2 August 2002: The world's third-largest automaker, Toyota, says it expects to sell 6.19m vehicles this year, compared with group sales of 5.93 million in calendar 2001.

The figures include Toyota minivehicle unit Daihatsu and truck unit Hino. The car giant also boosted its forecast for group global production by 280,000 units or 4.7 percent to 6.28 million units, compared with last year's result of 5.85 million units.

Its group domestic production forecast was lifted to 4.15 million units, an increase of 250,000 units or 6.4 percent. It compares with domestic production of 4.05 million units in 2001.