Toyota keeps crown as world's top-selling automaker in 2023

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30/01/2024 02:00

TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor  7203.T  sold a
record 11.2 million vehicles in 2023, it said on Tuesday, taking
the crown as the world's top-selling automaker for a fourth
straight year.
    The Japanese automaker reported a 7.2% jump in global group
sales last year, including those of truck unit Hino Motors
 7205.T  and small-car maker Daihatsu, helped by record overseas
sales of 8.9 million vehicles.
    Second-ranked German rival Volkswagen Group  VOWG_p.DE 
earlier this month reported a 12% rise in deliveries last year
to 9.2 million cars, marking a post-pandemic recovery as supply
chain bottlenecks eased.
    Sales of Toyota's parent-only vehicles, which include those
of its namesake and Lexus brands, hit a record of 10.3 million
vehicles in 2023.
    Gasoline-electric hybrids made up about a third of those.
Battery electric vehicles accounted for less than 1%.
    

 (Reporting by Daniel Leussink; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
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