For the second time in three quarters, Toyota outsold General Motors and all other automakers.
In total, Toyota sold 2.5 million vehicles in the July-to-September period, up 2.8% from a year earlier. GM sales were 2.4 million vehicles in the quarter.
Toyota outsold GM in the first nine months of 2013, selling 7.41 million vehicles compared to GM’s 7.25 million.