Toyota global output up 5.8% in Feb. in wake of safety scandal

Toyota Motor Corp. said on Friday its global production rose 5.8 percent in February from a year earlier to 779,790 vehicles as it recovers from a safety testing scandal that hurt group output last year.Domestic production rose 16.2 percent to 286,372 units as sales recovered from the scandal related to improper certification and safety testing at group firms Daihatsu Motor Co. and Toyota Industries Corp. that dented its top line a year earlier.Production outside of Japan inched up 0.6 percent to 493,418 cars, a record high for the month, as output in China jumped 25.6 percent due to increa…READ FULL ARTICLE