Which is the best-selling car of all time?

Toyota introduced the Corolla in Japan in November 1966 as an affordable family car, and it has been built across 12 generations since. It became the best-selling nameplate in history in 1997, overtaking the Volkswagen Beetle, and Toyota announced it had passed 50 million sales in 2021. The Corolla is sold in more than 150 countries and is known for reliability and low running costs. The Ford F-Series pickup, with well over 40 million sold, has been the best-selling vehicle in the United States for more than four decades. The original Volkswagen Beetle, with about 21.5 million built, remains the best-selling car of a single generation design.