Electrified mannequin gross sales elevated for a lot of OEMs in 2022, and plenty of have much more aggressive plans for greener fleet autos within the coming years.
As the brand new 12 months kicks off and the business continues to grapple with continued provide chain points, a number of unique tools producers (OEMs) reported 2022 year-end outcomes. Listed below are the highlights.
BMW
On Jan. 4, BMW reported ending 2022 robust as This autumn gross sales elevated 9.4% over This autumn 2021 and model gross sales within the U.S. totaled 101,738 autos. Nevertheless, whole 12 months 2022 gross sales had been down by 1.3% in comparison with 2021.
GM
Normal Motors additionally introduced its This autumn and 2022 gross sales outcomes. Final 12 months, GM and its sellers delivered 2.2 million autos within the U.S., main in whole gross sales and lengthening its management in key market segments together with full-size pickups and full-size SUVs, in line with the corporate. GM noticed 623,261 in U.S. gross sales — up 41% YOY — and over 2.2 million for the 12 months, ending 2022 up 3% over the prior 12 months.
GM mentioned it plans to construct on this momentum in North America within the coming 12 months, rising its EV market share with 9 EV fashions on sale, together with the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV, which each delivered the perfect gross sales 12 months ever.
For its BrightDrop enterprise, gross sales to small companies had been up 20% in 2022, and GM mentioned it was the perfect 12 months for business deliveries since 2006.
GM estimates 2023 gross sales of 15 million with improved availability and fewer provide chain impacts. The 2024 Chevrolet Trax arrives this spring with a beginning MSRP of $21,495. Manufacturing of the 2023 Chevrolet Colorado and 2023 GMC Canyon midsize pickups are slated to start early this 12 months, whereas the brand new 2024 Silverado HD and Sierra HD fashions goal to launch in Q1.
Honda
American Honda posted its greatest gross sales month since March as Honda and Acura mixed to almost 1 million items in 2022. Honda posted its second-best month and quarter of 2022, taking the model above 880,000 in annual gross sales.
The Civic and Accord achieved their greatest gross sales of 2022 in December, with an annual file for Accord Hybrid. Honda mentioned the all-new CR-V and HR-V stay in sizzling demand with robust December gross sales. Acura gross sales reached 102,000 items for the 12 months. And the all-new Integra posted its third straight month topping 2,100 items to guide the luxurious gateway section in 2022.
Hyundai
Hyundai Motor America reported whole December gross sales of 72,058 items, a 40% enhance in comparison with December 2021 and the very best December gross sales in Hyundai historical past. Retail gross sales had been up 27% final month, marking the fifth consecutive month of record-setting retail gross sales. SUVs had been 74% of retail gross sales with greater than 47,800 items bought, in line with the corporate.
December noticed the all-time retail and whole gross sales for the Venue, Elantra HEV, Elantra N, IONIQ 5, Santa Fe HEV, Tucson HEV, Santa Cruz, Kona EV, and Kona N. Eco-friendly automobile retail gross sales grew 72% to December 2021.
In This autumn, Hyundai bought 195,967 items, a This autumn whole gross sales file, and a rise of 29% in comparison with This autumn 2021. Eco-friendly automobile retail gross sales for the quarter grew 40% in comparison with This autumn 2021. For the 12 months, Hyundai bought 724,265 items, a 2% lower in comparison with 2021. Nevertheless, it outperformed the business with forecasts predicting a drop of 8.4% in whole gross sales when adjusted for promoting days.
Kia
Kia America introduced its best-ever December gross sales of 60,422 items, a rise of 11.2% over the earlier December file set in 2016 and up 25% YOY. With the shut of 2022 gross sales, Kia additionally marked its best-ever This autumn efficiency, with annual retail gross sales quantity of 654,554, a rise of 1.7% in comparison with the earlier retail file in 2021.
Gross sales of Kia’s SUVs and utility autos represented 66.8% of the model’s general 2022 gross sales whole lead by the Sportage, Telluride and Sorento. Three SUV fashions achieved new full-year information – Sportage, Telluride, and Niro.
Gross sales of Kia’s electrified choices elevated by 142% over the identical interval final 12 months. Kia’s electrified fashions posted double- or triple-digit gross sales features in six of the previous 12 months.
Mazda
Mazda North American Operations reported whole December gross sales of 27,292 autos, a rise of 40.5% over December 2021. Full-year gross sales totaled 294,908 autos, a lower of 11.4% from 2021. With simply 27 promoting days in December, the corporate posted a rise of 40.5% on a Day by day Promoting Fee (DSR) foundation.
