GM sales dip slightly in 2006; Toyota on pace to outsell U.S. automakers in 2007
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
GM sales dip slightly in 2006; Toyota on pace to outsell U.S. automakers in 2007
Associated Press
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. said Wednesday that it sold 9.09 million cars and trucks worldwide in 2006, down 0.9 percent from 9.17 million one year earlier.
Toyota Motor Corp. has said that it expects final totals to show it sold 9.04 million vehicles in 2006. The Japanese automaker is forecasting 2007 production of 9.42 million vehicles in 2007, which would put it on track to outsell GM worldwide this year.
"Being the largest car company in the world can't be a focus, it has to be a byproduct of giving people in each market the vehicles they really want. GM enjoys that position today," John Middlebrook, GM's vice president for global sales, said in a news release.
GM said a preliminary count of its non-U.S. sales last year totaled 4.97 million vehicles, or 55 percent of the worldwide total. That is up about 7 percent from 2005. G.M. earlier reported U.S. sales of 4.12 million in 2006, down about 9 percent from the previous year.
"GM had some notable sales successes as we continued to expand in key growth markets around the world in 2006," particularly in the Asia-Pacific region and the region that includes Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, Middlebrook said.
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GM sales dip slightly in 2006; Toyota on pace to outsell U.S. automakers in 2007
Associated Press
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. said Wednesday that it sold 9.09 million cars and trucks worldwide in 2006, down 0.9 percent from 9.17 million one year earlier.
Toyota Motor Corp. has said that it expects final totals to show it sold 9.04 million vehicles in 2006. The Japanese automaker is forecasting 2007 production of 9.42 million vehicles in 2007, which would put it on track to outsell GM worldwide this year.
"Being the largest car company in the world can't be a focus, it has to be a byproduct of giving people in each market the vehicles they really want. GM enjoys that position today," John Middlebrook, GM's vice president for global sales, said in a news release.
GM said a preliminary count of its non-U.S. sales last year totaled 4.97 million vehicles, or 55 percent of the worldwide total. That is up about 7 percent from 2005. G.M. earlier reported U.S. sales of 4.12 million in 2006, down about 9 percent from the previous year.
"GM had some notable sales successes as we continued to expand in key growth markets around the world in 2006," particularly in the Asia-Pacific region and the region that includes Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, Middlebrook said.
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