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(AP) - The company sign hangs over a row of unsold 2009 Matrix models at a Toyota dealership in the southeast Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo., on Sunday, July 27, 2008. Toyota lowered its global vehicle sales plan for this year to 9.5 million vehicles — down from 9.85 million — as the sluggish North American market slows the Japanese automaker's momentum. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

(AP) - Unsold 4Runners sit at a Toyota dealership in the southeast Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo., on Sunday, July 27, 2008. Toyota lowered its global vehicle sales plan for this year to 9.5 million vehicles — down from 9.85 million — as the sluggish North American market slows the Japanese automaker's momentum. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Toyota Motor, which is in a close race with General Motors for the title of the world's top automaker, has lowered its global sales target for 2008 as US demand slumps.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)

(AP) - Visitors look at Toyota Motor Corp.'s hybrid car 'Prius' displayed at showroom Toyota Mega Web in Tokyo Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Japan's top-seller Toyota lowered its global vehicle sales plan for this year to 9.5 million vehicles — down from 9.85 million — as the sluggish North American market slows the Japanese automaker's momentum. Even with the lower number announced Monday, July 28, 2008, Toyota plans to sell more vehicles than it did last year. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - The Toyota logo is seen on the hood of a brand new Toyota Prius hybrid in April in California. Toyota Motor Corp., in a close race with General Motors for the title of the world's top automaker, on Monday lowered its global sales target for 2008 as US demand slumps.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)

(Reuters) - A man passes an electronic board displaying the closing price of Japan's Nikkei share average in Tokyo July 25, 2008. The Nikkei share average slid 2 percent on Friday after sharp gains this week, as investors sold exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp on concerns about the health of the U.S. economy and a stronger yen. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN)

(Reuters) - A man passes an electronic board displaying a graph and the closing price of Japan's Nikkei share average in Tokyo July 25, 2008. The Nikkei share average slid 2 percent on Friday after sharp gains this week, as investors sold exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp on concerns about the health of the U.S. economy and a stronger yen. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN)

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - The Toyota logo is seen on signage at City Toyota in Daly City, California. Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that its global group sales rose 2.2 percent in the six months to June from a year earlier to about 4.82 million vehicles.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)

(AP) - Visitors look at hybrid car 'Prius' displayed at the Toyota Motor Corp.'s showroom Toyota Mega Web in Tokyo Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Toyota sold more than 4.8 million vehicles worldwide in the first half, up 2 percent from the same period a year earlier, the Japanese automaker said. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

(AP) - Visitors look at Toyota 'Lexus' displayed at the Toyota Motor Corp.'s showroom Toyota Mega Web in Tokyo Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Toyota sold more than 4.8 million vehicles worldwide in the first half, up 2 percent from the same period a year earlier, the Japanese automaker said. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)