Source: The Yomiuri Shimbun
Toyota Motor Corp. overtook General Motors Corp. of the United States to become the world's biggest automaker in terms of units produced after GM announced its production figures for 2007 on Friday.
Toyota manufactured 9,497,754 units across the world in 2007--the figure includes vehicles made by subsidiaries such as Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd.--up 5.3 percent on the previous year.
In its announcement, which came early Saturday Japan time, GM said it produced 9,285,000 units last year--up 1.1 percent on 2006.
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