Toyota reported its best year ever for 2006, with sales up 12.9% for the year at more than 2,542,524 vehicles.

Ford held off Toyota as the No. 2 U.S. vehicle seller in December despite a nearly 13% sales drop compared with a year ago. Industry leader General Motors reported a 13% December sales decline. Ford Motor Co. sold a total of 231,900 light vehicles in December, with Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. coming in just below the Dearborn-based automaker at 228,322, the companies reported Wednesday. But Toyota’s sales for the month rose more than 12% versus a year ago. Toyota beat Ford in July and November, and some analysts have predicted that it will overtake Ford as the No. 2 seller of automobiles in the U.S. in 2007.

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