toyota managed to grow annual sales in the united states by 104 percent to 23 millionjapanese carmaker toyota led us automobile sales in 2021 according to figures released tuesday overtaking general motors for the first time as a shortage of semiconductors roils the industry gms loss of its longheld crown as biggest us automaker came as a shortage of crucial computer chips plagued automakers throughout 2021 resulting in steep fourthquarter sales declines for both companies but toyota still managed to grow annual sales in the united states by 104 percent to 23 million while general motors suffered a 129 percent drop to 22 million advt toyota saw modest annual gains for two topselling sedans the camry and the corolla and a modest dip in sales of its rav4 compact suv its fullsized highlander suv scored higher sales in 2021 gm which relies more heavily on trucks than toyota saw an annual 108 percent drop in its silverado pickup trucks and a 64 percent fall in its gmc truck line while gm has rued low inventories chief executive mary barra and other executives have touted strong vehicle pricing which has enabled it to remain profitable even as sales sag jessica caldwell edmunds executive director of insights alluded to record pricing at gm in a note released monday that previewed the annual sales rankings theres no question that this is a remarkable feat for toyota but this is not likely a sign of a longterm change gm has an advantage in that it has more brands and products for consumers to choose from namely large trucks and suvs which have only increased in popularity over the years caldwell said caldwell noted that interest remains elevated in gms aggressive push into electric vehicles on wednesday barra is scheduled to deliver a virtual keynote speech at the consumer electronics show to unveil an electric version of the silverado toyotas press release noted 3 billion in new us investments targeting ev development while ford said tuesday it will nearly double production capacity for the electric version of its topselling f150 pickup truck advt also read new auto sales up in 2021 but nowhere near before pandemicsedans definitely arent driving demand for new vehicles jd power reports that suvs and pickup trucks accounted for a record 802 of new vehicle sales in decembersee more details december 2021 auto sales demand for pv cv improves 2w tractor in redthe automotive industry continued to remain a mixed bag of wholesales for the last month of 2021 while demand was observed for carmakers two wheelers and tractors remained in the red the commercial vehicle dispatches to dealers are turning to greensee more details afp published on jan 5 2022 at 0647 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for