Overseas Sales Results Give G.M. an Edge Over Toyota
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General Motors crept back to outsell Toyota by 10,000 vehicles over the first nine months of the year, aided by sales outside the United States.
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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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The nation's two biggest automakers, General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. , reported soft sales in January while DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group and Japan's Toyota and Nissan reported healthy gains in their US sales.
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Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.T), the world's  most profitable car maker, posted a better-than-expected 26.5  percent rise in quarterly operating profit as sales charged  ahead in North America and Europe, and kept its forecast for  another year of record earnings.
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General Motors Corp.  posted an unexpected rise in February sales on Thursday, bucking a slump that pulled monthly U.S. auto sales lower for its struggling Detroit-based rivals, while Japan's Toyota made further market inroads.
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General Motors Corp  on Wednesday reported global sales of 9.37 million vehicles in 2007, sharing the mantle of the world's largest automaker with Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corp  for the first time in 76 years.
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DETROIT -- Toyota reported a 17 percent rise in its US sales in August, while GM sales increased 3.9 percent from a year ago as the companies said buyers looked to more fuel-efficient offerings. But Ford's sales dropped 11.6 percent and sales by Honda and DaimlerChrysler each fell 3.2 percent.
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Toyota said Thursday that its global group sales rose 6 percent last year to 9.37 million vehicles, making for a tight race against General Motors, the world's largest automaker.
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Toyota Motor Corp. reported a slight dip in earnings in the second fiscal quarter but marked a record profit 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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General Motors Corp. posted an  unexpected monthly sales rise on Thursday and Japan's Toyota  Motor Co. made further market inroads as February U.S. auto  sales avoided the slump most analysts had predicted.
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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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Daihatsu plans a major sales drive which could help parent firm Toyota overtake GM as the world's top car firm.
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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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Toyota plans to sell 10.4 million vehicles globally in 2009, another sign of the Japanese automakerâs momentum toward displacing the industry kingpin, General Motors.
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TOKYO -- Toyota yesterday outlined an ambitious plan to boost global sales to 9.8 million vehicles in 2008 -- driving home a message of stellar success as its troubled US rivals close plants and scale back production.
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Toyota said Thursday global sales of its hybrid vehicles, first introduced 10 years ago, have topped 1 million, a landmark for the Japanese automaker that leads the world in gas-and-electric cars.
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General Motors Corp. , the  world&#039;s largest auto maker, said on Tuesday its sales in China  rose 47 percent in the first half of 2006, as it benefited from  a stronger-than-expected domestic market.