The year 2022 ended and welcomed a new one where automakers hope to sell as much as they can. But of course, with the departure of 2022, there are still accounts to settle, and it is that the latest statistics from the manufacturers need to be revealed, one of the most important, of course, is about the car brand that sold the most worldwide. If you want to know what car brand He took the title, stay here and we’ll explain what you need to know.
Car brand that sold the most in 2022
The world’s best-selling automaker in 2022, overcoming COVID disruptions and semiconductor shortages to move nearly 10.5 million vehicles between January and December has been none other than Toyota.
Including the volumes of its subsidiaries Daihatsu and Hino, the Japanese manufacturer sold a total of 10,438,024 vehiclesputting it more than 2 million units ahead of the Volkswagen Group, which reported sales of 8.3 million vehicles in 2022 at the beginning of the month.
While global production actually improved 5% to 10.6 million, Toyota’s overall sales figures in 2022 were down 0.1% from 2021, with sales in Japan falling 9.6% to 1.9 million. But such disappointment was offset by strong export sales, which rose 2.3% to 8.58 million.
Although that export growth did not come from the US and is that, Toyota North America (including Lexus) sold 2.1 million vehicles during 2022which is an impressive achievement on its own, but it represented a drop of nearly 10% from the previous year’s tally, and allowed General Motors (whose sales grew 2.5%) to return to the top spot.
Toyota says strong demand in Asia was largely responsible for it managing to keep its overall performance in line with its achievements in 2021 while battling supply constraints. Such issues were still present and limited Toyota’s production as of December 2022, with the automaker stating that “the situation remains difficult.” Although most manufacturers expect those supply disruptions to abate in the second half of 2023, and currently Toyota is expected to match 2022 production of 10.6 million this year as wellas long as there are no unforeseen interruptions in the supply chain.
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