Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday its group companies sold a record 5.54 million vehicles worldwide in the first half of 2025, outperforming German rival Volkswagen AG to retain top spot in global sales for the sixth straight year.Global sales in the January-June period, including those of its small-car manufacturing unit Daihatsu Motor Co. and truck-making subsidiary Hino Motors Ltd., rose 7.4 percent from a year earlier, setting a new group sales record for the first time in four years.Toyota last saw record first-half global sales of 5.47 million units in 2021, but its sales had since be…READ FULL ARTICLE