Volkswagen heading for 10 per cent sales slide

[gerhard]

Bit late for that considering the Golf is the highest selling car of all time.

Not quite -
1. Toyota Corolla 32.0m Japan
2. Ford F-series 30.0m USA
3. VW Golf 25.0m Germany
4. VW Beetle 22.3m Germany
5. Ford Escort 20.0m Great Britain
6. Honda Civic 17.7m Japan
7. Ford Model T 16.5m USA
8. Honda Accord 15.8m Japan
9. VW Passat 14.1m Germany
10. Chevrolet Impala 14.0m USA
11. Ford Fiesta 12.5m Spain
12. Opel/Vauxhall Corsa 12.0m Spain
13. Oldsmobile Cutlass 11.9m USA
14. Chrysler Voyager 11.7m USA
15. Toyota Camry 10.5m Japan
16. Mazda 323 10.4m Japan
17. Opel/Vauxhall Astra/Kadett 10.0m Germany
18. BMW 3-series 9.8m Germany
19. Fiat Uno 9.2m Italy
20. Renault Clio 8.9m France
21. Renault 5 8.8m France
22. Ford Mustang 8.3m USA
23. Renault 4 8.2m France
24. Fiat Punto 6.9m Italy
25. Ford Taurus 6.8m USA
26. BMC Mini 6.7m Great Britain
27. Opel/Vauxhall Vectra 6.5m Germany
28. Chevrolet Cavalier 6.2m USA
29. Peugeot 206 6.1m France
30. Buick Le Sabre 6.0m USA

[Lima]

Close.

Although, those figures are a bit out of date anyway. IIRC the last figure I saw for the Golf was 27.6 million worldwide sales.

[phaeton]

and don't forget Corolla includes wagon, sedan & hatch.....

also it was RWD before becoming FWD in the 1980s I think.

[gerhard]

And don't forget the venerable AWD Corolla as well - called Tercel here I think. Might have been called Corolla in other markets.

[anthony]

Reuters reported today that for the first quarter of 2009,the Volkswagen group might have outsold the Toyota group worldwide...meaning it would be the largest car company in the world.