Mazda started gross sales of its CX-50 within the U.S. in April and started exporting the U.S.-assembled CX-50 to Canada and Colombia.
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. reported fourth quarter 2022 gross sales of 20,756 and annual gross sales of 85,810 autos. Its fleet quantity in This autumn represented the single-lowest proportion of whole gross sales ever, and full-year fleet quantity at its lowest ever as properly, attributed to the model maximizing supplier stock for retail deliveries.
Since its spring 2022 launch, the Outlander remained the corporate’s prime vendor and file breaker, with 40,942 items bought by way of the complete 12 months, the perfect single 12 months within the nameplate’s historical past. In the meantime, the 2023 Outlander Plug-in Hybrid Electrical Automobile (PHEV) started arriving in dealerships in late November and set a brand new all-time single-month gross sales file, almost 20% above every other single month within the historical past of the mannequin. PHEV gross sales had been up 200% year-over-year in its first full month.
Nissan
Nissan Group introduced whole U.S. This autumn gross sales for 2022 of 191,012 items, a lower of two% versus the prior 12 months, in addition to whole calendar 12 months 2022 U.S. gross sales of 729,350 items, a lower of 25.4% % in comparison with the prior 12 months.
Its autos carried out properly over 2021, although: Gross sales of the Pathfinder had been up 40% for the calendar 12 months; Altima up 34.9%; and Frontier up 25.5% for the calendar 12 months.
Stellantis
FCA US LLC shared gross sales of 347,669 autos within the fourth quarter and 1,547,076 autos for 2022. General, whole U.S. gross sales for This autumn declined 16% whereas full-year outcomes decreased 13%.
The corporate’s whole PHEV U.S. gross sales elevated 26% YOY and 21% within the fourth quarter versus final 12 months. Stellantis mentioned it’s setting the course for 50% passenger automotive and light-duty truck battery-electric autos (BEV) gross sales combine within the U.S. by the top of this decade.
Stellantis additionally mentioned the Jeep Wrangler 4xe stays America’s best-selling plug-in hybrid automobile, with 43,176 (24%) of whole Jeep Wrangler gross sales in 2022. Gross sales of the Wrangler 4xe elevated 46% 12 months over 12 months, and 22% in the course of the fourth quarter versus the identical interval final 12 months.
Two of the primary all-new electrical SUVs that may launch in North America, the all-electric Jeep Recon and Wagoneer, had been revealed in September.
The Ram model’s whole U.S. gross sales inside its business fleet channel elevated 28% versus 2021; up 72% in whole gross sales within the fourth quarter versus identical interval final 12 months. Power of demand for Ram business fleet autos gave the Ram ProMaster van its best-ever fourth quarter whole U.S. gross sales, up 33% versus the identical interval final 12 months.
Subaru
On Jan. 4, Subaru of America mentioned its December gross sales had been up 11% from 2021, with 56,760 automobile gross sales for December 2022. With 5 consecutive months of gross sales will increase, Subaru ended CY-2022 4.7% beneath CY-2021.
In 2022, Crosstrek was the model’s prime performer by quantity with 155,142 annual gross sales, reaching its greatest 12 months ever. Outback adopted intently with 147,262 automobile gross sales, whereas Forester added 114,096 annual gross sales in 2022.
Toyota
Toyota Motor North America additionally reported year-end 2022 U.S. gross sales of two,108,458 autos, a lower of 9.6% on a quantity foundation and 9.9% on a day by day promoting price foundation in comparison with 2021. Nevertheless, its fourth quarter 2022 gross sales elevated 13.1% on a quantity foundation and DSR foundation in comparison with identical quarter in 2021. December 2022 gross sales within the U.S. totaled 180,147 autos, a rise of three.5% on a quantity foundation and DSR foundation in comparison with December 2021. Toyota’s 2022 electrified automobile gross sales of 504,016 characterize almost 24% of whole gross sales quantity.
It mentioned the Corolla is the No. 1 compact automotive in America; Camry is the No. 1 passenger automotive for the twenty first consecutive 12 months; Tacoma is prime small pickup for the 18th consecutive 12 months; and RAV4 is the best-selling SUV within the U.S. for the seventh consecutive 12 months.
Toyota additionally introduced a further $2.5 billion funding at its North Carolina manufacturing plant to provide batteries for hybrids and electrical autos. It’s anticipated to start out manufacturing in 2025.
ICYMI: Ford’s F-Sequence
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