Toyota's president said he 'did a little happy dance' after the company dethroned GM to become the bestselling carmaker in the US last year

• Toyota's president said he celebrated when the automaker topped the US sales list in 2021.

• "I actually did a little happy dance in my office," Akio Toyoda told dealers, per Reuters.

• Supply shortages are starting to bite, however, as Toyota cut October's global production forecast.

The president of Toyota Motor Corporation said he was so thrilled when the Japanese automaker became the top-selling automaker in the US in 2021 that he started dancing.

"I actually did a little 'happy dance' in my office," Akio Toyoda told a network of the automaker's dealers, according to a video seen by Reuters at a press briefing Thursday. "Thankfully nobody saw it!" Toyoda said.

GM had enjoyed a decades-long run at the top of the US market but was dethroned last year after a series of supply chain shortages hampered its output. GM sold 2.2 million cars in 2021, a 13% fall from the previous year's 2.5 million.

Toyota, on the other hand, saw the sales of its vehicles —  which includes the popular Tacoma Pickup range — rise by 10.4% to 2.3 million cars. Better management of its supply chains was generally seen as the reason.