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The 2021 delivery numbers are in and Toyota is now the largest American automaker. General Motors is now the volume leader for the country for the first time in 90-years.
In 2021, Toyota drove 2,332,262 cars in the US. This was 10.4 percent more than 2020. GM’s 2,218,228, a 12.9 per cent decrease from the previous year, was 2,332,262 vehicles in the US in 2021.
“Toyota is thankful to its loyal customers for placing their trust in Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Being No. 1. is not a priority or a focus. “The company’s focus was always being the best brand in terms safety, quality and value in customers’ minds,” Jack Hollis (the senior vice president of automotive operations at Toyota Motor North America), stated in a statement to Automotive News. The RAV4 In 2021, the Toyota Camry was its most popular product. This was a 5.3% drop in sales from 2020, when 430,387 were delivered by the automaker to the US.
For 2021, the light-duty Chevrolet Silverado model was the most popular among all GM brands in America. The country saw a total of 380,715 cars moved by the automaker, which was 12.7 percent less than 2020. The total volume of the country’s medium- and heavy-duty Silverados trucks was 529,765 which is a 10.8 percent decrease from the previous year.
GM and Toyota struggled with the 2021 global chip shortage. To reduce global production by 360,000 cars, Toyota had its factories shut down in September.
GM had to reduce production. To save chips, the automaker produced some cars without seat heaters or parking sensors.
The chip shortage is not going away. According to predictions, the crisis could continue into 2023.