Only One Car Has Ever Cracked 50 Million

Toyota's Corolla leads all-time at 50M+ sold, Tesla's Model Y stole 2023 with 1.22M — yet the single-year record is still Ford's 2,011,125 Model Ts from 1923.

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  1. 50M vs 43M vs 37M: the all-time podium: Corolla (50M+ since 1966) tops Ford's F-Series (43M+) and VW's Golf (37M) — the only nameplates ever to get near the 40-million club.
  2. 2023: the year an EV took the crown: Tesla's Model Y became the first pure-electric car ever to top annual global sales — 1.22 million units, up 64%, per JATO Dynamics.
  3. The single-year record is a century old: No model has ever beaten the 2,011,125 Model Ts Ford built in 1923 — Tesla's landmark 2023 still fell roughly 790,000 cars short.

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