For the third straight year, Toyota took the crown as the world’s biggest auto manufacturer.
Toyota edged past General Motors, but the gap narrowed. Toyota sold 8.4 million vehicles, 28,000 more than GM. In 2009, Toyota outpaced GM by 330,000 vehicles.
Some analysts predict that GM will regain the top spot this year, mostly because of its dominance over Toyota in China. In 2010, GM sold more cars in China than it did in the U.S., a first for the company.





