NEW YORK (Kyodo) New car sales in the United States in February surged 27.3 percent for the sixth straight month of year-on-year increase on the back of an economic recovery, with Toyota Motor Corp. enjoying solid growth following the U.S. government's safety endorsement, data released Tuesday by a U.S. research firm showed.
Overall new car sales totaled 993,387 units, of which Toyota sold 141,846, up 41.8 percent, according to Autodata Corp. The top automaker is apparently shaking off the impact of worldwide recalls after the U.S. Transportation Department's probe found no electronic glitches in its vehicles.
Toyota remained the third-largest in the U.S. market with a 14.3 percent share, behind General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co.