypsy Lotus Elise Tata Indica Tata Safari (first generation) Mini Hatch Mahindra Scorpio (first generation) Chery QQ Rolls-Royce Phantom (VII) BMW 3 Series (E90) Chevrolet Corvette (C6) Bugatti Veyron BYD F3 Chery Tiggo Great Wall Wingle Fiat 500 (2007) Toyota Land Cruiser (J200) Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W212) Volkswagen Golf Mk6 Geely Emgrand EC7 Mitsubishi i-MiEV Chevrolet Volt Mahindra Thar (first generation) Nissan Leaf (ZE0) Wuling Hongguang BMW 3 Series (F30) Haval H6 Honda Civic (ninth generation) Mahindra XUV500 Porsche 911 (991)

Detailed reference: events in calendar year 2012

First shown Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 28 November 2012, Los Angeles Auto Show^[1]
Production started Mazda CX-5 (KE) January 2012^[2]
Production started Toyota RAV4 (XA40) December 2012^[3]
Production ended Honda CR-V (RE1) 2012^[4]
Production ended Toyota RAV4 (XA30) December 2012^[3]

Detailed generations in production during 2012

Production years from the sources; a generation counts if 2012 falls within its first and last production year.

Audi2005–2015

Audi Q7 (4L)

First generation

BMW2006–2013

BMW X5 (E70)

Second generation

Honda2006–2012

Honda CR-V (RE1)

Third generation

Honda2011–2018

Honda CR-V (RM1/2/3/4)

Fourth generation

Hyundai2009–2015

Hyundai Tucson (LM)

Second generation · sold as Hyundai ix35 / Hyundai Tucson ix / Tucson

Kia2010–2015

Kia Sportage (SL)

Third generation

Mazda2012–2017

Mazda CX-5 (KE)

First generation

Mercedes-Benz2011–2019

Mercedes-Benz M-Class / GLE (W166)

Third generation · sold as M-Class / GLE

Nissan2007–2015

Nissan Rogue (S35)

First generation Rogue · sold as Rogue / Rogue Select

Nissan2007–2013

Nissan X-Trail (T31)

Second generation X-Trail · sold as X-Trail / Qijun / Dongfeng Fengdu MX6

Porsche2010–2017

Porsche Cayenne (92A)

Second generation

Toyota2005–2012

Toyota RAV4 (XA30)

Third generation

Toyota2012–2018

Toyota RAV4 (XA40)

Fourth generation

Volkswagen2007–2018

Volkswagen Tiguan (5N)

First generation · sold as Tiguan / Tiguan Limited / Tiguan Silk Road

Volvo2002–2014

Volvo XC90, first generation

First generation

Sold as model year 2012

Audi Q7 (4L) model years 2006–2015, Europe^[5]
Audi Q7 (4L) model years 2007–2015, North America^[5]
BMW X5 (E70) model years 2007–(end not documented), North America^[6]
Honda CR-V (RM1/2/3/4) model years 2012–2016, United States^[7]
Hyundai Tucson (LM) model years 2010–2015, market not stated^[8]
Kia Sportage (SL) model years 2011–2016, market not stated^[9]
Mercedes-Benz M-Class / GLE (W166) model years 2012–2019, North America^[10]
Nissan Rogue (S35) model years 2008–2013, North America^[11]
Porsche Cayenne (92A) model years 2011–2018, market not stated^[12]
Toyota RAV4 (XA30) model years 2006–2012, North America^[3]
Volkswagen Tiguan (5N) model years 2009–2016, North America^[13]
Volvo XC90, first generation model years 2003–2014, North America^[14]

Sources

All-New 2013 Toyota RAV4 Makes World Debut at Los Angeles International Auto Show — Toyota USA Newsroom, 28 November 2012 Manufacturer (read 9 October 2026)
Mazda CX-5 — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)
Toyota RAV4 — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)
Honda CR-V (third generation) — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)
Audi Q7 — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)
BMW X5 — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)
Honda CR-V Timeline and Milestones — Honda News (American Honda) Manufacturer (read 9 October 2026)
Hyundai Tucson — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)
Kia Sportage — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)
Mercedes-Benz GLE — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)
Nissan Rogue — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)
Porsche Cayenne — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)
Volkswagen Tiguan — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)
Volvo XC90 — Wikipedia Reference work (read 9 October 2026)

Wikipedia sources link to the exact revision that was read. Specifications differ between markets, years and versions; each figure is shown with the market and version its source states.