The Top 5 Worlds Most Successful Cars Ever

Nameplate is the key. Toyota has sold IDFFERENT cars unders one nameplate.

— chewy (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 8:39:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

6th place might be the VW Passat. Last time I checked, 13 million + were sold since its conception.

— BMW530i (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 8:44:29 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

chewy,

What other nameplate are you talking about? bonehead. Exactly, Corolla with same name existed long before you were wearing a diaper.

Nameplate isn't key. Its the reputation you fool.

— Homer008 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 8:47:58 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

No, Toyota has sold completely different cars under one nameplate in different places. That would be like VW selling the Jetta here as the Jetta and selling the Passat in Africa as the Jetta.

— chewy (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 8:53:52 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

As you can see, the car pictured in the article is a competely different car than the one that is sold here. This gives the Corolla inflated sales nubmers.

— chewy (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 8:56:08 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Chewy

Go dunk your head inside of a ice cold bucket of water for about 20 minutes, please.

— Homer008 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 8:59:40 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Sweet. Maybe I will.

— chewy (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 9:05:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Dang what happend to the camry i thought that was extremly popular in the 80's

— awsomeaudi (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 9:15:12 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

The VW Jetta was sold in Europe as "Bora" a few years ago if I remember correctly. I believe currently it is sold as "Jetta" in Europe.

— BMW530i (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 9:46:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

BMW530i wrote:
"The VW Jetta was sold in Europe as "Bora" a few years ago if I remember correctly. I believe currently it is sold as "Jetta" in Europe."

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Yes Bora is the correct name. I've seen many people switched badging to Bora for their Jettas. At first I thought it was some sort of aftermarket tuned but that was before I knew it as just another name the European's used for the same car.

— Agent63 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 9:52:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Going to buy a Toyota Corolla is about as exciting as going to buy a toilet.

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 9:56:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

EL34:
Yup.

— mstangpny07 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 9:59:10 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

...or a Jetta.

It looks like they used a picture of the new Corolla in the article.

I'm sort of suprised the Civic didn't make it on the list.

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 10:05:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

The Corollas are different around the world, but they are all Corollas. That is the point here. Also vehicles should be different around the world so they cater to the individual markets that they sell in. This is also why the Corolla is a good seller because than there can be the boring looking American version and the better looking and equipped European version (I think nav is offered on the European version). However in the end, boring and all, the Corolla is still the best selling nameplate.

— kart1 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 10:32:38 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

MANY MANY BUYERS CAN BE WRONG AFTER ALL!! LOL!! God what an ugly way to get from point A to point B.... not for me.

— atomicbri (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 10:58:47 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Toyota Corolla is absolutely everywhere! And it's too small and too cute. These are the only reasons I would never buy it, nothing against it. I'll just leave it for the other 35 million people who have bought it so far.

— Jacob (View Profile)

Posted on 9/5/2006 11:36:44 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Is that Corolla in the photo the high ground-clearance version?

What a pathetic excuse for a sedan.

— Matthew1 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/6/2006 3:33:22 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

awesomeaudi:
"Dang what happend to the camry i thought that was extremly popular in the 80's"

it evolved into the BEST SELLING SEDAN in america. which it has been for almost a decade.

— XYZZ (View Profile)

Posted on 9/6/2006 4:49:40 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

efox:
"Yes there are plenty of different Corollas around the world... Some people here probably don't even know what the car on the top of this page is."

and they might even mistake it for a lexus!

seriously.

i was sitting in a coffee shop one day, and out the window less than 10 feet away, was a previous generation camry, a previous generation lexus es, and in between the pair was this current generation corolla.
they all definitely shared a family resemblance. and surprisingly, the corolla looked FAR MORE akin to the lexus than the camry did. squint a little and it DOES look like a scaled down lexus.

i've since noted, on other versions, the logo migrated from the center of the grill to the top bar, like on mazdas and echos.

but this one with the logo centered, and thin chrome strips on the leading edges of the grill bars, is more elegant and quite lexus-like. ditto the C-pillar.

— XYZZ (View Profile)

Posted on 9/6/2006 5:02:20 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I have to agree on one thing: The current Corolla really sucks. I mean if you have ever sat in one you will see that it is uncomfortable to drive, very high seat position, and it is really hard to get comfortable. Toyota should really make the Corolla so it is driver friendly in terms of comfort, being sportier won't hurt either. I just don't know why in the US we get the worst Corolla of them all.

— kart1 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/6/2006 5:04:43 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

if i was a car maker and i named all my models corolla, they wouldn't be the same car.
the corolla is very different everywhere.
best selling single car is the old beetle.

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 9/6/2006 10:34:09 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

and that thing in the picture is a corolla?
that looks nothing like our version
this version came out in 2002:
http://www.parkers.co.uk/choosing/carreviews/gallery/?img=2&model_id=886&category=Static%20exterior

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 9/6/2006 10:36:23 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

also, it means "ever" when it says ever.
so from 1966 to present, more cars have the corolla name than anyother. HOWEVER, the corolla has changed significantly since 1966 (i hope) so it is not the best selling vehicle in the world ever, as it has not had the same basic design.
that title belongs to the original vw beetle, which sold a massive 2100000 of the same 9or very similar) model.
currently the best selling per year car is the f-150.
will, please listen. the article means EVER, not this year. country differences don't count for this survey, neither do model changes. all that matters is the name.

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 9/6/2006 11:00:23 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

All of the cars on this list are economy cars. Basically, that's what majority of the people in this world can afford to drive.

— racer_65 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/6/2006 2:37:22 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

F-150 should not be in this list. It's a truck not a car.

— Colmfarl (View Profile)

Posted on 9/6/2006 3:27:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

please don't say best selling, ever.
the name is the best selling, it is a completly different car every 6 years or so.
the vw beetle is the best selling single vehicle ever. (its basic design did not change from conception to demise)
wait, lets put it another way.

corolla is the most popular name for a car.
or
since 1966, the corolla name has been applied to a record breaking number of cars.

NOT
the corolla is the best selling car ever.

i don't see many f-150s, but the us is the worlds largets auto market....
actually i don't know the car that sells the most in the world at the moment.
maybe a golf?

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 9/6/2006 5:42:33 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

"but the Corolla is the best-selling ever"
but its not!
if toyota changed the name it wouldn't be.
if vw changed the beetle name it still would be.
please, stick "name" after that statement.

— Rupert (View Profile)

Posted on 9/6/2006 6:22:43 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Ugly way to get from A to B? Try driving a BMW and see what the ugly quotient is.

Rupert,
Actually, in 60yrs, VW sold 45 million Beetles AND Golfs combined, only 10 million more than what the Corolla did in nearly half the time. Plus, in its first 25yrs, the Beetle didn't have to compete against the Corolla because it didn't exist.

Foxy,
No, the Jetta is boring. What is it about Germans and their superiority complex? Can never let their products speak for themselves.

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/6/2006 9:54:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

You were cool b4 with the whole dipset thing, but now I can tell your an idiot.

Get a clue chump, there were only 9 gens if the craprrolla.

— KILLAKAM (View Profile)

Posted on 2/15/2007 10:33:15 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1