TOYOTA COROLLA FIRST JAPANESE CAR TO SURPASS 15 MILLION MARK

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION announced today that the Toyota Corolla has become the first Japanese car to reach cumulative production of 15 million units. Based on production figures through the end of June, 15,040,200 units have been produced domestically. That puts the Corolla just ahead of the Model T Ford, of which 15,007,033 were manufactured, to become the second best-selling vehicle in the world following the Volkswagen Beetle.