List Of Best-Selling Automobiles(by Brand)
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Here is the list of the best-selling cars by brand.
Alfa Romeo Alfasud is the best-selling car of the brand Alfa Romeo, it sold 1,017,387 units from 1972 to 1989. BMW 3 Series sold Over 14,000,000 units by 2015 and it's the best-selling car of BMW.
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Alfa Romeo Alfasud is the best-selling car of the brand Alfa Romeo, it sold 1,017,387 units from 1972 to 1989. BMW 3 Series sold Over 14,000,000 units by 2015 and it's the best-selling car of BMW.
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List of the best-selling cars by brand
Brand | Automobile | Production | Units Sold | Notes |
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Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo Alfasud | 1972–1989 | 1,017,387. | |
Alpine | Alpine A310 | 1971–1984 | 11,616. | |
American Motors | AMC Hornet | 1970–77 | Approximately 860,000. | |
Aston Martin | Aston Martin DB7 | 1993–2003 | 7,000 | |
Autobianchi | Autobianchi A112 | 1969–1986 | 1,254,178. | |
Baojun | Baojun 510 | 2017–present | 972,042 to 2021. | Notable for being the highest-selling newly introduced automobile nameplate in history. |
BMW | BMW 3 Series | 1975–present | Over 14,000,000 to 2015. | |
Buick | Buick LeSabre | 1959–2005 | Over 6,000,000. | |
Bugatti | Bugatti Type 40 | 1926–30 | Approximately 800. | |
Cadillac | Cadillac De Ville | 1959–2005 | Approximately 3,870,000 excluding early Series 62 hardtops, 1981–1988, 1991–93, and 2000–05. (Total production for 1981–1988, 1991–93 and 2000–05 is unknown but a good guess is over 1,300,000.) | |
Checker | Checker Marathon | 1961–82 | 10,559 not counting taxicabs and private sales for 1961–63, 1976 and 1980–82 (private sales for 1961–62, 1976 and 1980–82 are unknown). | |
Chevrolet | Chevrolet Impala | 1958–2020 | Over 13,000,000 to 1996. | |
Chrysler | Chrysler Newport | 1961–81 | Approximately 1,920,000 (excluding early Newport hardtops). | |
Citroën | Citroën 2CV | 1948–90 | 3,872,583. Including commercial variants, the total figure is approximately nine million | |
Continental | Continental Mark II | 1956–57 | 3,012 (only car produced by the short-lived Continental division of the Ford Motor Company). | |
Crosley | Crosley | 1939–42 1946–49 |
62,210 before the introduction of series names in 1950 (does not include 1949 Hot Shot). | |
Dacia | Dacia Sandero | 2008–present | over 2,400,000 (includes the Stepway version). | |
DeSoto | DeSoto Custom | 1939–42 1946–52 |
Approximately 570,000. | |
De Tomaso | De Tomaso Pantera | 1970–1991 | 7,260 produced over a single generation | |
Dodge | Dodge Coronet | 1949–59 1965–76 |
Approximately 2,060,000 in six generations not counting 1949–53 4-doors, 1953 coupes, Dodge Chargers and Super Bees. (Production of 1949–53 4-doors and 1953 coupes is unknown but a reasonable guess is about 400,000 total.) | |
Eagle | Eagle Talon | 1990–98 | Approximately 200,000. | |
Edsel | Edsel Ranger | 1958–60 | 50,803. | |
Excalibur | Excalibur Series II | 1970–82 | 2,230. | |
Facel | Facellia | 1960–1964 | 1,500 | |
Ferrari | Ferrari 360 | 1999–2004 | Over 17,000 coupés and convertibles. | |
Fiat | Fiat Uno | 1983–present | Approximately 8,800,000 worldwide to 2004. | Sold over six million in Western Europe before being replaced by the Punto in 1995, while production continued in South Africa, Poland and Brazil. |
Ford | Ford F-Series | 1948–present | Over 40,000,000. America's bestselling vehicle for 40 consecutive years; 33,900,000 in 12 generations to May 2010. | |
Frazer | Frazer Standard | 1947–51 | Approximately 90,000. | |
Henry J | Henry J Deluxe | 1951 | 43,400. | |
Hindustan | Hindustan Ambassador | 1958–2014 | Almost 4,000,000. | |
Holden | Holden Commodore | 1978–2019 | 3,130,000 to 2013. | |
Honda | Honda Civic | 1972–present | Over 27,000,000 up to 2021. | |
Hudson | Hudson Super Six | 1916–28 1933 1940–42 1946–51 |
Approximately 600,000 not counting 1916–17 and 1940–42. (Production for 1916–17 and 1940–42 is unknown but a reasonable guess is about 80,000.) | |
Hyundai | Elantra | 1990–present | 14,400,000 up to 2022. | |
Imperial | Imperial Crown | 1957–70 | Approximately 127,000. | |
Jaguar | Jaguar XJ | 1968–2019 | 800,000 up to 2005. | |
Jeep | Jeep Cherokee (XJ) | 1984–2014 | 2,884,172 in North America until 2001; production continued in China until 2005. | |
Kaiser | Kaiser Deluxe | 1949–53 | Approximately 130,000. | |
