Toyota made more cars than GM in 2007

Toyota may have fallen short of General Motors in global vehicle sales last year, but it's beaten its U.S. rival in another measure—global vehicle production. In the latest neck-and-neck numbers race between the world's top two automakers, Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it had made a record 9,497,754 vehicles worldwide in 2007, up 5.3 percent from the previous year. That's about 213,000 more automobiles than the 9.284 million that GM made last year.