Toyota says Ford is still No. 2...

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Toyota Motor Co.p., Asia?s largest automaker, didn?t pass Ford Motor Co. in total car and truck sales in 2003 if its sales are calculated on the same basis, Toyota President Fujio Cho said.

Toyota said in January that it sold 6.78 million vehicles worldwide last year, including those of subsidiaries Hino Motors Ltd. and Daihatsu Motor Co., exceeding Ford?s 6.72 million. Last week, the Japanese company announced a modified total of 6.49 million, excluding sales of joint ventures in China and Indonesia.

?If you use exactly the same basis for comparison, Ford is the No. 2 carmaker,? Cho told reporters at a briefing in San Francisco.

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