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Published: Oct. 5, 2005 at 11:23 AM
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TOKYO, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Toyota Motor Corp. will pay $315 million to beleaguered U.S. rival General Motors Corp. for its share of the company that makes Subarus.

The move gets the world's No. 2 carmaker GM's 8.7-percent stake in Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., the Financial Times reported Wednesday.

The world's No. 1 carmaker, which says it intends to sell its remaining 11.4 percent stake in Fuji, also plans to end its alliance with Fuji, terminating its Saab crossover vehicle development program.

GM will be left with a 9.9-percent stake in Isuzu Motors, a maker of trucks and other commercial vehicles, and a 20-percent stake in Suzuki Motor, which makes cars with an engine capacity of less than 660 cubic centimeters.

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