Koenigsegg | Koenigsegg Jesko | 2021–present | 125. | |
Lada/AvtoVAZ | Lada Riva VAZ-2105/04/07 |
1980–2014 | 13,500,000 until exports to Europe were discontinued in 1997. | Production continues in Egypt. |
Lagonda | 11, 11.9, 12 and 12/24 | 1913–26 | over 6,000 | |
Land Rover | Series/Defender | 1948–2015 | over 2,000,000 (approx) | |
Lamborghini | Lamborghini Urus | 2018–present | over 20,000 | |
Lancia | Lancia Ypsilon | 1996–present | over 870,000 to 2005. | |
Lincoln | Lincoln Town Car | 1981–2011 | Approximately 2,290,000 not counting 2005–2011. (Production of 2005–2011 is unknown but a reasonable guess is about 160,000.) | |
Lotus | Lotus Elise | 1996–2021 | over 20,000 produced over two generations to December 2004. | |
McLaren | McLaren 12C | 2011–2014 | Over 3,400 12Cs were made, sales split 60/40 in the coupe’s favour. | |
Maserati | Maserati Biturbo | 1981–1994 | Over 38,000 | |
Mazda | Mazda Familia | 1963–2003 | Over 10,000,000 up to 1995. | |
Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 1993–present | 6,900,000 to November 2006. | |
Mercury | Mercury Cougar | 1967-1997
1999-2002 |
2,972,784 | Excludes Ford Cougar sold in Europe and Australia. |
Messerschmitt | Messerschmitt KR200 | 1955–1964 | 30,286 | |
Metropolitan | Metropolitan | 1958–61 | 55,215 as a separate marque under AMC. | |
Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer | 1973–present | Over 6,000,000 to the end of 2006. | |
Nash | Nash Statesman | 1950–56 | Approximately 340,000. | |
Nissan | Nissan Sunny/Sentra/Pulsar/Almera | 1966–present | Over 15,900,000. Ten generations, and four nameplates depending on marketplace. | |
Oldsmobile | Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme | 1961–99 | 11,900,000 across several platforms and generations. | |
Opel | Opel Corsa | 1982–present | Over 18,000,000 sold worldwide in 25 years and in 4 generations up to 2007. 10million of them were sold only in Europe. | |
Packard | Packard Eight | 1933–36 1938 1942 1948–50 |
Approximately 250,000. | |
Peel | Peel Trident | 1965–66 | 82 in a single generation. | |
Perodua | Perodua Myvi | 2005–present | 77,657 at 2010. (or about 1,500,000 since 2005.) | |
Peugeot | Peugeot 206 | 1998–present | Approximately 10,000,000 to 2018 in a single generation. | |
Plymouth | Plymouth Fury | 1959–78 | Approximately 3,680,000 (counting VIPs, but not counting 1959 and 1962 Sport Furys and 1975–77 Gran Furys). | |
Pontiac | Pontiac Grand Am | 1973–75, 1978–80, 1985–2005 | Over 4,000,000. | |
Porsche | Porsche 911 | 1963–present | 1,000,000 produced up to 2017. | |
Rambler | Rambler Classic | 1961–66 | Approximately 1,460,000 (including those produced in 1966 under AMC). | |
Renault | Renault Clio | 1990–present | 12,300,000 across four generations up to 2013. | |
Rolls-Royce | Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow | 1965–80 | 29,030 produced over a single generation. | |
Saab | Saab 900 | 1978–93 | 908,810. in the first generation. | |
Saturn | Saturn S-Series | 1991–2002 | Approximately 2,210,000 not counting 2002 (sales of 2002 are unknown). | |
SEAT | SEAT Ibiza | 1984–present | 3,949,597 up to 2008. | The sales of the fourth generation of the SEAT Ibiza, as well as those of its derivatives (such as the SEAT Córdoba and the SEAT Inca, or the rebadged versions) are not included in the figures. |
Simca | Simca 1100 | 1967–1982 | 2,139,400 | Figures include a small number of complete knock down (CKD) kits and commercial versions. |
Smart | Smart Fortwo | 1998–present | Over 1,500,000 by mid-2013. | |
Studebaker | Studebaker Champion | 1939–42 1946–58 |
Approximately 1,320,000. | |
Subaru | Subaru Legacy | 1988–present | Over 3,000,000 to 2005. | |
Škoda | Škoda Octavia | 1996–present | Over 6,000,000 to 2016. | |
Tatuus | Tatuus FR2000 | 2000–2007 | Approximately 930 chassis. | |
Toyota | Toyota Corolla | 1966–present | 50,000,000 up to 2021 | |
Tesla | Tesla Model 3 | 2017–present | 1,000,000 by June 2021 | |
Trabant | Trabant | 1957–91 | Over 3,000,000. | |
Volkswagen | Volkswagen Golf | 1974–present | 35,000,000 across seven generations by 2019. Became Volkswagen's bestseller in 2002. | |
Volvo | Volvo 200 Series | 1974–93 | 2,862,573 saloon, estate and coupe models over a spell of 19 years. | |
Willys | Willys 77 | 1933–36 | Approximately 68,000. | |
Zastava | Zastava 101 | 1971-2008 | 1,045,458 | |
ZAZ | Zaporozhets | 1960–94 | 3,422,444. |
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