News: Toyota takes back world No.1 spot.
It has become one of the biggest grudge matches in the motor industry, but the race to be the globe's biggest selling car maker has gone once again to Toyota, which takes back the top spot it lost back in 2011.
In 2012, Toyota managed to shift a massive 9.75-million vehicles, a rise of almost one quarter from a year ago. That puts Toyota ahead of General Motors, which posted a 2.9% rise in sales to 9.28-million vehicles, while Volkswagen sold 9.07-million, a rise of 11% on 2011.
Interestingly, while GM and VW's sales are spread across a multiplicity of brands including Opel, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and more, sales of Toyota branded cars made up a whopping 8.7-million of that number, with Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino truck sales making up the balance.
