Toyota beats Volkswagen to become World's No.1 car seller in 2020

volkman10 · 28th January 2021, 14:58

Toyota beats Volkswagen to become World's No.1 car seller in 2020

Toyota's group-wide global sales fell 11.3% to 9.528 million vehicles in 2020. That compared with a 15.2 percent drop at Volkswagen to 9.305 million vehicles

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Automakers have suffered as coronavirus lockdowns have stopped people from visiting car showrooms and forced manufacturing plants to reduce or halt production.

Toyota, however, has weathered the pandemic better in part because its home market Japan, and the Asian region in general, have been less affected by the outbreak than Europe and the United States.

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Aditya · 29th January 2021, 20:41

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Sanidhya mukund · 31st January 2021, 13:18

It’s a shame how the worlds largest car maker by sales is afraid of investing in core segments in the Indian market. At present, the only real market that Toyota has captured in India is the Innova-Fortuner segment, apart from the premium taxi segment.
Toyota should also think about selling cheaper Toyotas. If they come up with a decent Honda City rival, a premium hatchback, a smaller MPV, a compact SUV and a mid-size crossover with all the Toyota attributes, I am sure it will sell well.
In fact, even at present, their half hearted attempt of sticking their badges on Maruti products seems to be doing well for itself, and if this moderate success is anything to go by, then I have no doubt that if they come up with actual Toyotas, people would definitely want to buy them.

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Sanidhya mukund BHPian Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: New Delhi Posts: 629 Thanked: 5,939 Times	Re: Toyota beats Volkswagen to become World's No.1 car seller in 2020 It’s a shame how the worlds largest car maker by sales is afraid of investing in core segments in the Indian market. At present, the only real market that Toyota has captured in India is the Innova-Fortuner segment, apart from the premium taxi segment. Toyota should also think about selling cheaper Toyotas. If they come up with a decent Honda City rival, a premium hatchback, a smaller MPV, a compact SUV and a mid-size crossover with all the Toyota attributes, I am sure it will sell well. In fact, even at present, their half hearted attempt of sticking their badges on Maruti products seems to be doing well for itself, and if this moderate success is anything to go by, then I have no doubt that if they come up with actual Toyotas, people would definitely want to buy them.
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