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Toyota on Track to Regain Top Spot in Worldwide Sales, Leads GM by 300k, VW Group by 520k Units
After facing a catastrophic tsunami in Japan and floods in Thailand that crippled its production facilities and hurt sales last year, the Toyota group is well on track to reclaim its title as the world's bestselling automaker in 2012. Read more »
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Toyota To Regain Sales Throne, Vw And Gm Fight For Second In The Best Year Ever For Car Sales
Having dropped to third position after a number of disasters crippled its production in 2011, Toyota looks set to reclaim the title of the world’s largest automaker this year. This leaves General Motors and the VW Group to fight it out for second...
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2011 U.s. Sales: Detroit's Big 3 And Koreans Report Strong Gains, Honda And Toyota Feel The Pinch
In the year that just ended, some automakers have a lot to be grateful for while others including Japan's biggest car brands would rather forget due to the Tsunami as well as the Thailand floods that significantly hurt their production lines during...
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Toyota Forecasts 24% Rise In 2012 Production, Wants To Reclaim First Place In Global Sales
The many disruptions in production following the March earthquake in Japan and October’s Thai floods seriously hurt Toyota's profitability and production capability. Total sales for 2011 (excluding Daihatsu and Hino) are expected to reach...
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Toyota's Gloomy New Forecast Cuts Annual Profits By More Than Half
After losing the top spot as the world's largest automaker, Toyota is now halving its profit forecast due to a number of factors, the most important of which are the production disruptions caused by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March and...
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Gm Is World’s Number One Automaker, Toyota Drops To 3rd Place Behind Vw
Well, it was almost certain to happen after the March 11 earthquake and Tsunami hit Japan causing multiple problems to the country's automotive industry. Toyota, the world’s largest carmaker, saw its production drop by 23% to 3.37 million...
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