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It'll never stir the passions like a Ferrari and you won't see its picture adorning the bedroom wall of the average adolescent teenage boy.

But the venerable Toyota Corolla has overtaken Fords F-series truck to become the best selling vehicle of all time.The ultra-reliable, if perhaps rather dull, Japanese runaround has clocked up global sales of around 37.5 million since it was first rolled out in 1966.

STREETS AHEAD: THE WORLD'S TOP TEN BEST SELLING CARS

Toyota Corolla (1966 - present )
Sales: 37.5 million

Ford F-Series (1948 - present )
Sales: 35 million

Volkswagen Golf (1974 - present )
Sales: 27.5 million

Volkswagen Beetle (1933 - 2003)
Sales: 23.5 million

Ford Escort (1968 - 2000)
Sales: 20 million

Honda Civic (1972 - present )
Sales: 18.5 million

Honda Accord (1976 - present)
Sales: 17.5 million

Ford Model T (1908 - 1927)
Sales: 16.5 million

Volkswagen Passat (1973 - present)
Sales: 15.5 million

Chevy Impala (1958 – present)
Sales: 14 million

With its winning recipe of value-for-money, thrifty gas mileage and a huge dealer network, a Corolla has been sold on average once every 40 seconds for the past 40 years. Now into its tenth generation Corollas are manufactured in Japan, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and Venezuela. However production in the US, based in Fremont, California, ended in March 2010.

Sales of the car really took off during the 1970s oil crisis as its frugal four cylinder engine offered great mileage, a feature that continues to add to its popularity today. It's success brings to an end an impressive 24 year run by Ford's F-series pick-up truck which, with sales of over 35 million, now pulls over into second place. In third place is the Volkswagen Golf having notched up sales of 27.5 million. VW's Beetle comes in at fourth with 23.5 million sold and Ford's Escort which has sold 20 million, is in fifth.

Despite only being in eighth place over all in terms of total sales many experts still rate the Ford Model T as the most successful car ever. Nearly 17 million cars were produced between 1908 and 1927 - a period when car ownership was far less widespread than it is today.


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Jarlaxle wrote:I hope that I will be able to say this forever: I have never owned and have no plans to ever own a Corolla.

Crackpot wrote:Japans Quality didn't get good till the mid to late 70's (when ours was hitting the Shitter) there was a good reason it took so long for them to gain traction in the US and it wasn't just because of the war.

Guinevere wrote:

Jarlaxle wrote:I hope that I will be able to say this forever: I have never owned and have no plans to ever own a Corolla.

Same here.

dales wrote:And you know this how?

Sue U wrote: I have owned four of the vehicles on that list, including the Corolla (1986). (Others were the Civic, Passat and Impala.) I have to say, I felt all were well made and I had no problems with any of them that I could attribute to basic quality of the vehicle. Now the '82 Dodge Aries, on the other hand ....

Pickups were the worst...Toyota trucks were rotboxes until 1994 (last pre-Tacoma). Hell, some Nissans still are! A late-model Civic with rusty quarters, rockers, or floors is a common sight