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Last year, Toyota's production was hit by the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan and then by flooding in Thailand. Its sales were also dented by massive U.S. safety recalls. That combination of problems dropped Toyota to No. 3 in global sales after GM and Volkswagen. VW is closing in on GM after notching big sales gains in the U.S. this year. The maker of the Passat and Jetta cars sold 6.7 million light vehicles from January through September, up 9.7 percent from a year earlier. But VW's challenge could fall short this year because Europe's weak economy has hurt sales in that region. GM also has problems on its home turf. Sales growth in the U.S. -- its biggest market
-- is lagging. Sales are up 3.4 percent through September, far behind the 15-percent growth for the industry as a whole.
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