Toyota has managed to continue outpacing VW despite coming up short of a production target last month that the company had pared back due to the spread of COVID-19 in Japan and overseas.
President Akio Toyoda told employees in March that the automaker was reexamining manufacturing plans along with suppliers to avoid “exhaustion.”
The company set a record for worldwide vehicle output that month.
VW has struggled this year in China, its largest market, with deliveries dropping 30 percent through April.
The automaker also has a much bigger presence than Toyota in western Europe, where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has further disrupted already strained supply chains.
Source: https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/toyota-leads-vw-over-1-million-vehicles-global-car-sales