Toyota Tops GM in Sales for 2021...

Of passing interest is this article. What I did find interesting is that both Toyota and GM began to see an easing of the chip shortage toward the end of the 4th Quarter of 2021. Hope springs eternal.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/04/toy...e-americas-top-selling-automaker-in-2021.html

 

More news....

https://www.foxnews.com/us/car-pric...-semiconductor-shortage-keeps-inventories-low

 

Go figure … I had GM vehicles brand new moldings and clips falling off the trucks … GM just lost there parts supply vendor , no one knows the reason .
Everyone with GM vehicles has problems , I had a buddy with a lease 1500 and was back at the dealer over 20 times during the 3 yrs lease … Thats just crazy .
I just traded in my last GM truck and made money thank god , my local Toyota dealer has a GMC dealer and were after and truck I owned and was fine , I used the truck for 3 yrs and got 12k more than I paid for it .
I’m lucky to have a Toyota dealer that does not mark up the MSRP like other scumbag dealers tacking insane markups .

 

My Daughter bought a new 2011 Chevy Avalanch that was fully optioned from the factory. It had a 50K MSRP - then !! Since the 2012's were out she got a 11K discount. The V-8 engine had to have new lifters and camshaft replaced. Fortunately, under warrenty. Two door lock mechanisms had to be replaced. And a host of other small stuff. You never hear of this with a Toyota.

 

GM practically invented the MSRP jack-up tied to huge rebates and incentives to give the illusion the customer was getting a great deal. brand new trucks going for $7-10k off sticker. and they were riddled with cheap plastic and frames that rust after a few years.

my buddies 6.2L Sierra spent about 2-3 months at the shop waiting for new lifters. he just got it back a few weeks ago. its not an older truck either.

 

From what I gather on this forum, door lock actuators going out on 4Runners are a fairly common occurrence. Also, there is a member here having the front differential replaced in his brand new 4Runner. So Toyota is not without issue either.