TOKYO, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday its global sales grew 8 percent in 2010 to 8.418 million vehicles on a group-wide basis, keeping it the world's top automaker.
Excluding minivehicle unit Daihatsu Motor Co and truck unit Hino Motors Ltd, Toyota's sales grew 8 percent to 7.528 million vehicles. Sales in Japan rose 14 percent to 1.566 million vehicles and overseas sales increased 6 percent to 5.962 million vehicles, it said in a statement. (Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Joseph Radford)