U.S. auto market continues on mild recovery track: Toyota executive

TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. auto market will continue to mildly recover, likely totaling 16 million vehicles this year, a Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> executive said on Tuesday. "In the United States, we basically think the market will continue on a recovery track," Managing Officer Takuo Sasaki told a news conference to brief on Toyota's third-quarter earnings. Sales of new light vehicles in the world's biggest market totaled 15.58 million in 2013. (Reporting by Yoko Kubota; Writing by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Dominic Lau)