
With the advent of the US automotive slump, Toyota had taken it's hardest hit in history in recent months, with sales dropping almost 30% vs prior year, Toyota, as a long standing World's Most Valuable Car Maker had a 5% dipped on its market capitalization value, whereas the ever charging ahead Volkswagen, with brands underneath that grew by double digits every year (Audi) and by quadruple digits (Lamborghini); adding on with Porsche's obvious intentions of busily gobbling up its shares, Volkswagen's shares had risen 87% this year alone, effectively replacing Toyota's $124.3 Billion market cap with $127.5 Billion market cap as the world's most valuable car maker.