World 2005: Toyota Corolla reclaims leadership

Toyota Corolla

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After a decade off, the Toyota Corolla is back atop the world models ranking in 2005 with 1,185,000 units produced, nearly double its 1997 score… In 2nd place but over 400,000 units below we find the Ford Focus (779,000) followed by the Honda Accord (664,000), Ford F-Series Light Duty (not all versions – 654,000) and Opel Astra (638,000).

Honda Accord

The VW Golf is down to a very weak 10th place with 571,000 units, however this year the Jetta/Vento/Bora sales are counted separately – which makes sense, given they are very different models nowadays – and amount to 431,000 units (#16), thanks to excellent scores in China where the 1st generation Jetta is still produced. Notice the BMW 3 Series which keeps going up the world ranking over the last decade, at #13 this year with 463,000 units produced.

Full Year 2005 Top 20 Ranking Table below.