Five decades and going strong, the Toyota Corolla is one of the best
selling nameplates of all time.
Toyota has sold 43 million Corollas, through 11 generations, and claims it as the best -
selling nameplate of all time.
Not exact matches
This is the eleventh generation
of this
nameplate, and it celebrates more than 40 million Corollas
sold since 1966.
A series
of videos from Nissan sheds light on why the
nameplate is so well - known all over the world, despite never being
sold in the U.S.
Lexus» flagship LS, the first
nameplate sold under the Lexus banner in the U.S., was also up slightly for the month,
selling 729 units compared to 711 in September 2010 for a gain
of 2.4 percent.
As such American sales were only responsible for 7.9 percent
of the overall haul: Ford and Polk say the Fiesta
sold 723,130 units last year, making it the second most popular
nameplate in the world.
Tip your hat to the Ford Focus: the sedan / hatchback
nameplate sold an impressive 1.02 million units last year, making it the world's most popular single model
of car.
Our flagship model, the 2018 Toyota Camry, is one
of our top -
selling nameplates to date, along with the fuel - efficient 2018 Toyota Prius.
[40][41] The e-Golf was again the top
selling electric car in August 2014 with 467 units
sold, representing 43.4 %
of the Golf
nameplate sales that month (1,075).
Already the best -
selling automobile
nameplate in history, the Corolla enters the 2018 model year deep into its twelfth generation
of production with a few adjustments.
[39] The VW e-Golf was the top
selling plug - in electric car in July 2014 with 391 units
sold and representing 34.4 %
of the Golf
nameplate sales (1,136), which was Norway's top
selling new car that month.
The lightweight champion
of the world, the Corolla is Toyota's second - best -
selling U.S.
nameplate behind < a href ="http://www.autoweek.com/section/camry&template=newcar&make=Toyota"> the Camry .
Some days it seems like every third car on the road is a Corolla, and for good reason, with Toyota announcing today that its compact sedan continues to be the most popular single
nameplate of all time hitting a new milestone
of 40 million units
sold.
In the 47 years since the first Toyota Corolla went on sale, the automaker has
sold almost 40 million examples
of the
nameplate all around the world.
Instead, Volkswagen brags that it has
sold more than 32 million Golfs between the
nameplate's introduction in 1974 and the end
of 2015, whle also listing other records the hatchback has broken so far.
The Grand Am has been one
of General Motors» top -
selling nameplates for years.
Jeep is FCA's best
selling nameplate, so we've been waiting to hear what is planned as part
of Jeep's new five year plan.
Last year, Ford announced that it would be bringing back the Ranger
nameplate to the United States, using the bones
of the current T6 model
sold in the rest
of the world.
For Pontiac, the new Grand Am is a grand slam.With its excellent all - around performance, long list
of standard equipment, nifty styling and superb quality, the»99 Grand Am has all the bases covered.The Grand Am has been one
of General Motors» top -
selling nameplates for years.
Instead, Toyota in Corolla's 50th year continues to offer an affordable compact car with a cap on price - raising bells and whistles, a formula that made Corolla the best
selling nameplate ever (40 million as
of 2013).
Two
of the longest - serving and best -
selling compact
nameplates are the Honda Civic, on sale since 1973, and its arch nemesis, the Toyota Corolla, first seen in Canada eight years earlier.
By the end
of the 1997 model year, the Corolla had become the best -
selling nameplate in automotive history, overtaking the VW Beetle.
While the tenth - generation Toyota Corolla will likely keep its status as the world's best -
selling car
nameplate — especially in these days
of fuel - economy consciousness — its popularity won't necessarily be because it's the world's best compact sedan.
After the 1980 model year, the Power Wagon went out
of production with the introduction
of the Dodge Ram, with the four - wheel - drive models being
sold under the «Power Ram»
nameplate through 1993.
[8] This generation
of Taurus was
sold from 1999 through the beginning
of the 2007 model year, in which it was discontinued with the entire Taurus
nameplate.
Skoda entered the Indian market 16 years back with the first generation Octavia which actually
sold in quite a lot
of numbers and it was later replaced by the second generation
of the sedan, which was brought down to India with the Laura
nameplate, and then the automaker re-launched the Octavia in 2013.
In 1952, Kaiser began
selling rebadged Henry Js through Sears, under the
nameplate of Allstate.
