Toyota has managed to surpass GM and VW Group to regain the number one position in auto sales
Deliveries went uphill by 23 percent to a record of 9.75M cars, including those of subsidiaries Hino Motors and Daihatsu. Second place were General Motors with 9.29M units followed by Volkswagen with 9.07M vehicles delivered.
Toyota and Lexus European sales saw a two percent surge to 837,969 units, while in the United States deliveries went up by 27 percent to 2.08M cars, including Scion models. Toyota was able to increase its market share in the U.S. from 12.9 percent to 14.4 percent, narrowing the gap with General Motors which now have a 17.9 percent share.
Back home in Japan Sales increased by a significant 35 percent to 2.41M cars, while overseas sales went up by 19 percent to 7.33M cars.
Sales in China declined for the first time since 2002 due to the ongoing territorial dispute of the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands.
For this year Toyota expects to sell 9.91M cars and is confident that it will achieve with an increased demand in the United States and a weakening yen which will make easier for the company to compete against Hyundai/Kia.
All this has established that Toyota is the undisputed king as far as auto sales are concerned and only time will tell how long it manages to retain this position.
