Nearly eight years ago today, Toyota sold its 40 millionth Corolla. Now, it’s celebrating the 50 millionth.
The 50 millionth car didn’t get a special and fabulous sendoff, though, as the most detail Toyota is able to provide is that it was sold “this past July.” Maybe you have the 50 millionth Corolla, and you don’t even know it. Toyota left folks with the same conundrum when it sold the 40 millionth Corolla, too.
It’s taken Toyota just over 55 years of Corolla production to get to this point. Over those years, the Corolla has gone through 12 generations, but it’s largely retained its purpose of being an affordable, small car throughout all of them. The U.S. saw its first Corollas in 1968 as a 1969 model year that started around $1,700, and the rest is history.
