# Last year Toyota **Published by:** [OfsakVida](https://paragraph.com/@made3/) **Published on:** 2022-07-22 **URL:** https://paragraph.com/@made3/last-year-toyota ## Content Last year Toyota reported 10.5 million total car sales in 2021, outpacing Volkswagen by more than 1.5 million. Pre-pandemic in 2019 Volkswagen had edged out Toyota by 200,000 cars with 10.9 million vehicles sold. What's more, Volkswagen shares have also lagged under Diess, gaining only about 10% since he was named CEO in 2018 — far below Toyota (TM)'s 60% gains in that time. So far this year, Volkswagen (VLKAF)'s Germany-listed shares are down 28%. * As part of the management management shakeup, chief financial officer Arno Antlitz will become chief operating officer. — CNN Business' Peter Valdes-Dapena contributed to this report. ## Publication Information - [OfsakVida](https://paragraph.com/@made3/): Publication homepage - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@made3/): More posts from this publication - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@made3): Subscribe to updates - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/OfsakVida): Follow on Twitter