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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Cozy Coupe (*)?

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    * Child Not Included, raise your own kids. :D
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I wanna say Caprice, not sure what year production started but in 1979 it was the best selling car period.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    No, not the Caprice according to my records.

    HINT: It was also the best one-year seller EVER in America.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    "Cozy Coupe"
    Didn't I read somewhere that the "CC" is the best selling "car", ever?

    Well, it's the best selling car recently, but only in the top 20 total
  • m6vxm6vx Member Posts: 142
    Then it's got to be the Impala.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,736
    Wouldn't by any chance be the Taurus, would it?

    By the by, what are your sales numbers on the Rabbit? I mean, the original Beetle sold over 21.5 million (I've since looked it up ... started in '38). Add to that the new Beetle ... seems like a big number to beat.

    ... edit: whoops. reading too fast and didn't realize Chevy, for some reason.

    Best selling chevy? That would be a truck, wouldn't it? Just can't think of how to factor it. I mean, does everything on the C10 platform count as a model? I suppose not.

    '11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    EEK! Made a mistake. :blush:

    Impala is correct as best-selling FULL SIZE model----the Impala, which in 1965 alone sold over one million! Ah, those were the days.

    Total sales as of 1996 were over 13 million.

    But it is NOT the best selling American CAR of all time.

    Sorry.

    TRY AGAIN

    "I am the best selling American CAR of all time. Who Am I?"
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    No Ford Taurus is a distant runner with only something over 7 million sales.

    The GOLF as of 2006 has sold over 26 million. Wow.
  • m6vxm6vx Member Posts: 142
    hmmmm..... - I assumed US sales, but you're talking worldwide sales. Right?
  • fezofezo Member Posts: 10,386
    Would you be the Model T?
    2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring, 2014 Mazda 3 Sport Hatchback, 1999 Mazda Miata 2004 Toyota Camry LE, 1999.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Was it the Model T? I know it held onto the title of best selling car in the world until the VW Bug dethroned it in the 1970s.
  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    I agree with fezo and lemko -- Ford Model T (1908-27).
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    No emissions, either, unless the rider ate beans beforehand. :shades:

    Seems like it would make a good thread - Top Reason the Cozy Coupe is better than your car...

    :D
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yeah I think the statistics imply worldwide sales.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Nope. Ford Escort....over 20 million sold, easily beating the Model T.

    However, there is one statistic no car will ever beat.

    In 1920, 50% of the cars on the road were Ford Model Ts. !!
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Ford's market share has dropped somewhat since then.

    Surprisingly sales were up 33% for Ford last month, so they actually gained market share for the first since the post-911 clearances.
  • fezofezo Member Posts: 10,386
    Wow. I would never have guessed the Escort! Makes more sense when I think about it.

    My mom learned to drive on a Model T. After dealing with the planetary gears she thought a plain old stick was as modern a transmission as she ever needed. She never did take to considering automatics anything more than a silly gadget.
    2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring, 2014 Mazda 3 Sport Hatchback, 1999 Mazda Miata 2004 Toyota Camry LE, 1999.
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    How about the 1960-1999 Chevrolet C/K?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I have no idea about the Chevy trucks.

    I think, though, that the Chrysler minivan would easily take the prize as the best selling truck after the F150.
  • nippononlynippononly Member Posts: 12,555
    The Corolla as of 2007 has sold over 35 million worldwide. Double WOW! :-P

    That's per Wiki, so take it with a grain of salt, but they claim as their source an article on the official Toyota website.

    2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)

  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Well, the Corolla has been around longer than all of them. I think the Corolla debuted in 1965 which gives it a still ongoing 45 year reign. The Model T only ran for 19 years, (1908-1927). The VW Bug really didn't get going until after WWII and production ended in Germany after 1978 giving the car only a 32 year reign. I don't know how many cars were made in Mexico or for how long it was made there.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    I was made famous by a (real) outlaw - who am I, and who's the outlaw?
  • oregonboyoregonboy Member Posts: 1,650
    Clyde Barrow (also from Texas) was a big fan of the Ford V8 :)
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    Bingo!
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  • hackattack5hackattack5 Member Posts: 315
    I was the first car or truck ever to be named 1st in the J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Survey on my first year of production. Who am I?
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 265,514
    Toyota T100?

    Or, the Tundra?

