The typical worth of a brand new automobile is hovering. It now sits north of $50,000, which is the primary time in historical past this has ever occurred for People. For sure, then, shopping for a brand new automobile is an enormous determination, nevertheless it’s a call that thousands and thousands of People are making every yr.
There are just a few large gamers that each one vie for the highest spot in the case of being America’s best-selling automaker, and it is nearer than you may suppose. In 2024, three automakers impressed with greater than two million gross sales every. It wasn’t Stellantis, the American large solely managed 1.3 million gross sales final yr, which is a bit behind the others, however it’s going by one thing of a rocky patch proper now.
Ford is the primary of our automakers to crack the two million barrier final yr. Particularly, the Blue Oval model shifted 2.08 million fashions final yr, which is up from 2023, the place they did not crack previous the second million. Proving we aren’t all patriotic consumers, Toyota sweeps in subsequent, with 2,332,623 fashions offered in 2024 — additionally up from 2023’s figures. Toyota is definitely the best-selling automaker on a world scale, however simply throughout the confines of the American market, it performs second fiddle to a home-grown large, one which has been doing the rounds for over a century now.
That automaker is Common Motors. GM managed to promote 2.7 million autos in 2024, netting itself a 16.5% market share, boasting that each one manufacturers from beneath the GM umbrella managed to publish robust gross sales positive aspects all year long.
GM’s success comes from throughout the board
The manufacturers that make up GM are Cadillac, Buick, GMC, and Chevrolet. In fact, the umbrella was a lot bigger, with over 40 manufacturers having as soon as belonged, however many have fallen by the wayside through the years, maybe most notably people who did so in 2009 when GM filed for chapter.
Nonetheless, that was a very long time in the past now, and topping the charts because the best-selling American automaker is an effective way for GM to display the robust place it now holds. Some would argue that giving GM the highest spot is a little bit unfair — it is technically 4 automakers — so as an alternative, let’s break it down and see how every of these 4 manufacturers carried out individually.
Cadillac shifted 160,204 automobiles in 2024. Out of two.7 million that may not appear an terrible lot, however Cadillac is the luxurious arm owned by GM, so it checks out. 2024’s figures have been 8.8% up on 2023 – all GM manufacturers improved over 2023. Buick carried out equally, growing gross sales by 9.8% which provides a complete of 183,421 for the yr. That is two of the 4 manufacturers coated, and but we’re nowhere close to even the primary million models shifted.
GMC managed an 8.9% enhance over 2023’s figures, with a complete of 614,117 gross sales. Spectacular, however these numbers are nothing in comparison with the GM quantity vendor Chevrolet, which managed to promote a mighty 1,745,809 models in 2024 — marking a 1.7% enchancment over the earlier yr. GM’s hottest mannequin was the Silverado, with 560,264 discovering a brand new residence final yr, serving to to cement GM’s place because the best-seller for the yr.
