auto industry discussion

[cwerdna]

Toyota dethrones GM to become America’s top-selling automaker in 2021
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/04/toyota- ... -2021.html

Toyota outsold GM in 2021, marking the first time since 1931 that the Detroit automaker wasn’t the best-selling car company in the U.S.
The historic change occurred as Toyota was able to manage supply chain issues better than GM, including an ongoing shortage of semiconductor chips.

[cwerdna]

US: Toyota Sold Over 52,000 Plug-In Cars In 2021
The group also sold almost 600,000 electrified vehicles, which is more than anyone else.
https://insideevs.com/news/558967/us-to ... ales-2021/

[SageBrush]

US: Toyota Sold Over 52,000 Plug-In Cars In 2021

I think you are trying to say plug-in hybrid cars.
The remainder of the 'electrified' cars are hybrid.

Toyota gets the pretender crown for 2021, but in 2022 50k pretender cars a month is chicken feed.

[cwerdna]

Those words were just copy/paste from the article. I don’t disagree with the first part of your statements.

[SageBrush]

Those words were just copy/paste from the article.

Then quote the article
That is the problem with an echo chamber. GIGO

[LeftieBiker]

I lost a post here. It said that, having stalled and fought against BEVs for so many years, they have lost the chance to offer the Toyota/Subaru BEV at a competitive price.

[cwerdna]

Those words were just copy/paste from the article.

Then quote the article
That is the problem with an echo chamber. GIGO

It's the first two lines of it. That's why I preceded the URL with those two lines.

If you hadn't noticed, many of my pointers to news stories have been of the same style.

[jlv]

I lost a post here. It said that, having stalled and fought against BEVs for so many years, they have lost the chance to offer the Toyota/Subaru BEV at a competitive price.

You said that here: viewtopic.php?p=616364#p616371

[LeftieBiker]

So I did. Senior Moment, I guess.

[cwerdna]

'Out of control': Buyers paying thousands over sticker price for new cars
Expect high prices for the foreseeable future.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/control ... d=82489039

Tyson Jominy, vice president of data and analytics at J.D. Power, said 87% of consumers are currently paying above MSRP, which is already at a record high. The average new vehicle price is now $45,283 versus $35,000 in December of 2019, according to J.D. Power. The global chip shortage and supply crunch have led to surging prices, Jominy said.