Toyota July global output down 0.6%, smallest decline in 6 months

Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday its global production fell 0.6 percent in July from a year earlier to 804,610 vehicles, marking the sixth straight month of drop but with the smallest decline helped by solid domestic output.The July figure improved from a 12.9 percent drop the previous month, as its domestic production inched up 0.1 percent to 309,118 cars compared with an 18.8 percent slide in June.Toyota restarted manufacturing the Prius in mid-June in Japan after its output was suspended in April due to a recall. The hybrid model made up for production halts of three other models followi…READ FULL ARTICLE