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Toyota retains crown as world’s best-selling automaker in Jan-June
ByRoy Welch July 31, 2021April 2, 2026

Toyota Motor Corp remained the world’s best-selling automaker with a record 5.47 million vehicles sold in the first six months of 2021, outpacing German archrival Volkswagen AG, the Japanese company’s data showed Thursday. It is the second year in a row that Toyota has been the world’s top automaker in the first half, underscoring its…

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Toyota, Honda suspend vehicle production in Malaysia due to lockdown
ByLeonard Pruitt June 3, 2021April 2, 2026

Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. have stopped producing vehicles at their plants in Malaysia, officials of the Japanese automakers said Tuesday, after the Southeast Asian country began a two-week total lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus. With the auto industry in the country required to keep the number of workers…

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