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Toyota sees U.S. auto sales hitting bottom in '08

DETROIT
Tue Jul 1, 2008 3:48pm EDT

DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp sees U.S. industrywide vehicle sales hitting bottom this year with a modest recovery in 2009.

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Toyota executives said on Tuesday the Japanese automaker expects a substantial rebound in U.S. auto sales in 2010 and beyond.

Toyota earlier posted a 11.5 percent decline in U.S. June sales.

(Reporting by Poornima Gupta, editing by Phil Berlowitz)



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