For the first time ever Toyota outsells GM globally
1/21/2009 at 9:43 AM
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - General Motors sold fewer cars globally than Toyota last year, as the Japanese automaker passed the Detroit company for the first time.
GM says it sold 8.356 million cars and trucks in 2008, falling about 616,000 vehicles short of Toyota's total of 8.972 million.
General Motors Corp. posted an 11 per cent drop for the year, while Toyota's sales fell four per cent.
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