Ford Focus was best-selling nameplate in 2012
#16
actually, it is just wrong numbers, lol. Toyota sold 1.16m Corolla's by name in 2012.
The Japanese manufacturer’s numbers included the Corolla sedan, which makes up some 90% of the figure, as well as the volume of cars sold in other Corolla-branded cars like the Wagon and Rumion, while leaving out Corolla derivatives like the Auris, Matrix and Scion xB.
Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013...#ixzz2Q60EyZHK
Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013...#ixzz2Q60EyZHK
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Same thing with the Scion xB, it's a Corolla Rumion in other markets and a Toyota Rukus in some markets as well.
Additionally Toyota counts the Matrix as part of Corolla sales.
#18
Auris and Corolla are the same cars... just like Focus H/B and Focus Sedan are same cars.
And here are the Toyota numbers. Toyota Corolla Sedan alone outsold Focus Hatcback, Sedan and Wagon.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/201...omment-2034026
And here are the Toyota numbers. Toyota Corolla Sedan alone outsold Focus Hatcback, Sedan and Wagon.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/201...omment-2034026
#19
Toyota again claims Corolla outsold Focus worldwide
Toyota again claims Corolla outsold Focus worldwide
Toyota isn't convinced the Ford Focus was the best-selling nameplate globally last year. Bloomberg reports that for the second time in seven months, both Toyota and Ford are laying claim to the title. Ford cites R.L. Polk & Co. data that says the automaker moved some 1.02 million Focus models in 2012 compared to just 872,774 Toyota Corolla units. But Toyota says the actual figure is closer to 1.16 million Corolla models.
Last year, Ford said it took the sales crown through the fist half of 2012 based on information from IHS Automotive, but Toyota pointed out those numbers left out models like the Corolla-based Matrix and Auris, as well as the Corolla Fielder and Scion xB-based Corolla Rumion. Whether or not Toyota's belief that all these cars should be counted in the Corolla bucket is accurate or not is seemingly up for debate... as is the question of why it matters so much to both parties.
This time around, Ford is holding the line that the Focus is the "best-selling nameplate," with Erich Merkle, a US sales analyst with Ford saying the company's figure is, "a pure number that is verified by a third party." Toyota, meanwhile, has requested clarification from Polk.
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/10/t...cus-worldwide/
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The HS250 actually uses the Avensis platform, and has a double wishbone rear suspension, so it's quite different than the Corolla platform.
No problem .
Exactly. Very sad then that Ford is trying to boast about such misleading statistics.
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