Japanese automaker, Toyota Motor Corporation on Friday said it sold a total of 8.35 million vehicles between January and October, making it the world’s top-selling automaker for the fourth month in a roll, Reuters reported.
This takes Toyota’s total sales figures beyond the 8.26 million vehicles delivery declared by scandal-hit world’s biggest automaker, Volkswagen AG for the same period.
Toyota’s dominance, which began in July, was helped by the diesel emissions scandal that hit the German automaker, Volkswagen, in September, leading to the resignation of CEO, Martin Winterkohn. Volkswagen announced earlier this month that its sales figures had receded by 5.3 percent year-on-year in October.