2023 was an outstanding year for the automotive industry writ large. Supply chain issues finally eased, and despite rising prices, more expensive loans and UAW strike-related production hiccups, Americans bought more than 15.6 million new cars in 2023 — a 12 percent increase from 2022. As a result, nearly every brand (that wasn’t Stellantis) had some new sales feat to peacock about in its press release at the start of 2024. But although sales performance across the board was
