From 1966 up to May 2010 - 35,000,000 units of Toyota Corolla had been produced – the first car to achieve thirty million sales. Based on this record, a Corolla car has been sold on average every 40 seconds. In 1997, the Corolla became the world’s best selling nameplate. In 2005, this bestselling automobile in the world has attained 1.36 million sales.