Sales

Market slumps 17% as chip crunch spreads

Ford South Austin Texas dealer
A Ford store in South Austin, Texas, this week. The company said August inventory rose 34 percent compared to July and that it has 214,500 light vehicles in gross stock, down from 487,000 in Aug. 2020. (DAVID PHILLIPS)
September 01, 2021 11:00 AM
U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales, August 2021
Most automakers no longer release monthly sales and are excluded from this report.

 

 August
2021
August
2020
%
change
8 mos.
2021
8 mos.
2020
%
change
Ford118,189175,527-32.7%1,173,9161,241,964-5.5%
Lincoln5,1549,254-44.3%58,31564,726-9.9%
Ford Motor Co.123,343184,781-33.2%1,232,2311,306,690-5.7%
Acura14,29213,6474.7%117,52682,71342.1%
Honda100,364122,278-17.9%966,182770,94925.3%
American Honda114,656135,925-15.6%1,083,708853,66226.9%
Genesis4,9751,360265.8%29,45310,157190.0%
Hyundai brand56,20058,361-3.7%531,835388,63536.8%
Hyundai Motor America61,17559,7212.4%561,288398,79240.7%
Kia Motors America54,00957,015-5.3%502,619372,83134.8%
Hyundai-Kia115,184116,736-1.3%1,063,907771,62337.9%
Mazda N.A.27,26226,0564.6%249,168179,01039.2%
Subaru of America49,37357,885-14.7%420,748376,45711.8%
Lexus27,22927,0910.5%216,108157,33237.4%
Toyota160,838164,750-2.4%1,488,8591,097,76935.6%
Toyota Motor N.A.188,067191,841-2.0%1,704,9671,255,10135.8%
Volvo Cars USA10,68610,3783.0%86,01563,33035.8%
Total 7 Reporting OEMs628,571723,602-13.1%5,840,7444,805,87321.5%
Note: Ford Motor Co. resumed monthly sales reports in November 2020, beginning with the October 2020 sales reporting period.

The severe microchip shortage and other supply-chain constraints that have plagued automakers for months have now ensnarled Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and Kia, while dealing another ugly blow to Ford Motor Co.

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