As of May, Volkswagen already is nearly 82,000 units ahead of Toyota. If the current trajectories are maintained, Volkswagen could close out the year some 200,000 units ahead of Toyota.
It appears as if global production of automobiles is peaking, something that has been predicted by Toyota a while ago. By going extremely easy in the CAPEX, Toyota booked record profits in 2014, and is predicting similar performance for the current year. For Volkswagen, the title will be very costly. The company is discounting heavily to prop up sales.
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