The Toyota Corolla was the nation's top selling car last year. Photo / Bevan Conley
Now it's official: Toyota is once again the world's top carmaker.
Toyota Motors released its tally of global sales for last year of 9.748 million vehicles - a bigger number than the estimate it gave last month of about 9.7 million vehicles.
It was already clear that Toyota had dethroned
General Motors as the Detroit-based company fell short, selling 9.29 million vehicles.
GM had been the top-selling carmaker for more than seven decades before losing the title to Toyota in 2008.
The bailed-out giant briefly retook the sales crown in 2011, when Toyota's production was hurt by the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.
