In short, while the US based Big Three struggle, Toyota is being more strategic. It has
increased its capacity to manufacture over 1.5 million vehicles yearly in North America. On a
global scale, the company plans to sell 10.4 million vehicles by 2009, up from 8.8 million in
2006. The big news is that Toyota is most likely surpassing GM in global sales by 2008, making
Toyota the world’s largest carmaker.