General Motors (GM) recovered its position as the best-selling manufacturer in the United States during 2022. It is worth mentioning that the consortium had lost its position to Toyota in 2021, this after leading its home market for around 90 years.
According to information from Reuters, while sales of Toyota they fell about 10% compared to 2021, General Motors found itself in a very different scenario, with sales up 3% year-over-year to a total of 2,274,088 vehicles through 2022.
For comparison, Toyota sales fell 9.6%, meaning 2,108,458 US registered vehicles last year, or 223,804 fewer units than in 2021. The scenario is even worse because the result in sales of the Japanese brand Toyota is worse than average. According to Reuters, car sales in the US market are expected to fall 8% in 2022 compared to the previous year.
GM went through difficulties, but little by little everything turned out for the company. The Detroit automaker opened a battery cell production facility in Ohio, thus finally being able to make larger numbers of electric vehicles, something the automaker has wanted to do since late 2020 and early 2021. In addition, GM continued to reveal new combustion models, as well as updated ones, such as the new generation of the medium truck. Coloradothe Cheyenne (Silverado) ZR2 and the new chest.
Toyota, for its part, even had good news regarding new models on the market, such as the new generation of the traditional hybrid Prius and the long-awaited GR Corolla Hatch sports car. However, the Japanese brand is lagging behind in offering 100% electric cars. Currently only sells the BZ4x.
