Toyota's vehicle production rises in '06
Ap, Tokyo
Toyota's global production last year surged 10 percent to more than 9 million vehicles, narrowing the gap with General Motors, the world's No. 1 automaker.Toyota Motor Corp., riding on its reputation for fuel-efficient cars like the Prius hybrid, said Friday that it produced 9.018 million vehicles, including its Japanese subsidiaries that make trucks and smaller models. It was its fifth straight year of growth. Detroit-based General Motors Corp. and its group automakers produced 9.18 million vehicles worldwide in 2006 _ about 162,000 vehicles more than its Japanese rival. That gap has narrowed from about 819,000 vehicles at the end of 2005, when Toyota and its Japanese units made 8.232 million vehicles worldwide and GM's production totaled 9.051 million.
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