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Toyota Ranked World’s Most Valuable Car Brand

Toyota’s brand value rose 12% from 2012 to $24.5 billion in this year’s Brandz Top 100 list compiled by U.K.-based brand research group Millward Brown.
The company’s valuation is based on consumer interviews and financial analysis.
Toyota’s gain was enough to knock BMW (-2% to $24 billion) out of the top spot [...]

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