(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Toyota has fallen behind Volkswagen in the race for the world's biggest automaker title, figures showed yesterday, as the German giant outsold its Japanese rival in the first half of the year.
Toyota said it sold 5.02 million vehicles worldwide between January and June, falling below earlier figures from Volkswagen of 5.04 million units shifted in the same period. US-based General Motors was sitting in third spot with 4.86 million in sales.
Camry and Prius maker Toyota broke GM's decades-long reign as the world's top automaker in 2008 but lost the crown
three years later as Japan's
2011 earthquake-tsunami
disaster hammered production and disrupted the supply chains of the country's automakers.
In 2012, Toyota again overtook its Detroit rival, which sells the Chevrolet and luxury Cadillac brands, to grab the top spot globally.
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