One
of the best
selling nameplates in the last three years in Europe, the current Ford Focus benefits from a new tuning kit developed by Loder1899, a company specialised in modifying Ford vehicles.
The other parts
of the industry summed up as light trucks — SUVs, crossovers, pickup trucks, minivans, commercial vans — continued to expand rapidly, climbing by more than six percent thanks to continued surges from the Ford F - Series, Toyota RAV4, and Dodge Grand Caravan, Canada's top -
selling truck, SUV, and minivan
nameplates, respectively.
The all - new RDX is the first in a new generation
of products developed from the ground up around Acura's Precision Crafted Performance brand direction, and is the top -
selling nameplate in the compact luxury SUV segment3 since RDX launched in 2006, with cumulative U.S. sales exceeding 375,000 vehicles.
In contrast, the Fiesta has been the most popular model bar none in the UK for the past eight years, and became the country's best -
selling vehicle
nameplate of all time in July 2014 with more than four million
sold.
The latest evolution
of the world's best -
selling automotive
nameplate.
If you couple the success
of the Chevrolet Cruze in North America and throughout the world (it's Chevrolet's top -
selling global
nameplate) with the plethora
of hatch choices within the compact car segment, it only makes sense for Chevrolet to add the hatch variant to its Cruze
nameplate.
The 2016 Toyota Yaris is in a similar situation: Two thirds
of the way through the 2015
selling season, the Toyota Camry was the No. 1 midsize sedan in the country, the Toyota Corolla was the No. 1 compact, and the Yaris was... dead last among the eight mainstream subcompact
nameplates.
«The new pricing strategy not only puts the Envision in the heart
of the industry's largest segment, but also better positions it in relation to Encore, our top -
selling nameplate.»
That said, there is still uncertainty as to the Rio
nameplate will bear the sedan form factor or that
of a premium hatchback as Kia also
sells the Rio hatchback in Australia.
At the recent Beijing Auto Show (pictured up top), the company unveiled the next generation
of its popular Chevrolet Cruze, a
nameplate sold in 140 countries.
With a U.S. market share
of 6.4 percent, Dodge is Chrysler LLC's best -
selling brand and the fifth largest
nameplate in the U.S. automotive market.
The Toyota Corolla is the best -
selling nameplate in the world, with a total
of 11 generations coming and going since its introduction way back in 1966.
Nevertheless, let's act for the moment like the future doesn't matter, as though we're not fully aware
of the impact
of losing Canada's fifth - best -
selling vehicle
nameplate.
Framed as the «World's First Sport Utility Wagon,» the Outback
nameplate has been around since 1994 and is currently the brand's top -
selling model, bringing all the capability and utility
of a crossover, but in a wagon body style that's a little closer to a traditional passenger car.
Arriving in showrooms starting tomorrow, the Civic Sedan and Civic Coupe aim to retain their position as members
of the best -
selling compact car
nameplate in America with the expanded application
of manual transmissions for the 2017 model year.
New from the ground up, the Sonata — which essentially replaces the i45 in Hyundai's line - up — returns a
nameplate familiar Down Under (the Sonata was last
sold here in 2009), and does so at a good price point and with a healthy list
of equipment.
What it offers is a favorite
nameplate from the childhoods
of today's baby boomers, in a modern, front - wheel - drive package that uses engineering features
of the best -
selling Japanese sedans.
Oct 3, 2016 — Arriving in showrooms starting tomorrow, the Civic Sedan and Civic Coupe aim to retain their position as members
of the best -
selling compact car
nameplate in America with the expanded application
of manual transmissions for the 2017 model year.
«We have taken the title
of world's best -
selling nameplate to impressive new heights with the redesigned Focus,» said Joe Hinrichs, Ford executive vice president and president
of The Americas.
The four top -
selling nameplates — Toyota RAV4, Ford Escape, Honda CR - V, Nissan Rogue — hail from four
of the five top -
selling SUV brands in Canada.
Ford's C - Max and Fusion hybrids continue to
sell well, with Fusion hybrid sales running at 15 percent
of total vehicle sales, slightly higher than the Camry hybrid's share
of that
nameplate.
Hands up, those
of you who know the world's best -
selling vehicle
nameplate.
The Optima has been Kia's best -
selling car in the United States in each
of the last three year's making it a very important
nameplate for the Korean automaker.