Synthetic engine slide to second place in 2021 in the US car sales, giving up first place to Toyota around 100,000 units in a still turbulent Covid recovery market hampered by lingering supply chain problems. While many automakers are currently in the process of starting to produce cars again (with some even varying the options available to build complete units), lack of chips fees have been charged, and getting the units into the hands of customers remains a challenge.
Toyota sold about 2.3 million cars in the US in 2021, to GM’s 2.2 million. GM has been at the top of sales for 90 years, since 1931.
GM’s difficulties were largely due to its inability to supply bread and butter pickup truck due to missing parts. While the assembly line is back on and GM agency is starting to see its best inventory counts since a year ago, the damage has been done. Despite the pain of the market because it’s new vansGM shipped about 64,000 fewer Silverados and 4,000 fewer Sierras than it did in locked-down 2020s because the parts weren’t there to build them.
Hyundai fell 23% on the month compared to December 2020 despite setting a company record for total retail sales for the calendar year. That similarly beat the previous year’s best (retail and fleet combined) by nearly 10% despite a December drop.
Performance-related sales ratings for 2020 were the best this year, but the second half of 2020 saw a strong rebound as dealerships reopened after the winter lockdown. spring. In many cases, the drop in the second half of 2021 is more of an indication that second half sales are up year-over-year as they continue to grow. lack of chips. For example, Hyundai and Kia have posted five consecutive months of declines, despite setting the aforementioned sales records.
Most of the major automakers will publish their results this week; Ford It is expected to be announced on Wednesday. We will update this story as numbers become available.
