(AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe launches automaker’s new compact hatchback vehicle, Blade, in Tokyo, in this Dec. 21, 2006, file photo. Toyota’s global auto production in the first-half rose 4.2 percent from a year ago, the company said Thursday July 26, 2007, bringing it closer to overtaking General Motor Corp. as the world’s biggest automaker. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, FILE)
(AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe launches automaker’s new compact hatchback vehicle, Blade, in Tokyo, in this Dec. 21, 2006, file photo. Toyota Motor Co. on Friday July 20, 2007, said it sold 2.366 million vehicles worldwide in the April-June period, slipping behind General Motors Corp. after beating the U.S. automaker in the previous quarter. Still, Toyota outsold GM for the first six months of this year with worldwide sales totaling 4.71 million vehicles, compared with the 4.67 million sold by the U.S. auto giant over the same period. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, FILE)