The German group ended Toyota’s four-year reign at the top with 10.3 million cars sold in 2016, versus Toyota’s 10.2 million. Volkswagen pulled head of Toyota in the first half of 2015, but was laid low in the second half when it was busted for emissions-cheating software installed in millions of cars around the world.
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