Toyota global output rises 5.6% in January, 1st growth in a year

Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday its global production rose 5.6 percent from a year earlier to 781,729 vehicles in January, logging the first growth in a year and the highest ever total for the month.The world's largest carmaker by volume sold 785,632 vehicles worldwide in January, up 0.1 percent from the same month last year and also an all-time high for the month.Mired in safety test scandals in Japan, the Toyota group, including its small-car manufacturing unit, Daihatsu Motor Co., had to suspend a part of its domestic production last year.The resumption of the affected output coupled wi…READ FULL ARTICLE