Looking back and taking stock of what happened in 2022, few auto companies have as much to celebrate as Toyota: a new report has confirmed that despite difficulties in obtaining auto parts that have impacted their production, the Japanese was positioned for the third consecutive year in the first position of the world sales ranking.
Including other of its brands, such as Daihatsu and Hino Motors, between January and December Toyota patented a total of 10,438,024 vehicles, a figure that is just 0.1% less than its 2021 performance but more than 2 million more than its direct competitor, the Volkswagen Group, which totaled 8 .3 million units sold.
According to data from the consulting firm Focus2Move, the big push was given, as usual, by the toyota corolla, its stainless workhorse which in 2022 meant 1.12 million sales and was at the top of the ranking segmented not by brand but by vehicle. But he’s not the only one, because his escort was none other than the RAV4, which was the best-seller of 2021 and continues to burn up there.
In this sense, the dominance of Toyota can be explained by the number of successful products all over the world: in fact, with the Camry in sixth place and the Hilux in ninth -a good part of these sales strengthen regional production which is carried out in the Zárate plant-the brand managed to place four of its products in the global top ten.
What’s more: Breaking down by country, Toyota’s market share is also allowed Japan to be the country with the largest number of representatives on the payroll: The Honda CR-V adds to its guide so that the land of the rising sun places half of the annual table.
Toyota attributes the result largely to the Asian marketwhose good results managed to offset problems in the chip and semiconductor supply chain that could explain steep declines in markets such as the United States, where the brand’s sales fell by almost 10% and praised in that General Motors took first place from him.
This issue poses a challenge for Toyota and other major industry players in 2023, as it is a scenario that some estimates will continue for at least this first half year. “The situation is still difficult to predict,” they assured from the company, where they also underline that the effect of the Covid-19 is still present.
“However, we will continue to closely monitor the parts supply situation and minimize sudden production drops by doing our best to deliver as many vehicles as possible to our customers,” they added.
After the Corolla and the RAV4, the third step of the podium is occupied by the unbeatable Serie F from Ford in the United States, where pick-ups have been the dominant vehicle on the market for years. Among the top ten sellers in the world there is not a single model of European origin.
The 10 best-selling cars in the world in 2022
- Toyota Corolla (1,120,000 million units)
- Toyota RAV4 (871.220)
- Ford F Series (786.303)
- Tesla Model Y (758792)
- Toyota Camry (676.845)
- Honda CR-V (602.675)
- Chevrolet Silverado (591.594)
- Hyundai Tucson (565.100)
- Toyota Hilux (564,759)
- RAM 1500 (545,423)
Tesla, the other big winner
With an 88.5% increase in sales over the previous year, the Tesla The Model Y moved up 15 places and it is one of the revelations of this table. This SUV is, by far, the one that has grown the most compared to 2021: to gain share, the model that follows it in this sense is the Toyota Hilux, which has increased its performance by 2.7%
But not only that, even with those 758.792 units sold, the compact SUV from Tesla Thus, it became the first 100% electric car to break through and occupy the fourth place in the world. In fact, no Free Combustion had even made it to the top five.
Inside the doors, these achievements also had strong significance in the company of Elon Musksince they confirmed the distance that the Model Y takes compared to its inspiring muse, the Model 3: with similar technology but under the body of the sedan, the one that was able to be the best-selling electric vehicle in the world patented 488,354 units in 2022, a number which, although nothing contemptible, leaves it out of the top ten.
With momentum from the Shanghai Gigafactory building good production levels, Tesla aims to have made the chart to stay. And why not, with a little tailwind, a 2021 prediction by Musk himself came true, as he saw it “pretty likely” that the Model Y will unseat Toyota this year and how much combustion engine is fielded to end up being the best-selling in the world.
Source: Clarin
