Production chronology1966–open
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗1 year
← Toyota
Toyota / Model record
ToyotaCOROLLA
Production1966 – present
Recorded originJapan
ClassCompact Cars
Built54,000,000 units
Background
The Toyota Corolla is a series of compact cars manufactured and marketed globally by the Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation since 1966. Since 1997, the Corolla has remained the best-selling automobile nameplate of all time, surpassing the Volkswagen Beetle. Toyota reached the milestone of 50 million Corollas sold over twelve generations in 2021, and has sold over 54 million units as of early 2026.
Text adapted from “Toyota Corolla” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years1988–1996
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years1995–2026
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗32 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations2018
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗1 year
EEA EU registration observations2025
EU passenger-car registration monitoring years; this is a market snapshot, not a worldwide production range.
Research notes
Best-selling automobile nameplate in history (54M+ units), overtaking the VW Beetle's record in 1997. Spans 12 generations under many market-specific derivative names (Levin, Sprinter, Altis, Axio, Fielder, Corolla Cross).