Toyota to cement top spot in 2008
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NAGOYA, Japan  - Toyota Motor Corp  will charge further into emerging car markets aiming to achieve another year of record sales in 2008, likely cementing its title as the world's biggest automaker ahead of General Motors Corp .
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Japan&#39;s leading automakers Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. put rivals on notice this week by announcing higher sales targets for 2005 and ambitious production increases worldwide.
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General Motors Corp. narrowed the  gap with top seller Toyota Motor Corp. in the first half of  2007 thanks to a solid second quarter, although demand  continued to fall in its home North American market.
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CHICAGO _ Toyota will sell more vehicles in the United States than DaimlerChrysler by 2009 to join General Motors and Ford in a new-look Big Three, a leading industry forecaster predicts.
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Toyota Motor Corp , likely to claim the title of world's biggest automaker later this month from General Motors Corp , on Monday threw down the gauntlet to GM in a race for the next "green" car.
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Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.T) posted a  near-20 percent rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday on brisk  sales in North America and Europe, but kept its full-year  forecasts unchanged -- though still on course for an eighth  straight year of record earnings.
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Toyota, Japan's biggest automaker, plans to invest some 100 billion yen ($830 million) to build a sport utility vehicle plant in the U.S. state of Mississippi, the Nikkei business daily said on Tuesday.
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Toyota Motor Corp. edged past General Motors Corp. to become the world's biggest automaker by sales volume in 2006, leading industry paper Automotive News said.
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Toyota is confident of retaining its leading position in hybrid cars despite growing competition, the Japanese firm&#39;s chairman said Monday ahead of the International Motor Show (IAA) here.
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General Motors Corp  on Wednesday  reported worldwide sales of 9.37 million vehicles in 2007,  coming in just ahead of Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp  (7203.T) in a closely watched race for the top spot in global  sales.
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Toyota Motor Corp. said on Tuesday it expects its group-wide auto sales to rise 7 percent next year to a record 8.03 million vehicles globally as
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Toyota Motor Corp. is quickening its quest to unseat ailing rival General Motors Corp. as the world's biggest automaker and widen its lead over Ford Motor Co. with reported plans to boost overseas production by 40 percent to 5 million vehicles by 2008 and blueprints for higher output in North America.
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TOKYO : Japan&#39;s top carmaker Toyota Motor said its interim net profit rose 11.4 percent to a record 584 billion yen (5.5 billion dollars) thanks to brisk sales both at home and overseas.
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Toyota Motor Corp ,  likely to claim the title of world's biggest automaker later  this month from General Motors Corp , on Monday threw  down the gauntlet to GM in a race for the next "green" car.
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Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. is on pace to unseat DaimlerChrysler AG as the third-leading US seller of cars and trucks by the end of the decade, though not by much, a forecasting firm says.
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The Toyota Motor Corporation reported company reported net income of 426.7 billion yen, or about $3.7 billion, due in part to strong American sales of its Camry sedan and the remodeled FJ Cruiser sport utility vehicle.
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Toyota Motor Corp.  posted a near-20 percent rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday on brisk sales in North America and Europe, but kept its full-year forecasts unchanged -- though still on course for an eighth straight year of record earnings.