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  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    The Ford Escort is NOT the top selling American car of all time. The Model T would hold that crown since the AMERICAN Ford Escort did not come anywhere near the volumes of the Model T. When Ford counts the Escort, they count the generations of European Escorts (1968-2003) which were not sold in the US and (most) were not even related to the American (1981-2003) namesake.
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    The VW Bug really didn't get going until after WWII and production ended in Germany after 1978 giving the car only a 32 year reign. I don't know how many cars were made in Mexico or for how long it was made there.

    Like the Corolla and Model T, the "Beetle" was built in many plants around the world. Production of the popular Volkswagen began in 1938 (even though sales didn't really take off until after the war, as you said) and ran until 2003 (with the 2004MY Ultima Edicion model), giving the car a 65-year production run.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Well you can cut the pie different ways, but I tend to regard a Ford as a Ford, and as an "American" car.

    Let's just say then, that the Escort the best selling American "nameplate" ever?
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,736
    heeeyyyy... that's what I said. :P
    (kinda)

    and i think, although I could easily be wrong, that if you take all the variations into account, it would beat the chrysler minivan. A minivan was a minivan. A C/K was a pickup, SUV, flatbead, van, etc, etc.

    '11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S

  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Lexus LS400. Model year 1989 IIRC.
  • hackattack5hackattack5 Member Posts: 315
    kyfdx you are good.
    It was the toyota T100. I had 3 of them best dang trucks I ever owned. I was told that Toyota designed them to go 300,000 miles and I believe that because they were built like a tank and the frames never rotted. Can't say that about any other Toyota truck.
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    To the above point: where did the 1990 Lexus LS400 rank in its first year? I know the Lexus brand was number 1 that year.
  • hackattack5hackattack5 Member Posts: 315
    You think it would be easy to find the J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study winner for each year and maybe the top 10 but I can not find it anywhere. Who won the first in 1990?
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,596
    OK, one more shot with the paddles, and then I issue a DNR order on this discussion.

    My name evoked a rainforest (this was long before the internet company by the same name), but my country of origin was a long way from my namesake. Who am I?

    2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])

  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    1956 Volvo Amazon.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,596
    WOW! Two minutes! Very good, A. J. Let us all now gather and resuscitate this discussion. It's fun.

    2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])

  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    My name is the last thing you'd want a car to have...
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,596
    Hmm, OK I'll play.

    AMC Gremlin

    For the computer programmers among us; VW Bug.

    What others are there?

    2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])

  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    I was thinking Gremlin, but Bug's good, too!
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    I disappeared not too long ago
    My cars were mostly rebadged clones
    My name has significance in non-automotive US history
    What brand am I, not a hard mystery

    2016 Audi A7 3.0T S Line, 2021 Subaru WRX

  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Pontiac, a Huron chief.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    No one tried for this one. Too obscure in the clue department?

    steve_, "It's Time to Play "WHO AM I"?" #72, 11 Nov 2009 1:36 pm

    Or maybe it's just a West Coast thing.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I was thinkin' "Probe". :P

    I'm waiting for some knucklehead to come out with a 2012 Mayan.
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,680
    Too obscure for me, Steve!
    2018 Subaru Crosstrek, 2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2013 Subaru Forester, 2013 Ford F250 Lariat D, 1976 Ford F250, 1969 Chevrolet C20, 1969 Ford Econoline 100
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,596
    As a flyer, is it by any chance Cal Worthington?

    2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])

  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Bingo!

    "Buy a new car for your wife, she will love you all your life,

    Go see Cal, Go see Cal, Go see Cal."

    Here's Johnny was the subject since Johnny Carson's sleazy car salesman character was based on Cal.

    And Wes, geeze, Cal has a location in Anchorage. You need to get down to the big city more. :D

    My Dog Spot
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,414
    I remember those ads when I was a little kid. I am pretty sure the WA state AG or something to that effect ran him out...he just vanished one day. Must be a thousand years old now.
  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    Cal Worthington Dodge .. can't remember the exact location, but it was in LA somewhere.

    I, too, remember his commercials when I was a kid (70's). Walked down a line of cars and did a short description of each one, then quoted the price. Often had an exotic animal with him.

    And we all thought King of Cars was a unique concept. Cal had 'em beat by 30 years!
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,596
    I remember those ads when I was a little kid. I am pretty sure the WA state AG or something to that effect ran him out

    Geez, you're right, Fin. I grew up near Seattle ( in Bothell, actually) and as soon as you mentioned Cal getting run out, it triggered a memory. I know he was there, and I'm pretty sure he got booted.

    2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])

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