Rob Hall

Interesting...always thought 'Beetle' was a nickname on the old models and was officially named the VW 1600 or similar..

Similar around here..I see pretty much anything and everything in Scottsdale.

Hmm...combine a boat and a snake. Interesting.

Hmm..the edit feature isn't working. As far as the Beetle, I'd consider the original (which was never named Beetle), the New Beetle and the Beetle (New New current car) as 3 distinct models because of the 3 distinct names. Though the New Beetle and New New could be argued as 2 generations rather than distinct. But I'd consider the Challenger 1 model w/ 3 generations, the Charger 1 model w/ 7 generations (the gaps don't matter, IMO).

Doesn't really matter if there is a production gap...the Camaro is still the Camaro. The New Mini started the year after the original Mini ended, but I probably would count it and the original as distinct because of the branding..

I always assumed it was a 351...though a 460 was available some years in there on the 1:1. On Wikipedia is claimed the the '04 S&H movie used a 6 cyl Gran Torino...strange.

I do want a convertible sooner or later when I have extra garage space. I've rented them for years when I go to Cali, Ohio, or Florida...closest I get now is driving a hardtop w/ all the windows down and the sunroof open--love those huge metal sunroofs on old Benzes. I like the Cadillac XLR--it was short lived, but sharply styled and a folding hardtop convertible...maybe get one of those eventually..I like the Lexus SC and Merc SL also, same niche.

A convertible would be a good winter/spring car here (too warm in the summer). I like the metal roof hardtop/convertibles, more secure than a ragtop.

There are a couple TCs around here I see once in a while..a red one and a yellow one like that picture...funny thing is I've seen the yellow broken down twice on the side of two different freeways...(could have been two different cars, but what's the odds?). Haven't seen a Reatta in ages. My favorite semi-obscure '90s GM cars that I see once in a while are the last generation Riviera and the first gen Olds Aurora..great looking cars, IMO...

There is a Checker like that (same color combo, opera window) here in the Phoenix area...see it once in a while.

Driverless cars are coming, no surprise driverless trucks are being experimented with....

This is devolving into pointless trivia... based on the models on the list, best selling 'cars' in the context of this list means best selling 'model names'. Not physical implementation of the product. Very few examples are like the original Mini, original Beetle, or Model T...most models change (often radically) every 4-6 years or so with a new generation.

Yes, but the sales of the model count the same. Same with the Mustang, a '65 is not the same car as a '15. Same model, though.

That's what sales numbers are about..best selling 'nameplates' or 'model names'...not a specific version of the product. All cars evolve over time--the Mustang today isn't the Mustang of 50 years ago. Nor is the Ford F series. It's just that some nameplates have had very slow/few changes like the Beetle did or the Model T did while others are heavily changed every 4-6 years or so. The list is valid as it is of what models have been the best selling over time, not what version or generation of a model. One could dissect the #s for the Ford F series pickups--what is the total # sold since '48 or whenever they first made an F-series vs what's the total number of the '80-96 generation (the longest running IIRC), or the total # of the 67-72 generation, etc.

Haboob time again...both my cell phones went off w/ the AWS warning a few min ago...oh joy

Yeah, other than the MCW resin, the only '74-76 Torinos I've seen have been diecast in various scales from Corgi, ERTL, and Johnny Lightning.

Those were variations of the Corolla..in the mid '80s there were 2drs, 4drs, 5drs, etc. Some were RWD, some were FWD. All were part of the Corolla family. In some markets they may have had different model names.

Yes...and in the mid 60s GM had a majority market share, one year or two they built over a million full size Chevys..'64 and '65 I believe... fascinating to look at the numbers over time.

And what's amazing also is there were far more car companies in the '10s-20s that today...countless small independent companies that often had short lives..

Yeah, to put sales #s in perspective, the Focus and Corolla sell over 1 million units annually worldwide.

Lol...there was a dvd that was released of a concert I went to in 2002, I remember studying the dvd box art and watching it closely trying to spot myself...crowd was too big.

Not really, it's been around a long time, but it's always been a low volume model compared to world cars like the Corolla...

Surprising...I've been seeing them since they first came out, at least 1-2 per week or more. I see Tesla roadsters once in a while, got to look closely though because they look a lot like the Lotus Elise (which is pretty uncommon).

Saw a sharp blue w/ white stripe '70-71 Trans Am and a very clean silver blue '79-82 Mustang hatchback (not a Cobra or GT, looked like a base model). Also saw a dark red Nissan Murano CC (the relatively rear crossover cabrio) and two of the new small Nissan NV 200 vans (soon to be the Chevy City Express)--one in white w/ a business livery and rear door windows, and one in dark red w/ no graphics and no rear door windows.

People that can't distinguish parking spaces from lanes in large grid-type parking lots and park in a lane, narrowing it from two lanes to one.