Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday its global group sales in fiscal 2013 topped 10 million vehicles, becoming the world's first automaker to do so and outselling General Motors Co. and Volkswagen AG for a third straight quarter, helped by rising demand in Japan and China.

Sales in the year to March rose 4.5 percent from the year before to 10.13 million vehicles on strong performances in North America and China. Toyota's group sales include those by Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd., the automaker said.

Domestic sales were also brisk on last-minute buying of cars prior to the hike in consumption tax to 8 percent from 5 percent on April 1.