Toyota has raised its forecast for sales

Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor has raised its forecast for global car sales in the 2012-2013 fiscal year ending in March 2013, to 8.85 million from the previous forecast at the level of 8.75 million cars. This is stated in a statement released to the press release.
Own forecast sales of cars in Japan for the current financial year remained at the same level of 2.25 million, while the forecast for sales in North America was increased to 2.45 million copies with 2.4 million expected earlier. Toyota plans to sell 2.2 million vehicles in the U.S. this year, increasing the rate of the previous year by 6%.


The Japanese automaker has raised its forecast for net profit for the current financial year by 10% to 860 billion yen (9.3 billion dollars. ), helped by strong sales of the Camry sedan in the US automotive market and the weakening of the yen.
Toyota Motor is one of the world's largest automakers. In 2012, the Japanese automaker again surpassed its U.S. rival General Motors in terms of sales on the world market.
For the first time, Toyota overtook GM in terms of sales on the world market in 2008 Before GM firmly maintained its leading position for more than seven decades. Then in 2011, GM managed to come out on top, which resulted from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which has rejected ago, the Japanese automaker, which was unable to supply dealers new cars.