Asian auto manufacturing giants Toyota, Honda, and Nissan have been behind many of the market erosion of conventional US manufacturers. Toyota was an early mover, capturing American hearts with Lexus, its luxurious business mannequin. In 1980, Toyota’s market share was a mere 6.6 percent; by 2009, it reached sixteen.7 percent. Then, entered Infiniti Nissan, which almost tripled its market share from 2.8 in 1978 to 8.8 in 2016, somewhat on the expense of Toyota. This information desk seems at quarterly gross sales performance by producer in the United States.
In Canada FCA has seen declining sales this 12 months, despite the introduction of an all-new Ram 1500 pickup truck. Watch for FCA to merge with Renault – a narrative that comes full circle after Chrysler bought the remnants of American Motors from Renault in 1987. Toyota is the only manufacturer on this record to see its sales rise globally thus far in 2019, if only marginally. It has good numbers popping out of China and Thailand, whereas going through headwinds in Indonesia and Australia.
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