"elmo" <m@vfd.com>, being of unsound mind, did utter in
news:Sqdsb.34987$vn.74560@sea-read.news.verio.net:

<massive snippage>

> -- Toyota is closing in on Chrysler to become the third-biggest
> carmaker in the U.S. Its U.S. share, rising steadily, is now above
> 11%.
>
> -- At its current rate of expansion, Toyota could pass Ford Motor Co.
> (F ) in mid-decade as the world's No. 2 auto maker.


Toyota passed Ford in the third quarter of this year. At this time, Toyota
IS the world's second-largest automaker.

Paul Brent, writing in Canada's Financial Post:
"On a worldwide basis, Toyota outsold Ford by 43,000 vehicles in the first
six months of its fiscal year ended in September, and by 166,000 vehicles
in the third quarter and could outsell Ford for all of 2003."


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TeGGeR®