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After a disastrous 2011, which saw it drop to third place behind General Motors and the VW Group due to production shortage caused by the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Toyota has bounced back and is currently the world’s number one car manufacturer.
- Toyota Remains No. 1 Global Carmaker In 2013, But Gm And Vw Are Closing The Gap
Toyota is the world’s largest carmaker for the second straight year, with the company selling 9.98 million units last year, beating both the GM and Volkswagen Groups. Toyota said its vehicle sales, including deliveries from subsidiaries Hino Motors...
- Hyundai - Kia Group Targeting A 10-percent Increase In Sales For 2011
For the Hyundai Motor Group and its affiliate Kia Motors, the New Year brings a new sales target as the South Korea's largest automaker said on Monday it aims to sell 6.33 million cars in 2011, which represents a 10 percent increase over 2010 when...
- Report: Toyota's Japanese Production May Fall 25% In 2009
The enduring global economic crisis brings more bad news for Toyota. Citing an unnamed senior official, Japan's top-selling newspaper Yomiuri said that Toyota's domestic output that accounts for about half of the firm's worldwide production,...
- U.s. Auto Sales Drop 15.5% In August
Falling gasoline prices didn’t seem to help automakers avert the downturn as U.S. light vehicle sales plunged for a tenth consecutive month in August. Overall sales for the month were 1.25 million vehicles, down a hefty 15.5 percent from August...
- 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...
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There Can Be Only One: Toyota Bounces Back, Leads GM in Global Sales, For Now
After a disastrous 2011, which saw it drop to third place behind General Motors and the VW Group due to production shortage caused by the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Toyota has bounced back and is currently the world’s number one car manufacturer.
On Friday, October 26, the company announced that in the first nine months of the year, it has sold 7.4 million vehicles globally. That’s a 28 percent increase compared to last year and almost half a million units, 450,000 to be precise, than GM whose sales increased by 2.5 percent to 6.95 million.
Read more »- Toyota Remains No. 1 Global Carmaker In 2013, But Gm And Vw Are Closing The Gap
Toyota is the world’s largest carmaker for the second straight year, with the company selling 9.98 million units last year, beating both the GM and Volkswagen Groups. Toyota said its vehicle sales, including deliveries from subsidiaries Hino Motors...
- Hyundai - Kia Group Targeting A 10-percent Increase In Sales For 2011
For the Hyundai Motor Group and its affiliate Kia Motors, the New Year brings a new sales target as the South Korea's largest automaker said on Monday it aims to sell 6.33 million cars in 2011, which represents a 10 percent increase over 2010 when...
- Report: Toyota's Japanese Production May Fall 25% In 2009
The enduring global economic crisis brings more bad news for Toyota. Citing an unnamed senior official, Japan's top-selling newspaper Yomiuri said that Toyota's domestic output that accounts for about half of the firm's worldwide production,...
- U.s. Auto Sales Drop 15.5% In August
Falling gasoline prices didn’t seem to help automakers avert the downturn as U.S. light vehicle sales plunged for a tenth consecutive month in August. Overall sales for the month were 1.25 million vehicles, down a hefty 15.5 percent from August...
- 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...