Analyst predicts Toyota will pass DaimlerChrysler in sales by 2009
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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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The slight rise in sales in September was not enough to prevent General Motors and DaimlerChrysler from losing market share to Toyota.
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Japanese firm Toyota expects a sharp increase in sales of hybrid cars to more than 1.0 million a year early in the next decade, Toyota Europe Vice President Thierry Dombreval said Tuesday.
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Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.T) should hit  its target of 5-percent U.S. sales growth this year despite a  recent slowdown and building concerns about the knock-on effect  of the subprime mortgage crisis, the automaker&#39;s chief  financial officer said on Monday.
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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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DaimlerChrysler AG said on Sunday that  its global car sales for 2004 rose 2.1 percent to 3.9 million  units.
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Japan&#39;s top automaker Toyota hopes to sell more than 8 million vehicles worldwide next year and plans to introduce a hybrid version of its luxury sedan Lexus GS in 2006, company executives said Tuesday.
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Toyota Motor Corp.  should hit its target of 5-percent U.S. sales growth this year despite a recent slowdown and building concerns about the knock-on effect of the subprime mortgage crisis, the automaker's chief financial officer said on Monday.
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Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.T) said on  Monday it expects to increase its European sales in 2007 by  about 100,000 units to 1.22 million vehicles, including its  Lexus brand, for its 11th straight year of record sales.
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As it tries to overtake General Motors as the leading global automaker by sales, Toyotaâs strategy of  shifting its focus to emerging markets from the United States appears to be paying off.
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Toyota Motor Co  President Katsuaki Watanabe said on Tuesday he expected a slight decline in the U.S. auto market in 2007 to around 16.3 million units.
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Toyota said itâs aiming to sell 9.85 million vehicles worldwide in 2008, setting an ambitious target despite worries about a slowing U.S. car market.
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Toyota beat Ford in 2007 in U.S. auto sales, putting it behind General Motors. Ford had held the No. 2 spot since 1931, according to the companyâs historian.
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CSM Worldwide, an automotive market forecasting group, is predicting that Toyota will replace Chrysler Group as one of the US&#39;s Big Three automakers -- by 2009.
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Toyota, the world&#39;s most profitable car company, yesterday shrugged off a looming steel shortage and said it expects sales to gain 8pc next year after a 10pc rise in 2004.
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Toyota Motor Corp.  posted a rise in January U.S. auto sales on Thursday, claiming the No. 2 spot in the world's largest market for cars and trucks, as sales by rival Ford Motor Co.  fell sharply.