Toyota Motor has returned to the
top of the global carmakers’ league, Japanese media reported on Thursday, after
the firm said it had sold almost five million vehicles in the first half of the
year.
The group, whose brands also include Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino, sold a
record 4.97 million units worldwide in the period, up nearly 34 per cent from
the same period last year, according to company figures.
That vaulted Toyota ahead of rivals General Motors and Volkswagen, which
sold 4.67 million and 4.45 million units in the first half respectively, local
media said.
Toyota last year lost the title of world’s biggest carmaker — a spot it
had held between 2008 and 2010 — following a slump in production and sales
owing to Japan’s March 11 quake-tsunami disaster, floods in Thailand and the
strong yen.
General Motors, with about 9 million vehicles sold last year, was the
world’s biggest carmaker followed by Germany’s Volkswagen with more than 8
million vehicles sold. Toyota sold 7.95 million vehicles.
For all of 2012, Toyota said it expected to sell 9.58 millions units
worldwide, but it was uncertain whether it could retain the global top spot for
the full year.
Toyota shares were up
1.38 per cent at ¥2,856 (RM115) in yesterday's afternoon trade.
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