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https://www.yahoo.com/news/toyota-poised-dethrone-gm-2021-110742946.html

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp outsold General Motors Co in the United States in 2021, marking the first time the Detroit automaker has not led U.S. auto sales for a full year since 1931.

Toyota sold 2.332 million vehicles in the United States in 2021, compared with 2.218 million for General Motors, the automakers said on Tuesday.

GM's U.S. sales were down 13% for 2021 - and down 43% in the fourth quarter - while Toyota was up 10% for the year. GM last had lower sales in 2010 at 2.202 million.

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8 hours ago, mackinaw said:

Actually quite meaningless.  The chip shortage has payed havoc with sales.  Toyota managed their chip supply better than GM.

 

It would have happened eventually given the sales trajectory and growth but chip shortage helped make it happen sooner. For example, Toyota was on track to pass Ford in 2021 even without the chip shortage.

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Some people at GM said that the company will bounce back and overtake Toyota in overall sales in the years to come, especially as production of GM's Ultium based BEV get underway. One GM spokesman, Jim Cain said, "I wouldn't rush out if I were (Toyota) and get a 'We're No 1' tattoo" ?

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On 1/4/2022 at 4:43 PM, blwnsmoke said:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/toyota-poised-dethrone-gm-2021-110742946.html

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp outsold General Motors Co in the United States in 2021, marking the first time the Detroit automaker has not led U.S. auto sales for a full year since 1931.

Toyota sold 2.332 million vehicles in the United States in 2021, compared with 2.218 million for General Motors, the automakers said on Tuesday.

GM's U.S. sales were down 13% for 2021 - and down 43% in the fourth quarter - while Toyota was up 10% for the year. GM last had lower sales in 2010 at 2.202 million.


This title comes with an asterisk, and I doubt it will be permanent.  

 

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