Toyota takes early sales lead with No. 2 US spot
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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.
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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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Asian automakers, led by Toyota Motor and Nissan Motor, gained a record share of the US market in October as improved quality and fuel efficiency bolstered demand for their newest car and light truck models.
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Toyota Motor Corp. reported an 11.4 percent jump in earnings for the first fiscal half Monday, as sales growth in North America, Europe and Japan offset losses from an unfavorable exchange rate.
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Japanese car maker Toyota clocks up an 11.4% rise in interim profits by boosting sales in all its major markets including the US.
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TOKYO -- Toyota, hot on the heels of General Motors to become the world's No. 1 automaker, reported a 7.3 percent jump in quarterly profit Tuesday on booming sales in North America and Europe that offset sluggish demand in Japan.
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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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Fordâs sales fell 12 percent in 2007, allowing Toyota to replace it as the countryâs second largest seller of vehicles. It was the first year that Ford was not No. 2, behind General Motors, since 1931.
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Global sales at Japanese carmaker Toyota are briefly overtaken by rival General Motors, figures show.
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General Motors Corp. said yesterday its US light vehicle sales plunged 21.3 percent in June, while Toyota Motor Corp. reported its vehicle sales jumped 10.2 percent.
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Toyota Motor Corp., Japan&#39;s biggest automaker, reported earnings slipped in the second fiscal quarter but posted a record profit for the first fiscal half as sales growth in North America, Europe and Japan offset losses from an unfavorable exchange rate.
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Toyota Motor Corporation said it was on track to expand global sales by more than 2per cent in the next two years, after shrugging off a 1.5per cent drop in quarterly profit.
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No. 1 Japanese automaker posts drop in 3Q earnings, but boosts forecast for global sales in 2004. TOKYO  - Toyota Motor Corp.
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G.M. said it sold 9,369,524 vehicles, a 3 percent increase. Toyota last week reported its sales as a rounded 9.37 million, 6 percent more than in 2006.
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Sales of hybrid vehicles rose 28  percent in 2006 but growth in the segment dominated by Toyota  Motor Corp.'s (7203.T) Prius is starting to slow, according to  retail sales data released on Monday.
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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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NAGOYA, Japan  - Toyota Motor Corp will charge further into emerging car markets to achieve another year of record sales in 2008, likely cementing its title as the world's biggest automaker ahead of General Motors Corp