Toyota No.2 In US Car Sales

Toyota Ousts Ford
The Ford Motor Company’s United States sales fell 12 percent in 2007, allowing Toyota Motor of Japan to replace it as the country’s second largest seller of vehicles.It was the first year that Ford was not No.2, behind General Motors, since 1931. Toyota, which was in a close — and still undecided — race with General Motors for the title of world’s largest automaker in 2007, said Thursday that its United States sales increased 2.7 percent last year.