For the first time in 90 years! Toyota motor surpassed GM to win the top sales in the U.S. car market

2021 has ended, the annual sales crown of the North American auto market has also changed hands, Toyota broke the record held by General Motors for more than 90 years, and won the title of "sales crown" from its hands.

According to reports, Japan's Toyota Motor motor has replaced the United States General Motors Company as the 2021 sales champion in the US auto market. It was the first time GM had lost the title since 1931.

Toyota said on The 4th that it sold 2.3 million vehicles in the United States last year, an increase of 10.4% year-on-year. GM said on the same day that it sold 2.2 million units in the U.S. last year, down 12.9 percent from a year earlier. It is worth mentioning that GM delivered 440745 vehicles in the United States in the fourth quarter, a decrease of 42.9% year-on-year.

For the title of "pin crown", the vice president of Toyota North America responded in a low-key manner: "Yes, our sales have indeed surpassed GM." But to be clear, this is not our goal, and we don't think this performance is sustainable. ”

In addition, the data shows that Since GM surpassed Ford Motor Company for the first time in 1931 and became the "sales king" of the US auto market, it has been sitting for the first place for consecutive years until Toyota won the championship.

Toyota reportedly surpassed GM in sales in the U.S. market, benefiting from Toyota's better management of the chip supply chain.

Toyota's car and truck sales in the U.S. market increased last year. Despite lower tantu pickup sales, sales of smaller Tacoma pickups increased by 5.7 percent to 252,500 units.

Sales of GM's flagship Chevrolet Sorod pickup fell 10.8 percent last year to less than 530,000 units, affected by chip shortages.

For Toyota to surpass GM this time, the main reason is the "chip supply shortage", GM has said that the company's chip shortage is improving, and it is expected that production capacity will be greatly improved.