Top 10 best-selling cars

Carsandtuning presents Top 10 best-selling cars.

No.1 Toyota Corolla (1966)
If Indesit made cars, this is what they’d be like. Dull but efficient, the Corolla is the world’s best-selling motoring nameplate ever, thanks to superb reliability - but little else. 32,000,000+

Toyota Corolla

No.2 Ford F-Series (1948)
When it comes to motoring institutions, few are more iconic than the F-Series - at least in its homeland. Despite being sold in the US only, Ford has shifted 30 million of them. 30,000,000+

Ford F-Series

No.3 Volkswagen Golf (1974)
Proving that the Golf is far from exclusive, every one of the five generations produced so far have been best sellers. Perhaps it’s the halo effect of the seminal GTi. 25,000,000+

Volkswagen Golf

No.4 Volkswagen Beetle (1938)
The Beetle resulted from the Nazi government’s request for a peoples’ car. It was such a success that VW dusted down the name and reused it before the original was even dead. 22,300,000+

Volkswagen Beetle

No.5 Ford Escort (1968-2000)
Although the Escort became an icon in Europe, after replacing the Anglia, the name was also used on several North American cars, helping to boost production numbers. 20,000,000

Ford Escort

No.6 Honda Civic (1972)
Like its Japanese contemporaries, the Civic was launched as basic but reliable transport, its low price a major selling point. How things have changed in eight generations. 17,730,000+

Honda Civic

No.7 Ford Model T (1908-1927)
This was the car that could be ordered in any hue so long as it was black - which was the only colour paint that could dry fast enough to keep up with the rate of production. 16,500,000

Ford Model T

No.8 Volkswagen Passat (1973)
Bridging the gap between mainstream and premium, the Passat has been around for over three decades, although in some markets it’s known as the Dasher. Nice. 14,100,000+

Volkswagen Passat

No.9 Chevrolet Impala (1958)
This was the car that brought affordable luxury to the masses, as it was Chevrolet’s costliest mainstream car, but it was still positioned below the ultra-luxurious Caprice. 14,000,000+

Chevrolet Impala

No.10 Ford Fiesta (1976)
It could have been called the Bravo, Metro or Pony, but Ford chose the Fiesta instead for its front-wheel drive car - leaving those nameplates available for others. 12,500,000+

Ford Fiesta