{{US based Car maker General Motors lost the global sales crown once again to Toyota in 2012 as its sales grew just 2.9% to 9.2 million vehicles, the US auto giant said Monday.}}<\/p>\n
GM, which briefly regained the crown after Toyota\u2019s supplies were shattered by the 2011 Japanese quake and tsunami, nonetheless remains at number two worldwide.<\/p>\n
German rival Volkswagen, which aspires to be the world\u2019s biggest automaker by 2018, reported an 11 percent increase in 2012 sales to 9.07 million on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Toyota has forecast its 2012 sales will jump 22% to 9.7 million vehicles.
\nGM said its share of the global auto market fell 0.4 points to 11.9 %.<\/p>\n
GM\u2019s international operations \u2014 Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East \u2014 posted the biggest gains, with sales up 10.1% at 3.6 million while its share was flat at 9.5 %.<\/p>\n
Sales fell 8.2% in Europe to 1.6 million vehicles, while GM\u2019s share narrowed by 0.2 points to 8.5%.<\/p>\n
North American sales rose 3.2% to just over three million, though GM\u2019s share of its home market fell 1.5 points to 16.9%.<\/p>\n
Sales in South America shrank 1.9% to just over a million vehicles, while GM\u2019s share of the region fell 0.8 points to 18 %.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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