Sales Report For 2007

The year 2008 is expected to be a great year for Toyota as it is on track to become the largest automaker in the world. But before we look forward to that new chapter in Toyota's history, let us take a look at what they have accomplished last year.

The Auto Channel reported Toyota's sales report for 2007. The automaker posted another record-breaking sales output for 2007, an increase of 2.7 percent compared to 2006. 2.7 percent may not sound a whole lot but if you are talking about millions of vehicles, it surely is a big number.

The report reads: "Toyota Division reported December sales of 189,844 units. Toyota Division passenger cars recorded December sales of 101,741 units, with best-ever year-end sales of 1,313,651 units, up 2.7 percent over last year. For the year, passenger-car sales were led by Camry, which posted annual sales of 473,108, an increase of 5.2 percent. Corolla posted year-end sales of 371,390. The Yaris subcompact reported year-end sales totaling 84,799, up 20.2 percent over 2006 sales. Prius gas-electric hybrid mid-size sedan reported sales of 14,212 units for a best-ever December and best-ever year-end sales of 181,221 units, up 68.9 percent over 2006."

For the Scion Division: "Scion reported December sales of 8,944 units. The Scion xB urban utility vehicle recorded December sales of 3,785 units with year-end sales totaling 45,834. The tC sports coupe reported December sales of 3,507 units with year-end sales reaching 63,852 units."

And for the automaker's luxury division, Lexus: "Lexus reported December sales of 34,555 units, down 7.2 percent from the year-ago month. Lexus passenger cars reported December sales of 19,840 units and achieved best-ever year-end results of 200,334 units, up 9.1 percent over 2006."

Those numbers surely means that Toyota has racked up a lot of profits last year and that does not even include sales of auto parts such as radiators for Toyota pickups.