斯巴鲁's Winning Streak Finally Comes To An End

斯巴鲁has justteased the new WRXand is working onits first electric vehicletoo, but while the Japanese automaker does somepretty cool stuff, it has been hampered by the global semiconductor chip shortage, just as so many other manufacturers have. It's causingissues with production, and these issues are reflected in the company's second-quarter sales figures. Subaru of America is reporting 42,877 vehicle sales for June 2021, a massive 20.5 percent decrease compared to June 2020, and places the blame for this directly on the microchip shortage. But overall, Subaru is once again doing pretty well, all things considered.

Although year-on-year sales for the month of June have dropped by over a fifth, second-quarter sales reached 321,250, a 20.3 percent gain compared to the same period last year. "Given our inventory at this time, we were pleased with the June sales results our nimble retailers worked hard to deliver, and we thank them for their efforts," said Thomas J. Doll, President and CEO, Subaru of America, Inc.

The best performing model for June was once again the斯巴鲁Outbackwith 16,394 sales, an increase of a whopping 60 percent compared with June 2020. The aforementioned WRX and its high-performance STI sibling increased sales by 8.5 percent to 2,354 units.