Tokyo — Toyota overtook Volkswagen (VW) in 2020 to become the world’s top-selling carmaker, the first time the Japanese group has clinched the position in five years.

Toyota’s group sales, which include those of its subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor and Hino Motors, for the year were 9.53-million units, the company said on Thursday. That compares with VW’s 9.31-million, announced earlier in January...

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