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For what seemed like years, constant headlines voiced the queries of many an analyst: when will Toyota take the crown from General Motors?
Then along came the first quarter of 2007, and Toyota really did sell more cars than GM. GM, however, has sold about 100,000 more vehicles than Toyota through the first nine months of year. Their growth can be mainly accounted for in Asia Pacific where GM vehicles sold at a rate 16% hi
gher than last year. Toyota's worldwide sales figures are still 7% higher than they were thru the first 3/4 of 2006.
Despite the attention of automotive publications such as GoodCarBadCar, there's one comment worth hearing. A GM spokesman named John McDonald spoke thus: "But while it's a real interesting story to the media, I don't know a single customer who uses that criteria when making the decision on where to buy a vehicle."
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GENERAL MOTORS OVERTAKES TOYOTA
For what seemed like years, constant headlines voiced the queries of many an analyst: when will Toyota take the crown from General Motors?Then along came the first quarter of 2007, and Toyota really did sell more cars than GM. GM, however, has sold about 100,000 more vehicles than Toyota through the first nine months of year. Their growth can be mainly accounted for in Asia Pacific where GM vehicles sold at a rate 16% hi
gher than last year. Toyota's worldwide sales figures are still 7% higher than they were thru the first 3/4 of 2006.Despite the attention of automotive publications such as GoodCarBadCar, there's one comment worth hearing. A GM spokesman named John McDonald spoke thus: "But while it's a real interesting story to the media, I don't know a single customer who uses that criteria when making the decision on where to buy a vehicle."
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In 2011, some two years after it went into bankruptcy, General Motors managed to recoup the top spot as the world's largest automaker, no thanks to Toyota's production problems that stemmed from the tsunami and other natural disasters that hit...
- Toyota Takes Global Sales Lead Over Gm In Q1 With 2.41 Million Units
While General Motors posted a 0.6% decline in its first quarter sales this year (2.25 million vehicles), Toyota Motor Corp reported today that its global sales were increased by 2.7 percent during the January-through-March period, at 2.41 million units...
- Gm's Global Sales Figures For Q2 Of '09
With a quick exit from bankruptcy proceedings, General Motors comes to bat with renewed vigour and surprising power. Though its Sales Stats in Canada and the USA failed to ignite celebrations last month, General Motors has been pleased of late with its...
- Closer Look At Toyota Canada's August Sales Stats
Take a look at The Good Car Guy's posting of automobile sales in Canada last month and you'll spot a very good trend for Toyota and its Lexus luxury outpost. Toyota, by the way, doesn't offer its Scion brand north of the border. If, and it's...
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The figures were confusing in 2007. Did Toyota produce more; did General Motors sell more? Did an outside source confirm the figures that were announced by the manufacturers? Whatever - that was then, this is now. Below you'll fnd some preliminary...