Toyota’s overseas production will exceed output from its Japanese facilities at the end of the year for the first time in the company’s history. Global output for Toyota will top 8.6m units this year, with more than 4.3m cars planned for production in factories outside of Japan. Strong sales in most markets have seen officials revise output numbers from the 8.47m cars planned at the beginning of the year, to the current 8.6m target. Officials also estimated domestic production in 2007 at 4.27m units and overseas output of just 4.2m units.
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