Concern General Motors for the first time in 90 years may lose the palm in annual car sales in the United States. In January - September 2021, Toyota Motor sold more cars in the States than GM - 1,857,884 units against 1,777,483.
The opportunity to bypass competitor Toyota provided a global crisis with the supply of electronic chips. Although all automakers today suffer from this problem to some extent, GM has been hit harder by the shortage than Toyota. This provided the Japanese giant with a competitive advantage in the United States.
In fact, according to the results of 9 months of 2021, both companies showed sales growth compared to the same period in 2020, but in the case of Toyota, it amounted to an impressive + 27.9%, and GM - symbolic + 0.1%.
According to Automotive News, GM's third-quarter sales were at their lowest level since 2009, when the North American market was hit by the economic downturn. There is a risk that GM's business will not improve in the fourth quarter - this is how the company will lose the first place in the sales ranking to Toyota.
GM representatives said that almost all of the concern's North American plants should return to operation this week after numerous long shutdowns.
It should be noted that at the end of last year, GM sold 2.55 million new cars in the United States, and Toyota - 2.11 million. Ford Motor was in third place - 2.04 million cars.
Toyota could become No. 1 in annual vehicle sales in the US for the first time
