Saturday, March 3, 2012

Global Production at Toyota Up in Feb.

TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp., closing in on General Motors Corp.'s spot as the world's biggest vehicle maker, said Wednesday its global production climbed in February for 28th straight month of increase.

Toyota reported worldwide output totaled 680,968 vehicles in February, up 0.9 percent from the same month last year.

Overseas production edged up 1.5 percent to 311,167 units, the 62nd straight month of increase, while output in Japan rose 0.4 percent to 369,801 vehicles for an 18th straight month of increase and a record for February.

Last year, Toyota's global output surged 10 percent to 9.018 million vehicles, bringing it closer to U.S.-based GM, which produced …

No comments:

Post a Comment