The best selling cars

                   

With the 6% fall in Toyota motor’s sales, world wide, in 2011, it lost its position as the world’s largest automaker. Its Corolla, stood as a relief to the ailing company. It is manufactured in 15 countries, and finds place in 140 markets.

      Corolla’s fascinating features :

     1. It is a small and inexpensive car.

     2. It is fuel-efficient.

     3. It is quite reliable.

           

                           In 2011, the company sold a whopping 1.02 million Corollas. Even for Honda Motor, it was an unfavorable year, owing to the natural disaster. The redesigned Civic brought reviews that dejected the company. There was a 12.5% decline. Civic, which was in the 5^th place, lost its place, even among the top 10, in the years that followed. On the other hand, the companies of other countries, took the decline in the  Japanese cars, as an opportunity to rise. Volkswagen of Germany and Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors of Korea, surpassed all other companies, to lead the car market. The Hyundai Elantra

                                          The 2012 Hyundai Elentra

of Korea, which has recorded 1.01 million sales, has now risen to the level of the Japanese Corolla.                             

                                                               The 2015 Corolla

                   The Japanese companies lost their grip in the market, giving a chance to the other side, who left no stone unturned in rising to the pinnacles of success. Customers worldwide, got enticed to the new brands, which filled the gap. Kia’s Rio is the fifth most popular car in the world. It recorded the sales of 8,15000. However, a lion’s share of them belong to the previous generation Rio, which are built and sold in Iran by SAIPA, which is a joint venture partner. SAIPA controls half the Iranian market. Volkswagen is looking forward to become the world’s largest carmaker by 2018. The company embarked on small and mid-sized vehicles, which pushed its sales to incredible heights, in 2011, with three of them- the Jetta, the Golf and the Passat.

    

        

  The 2015 Volkswagen Jetta

These stood as the world’s best selling cars. Minor modifications met the local needs at the global level. The company managed to do this with lower costs. General Motor and

                                               

                                                          The 2015 Ford’s Fiesta

Ford Motor too, are likely to follow the same footprints. Ford’s Focus and Fiesta stand in the 4^th and the 6^th place respectively. The new Chevrolet Cruze is now the world’s 9^th best selling car.

                At a time when other companies have dominated the market, it would be an uphill task for the Japanese Honda and Toyota to reassert themselves.

                                             

                                                The 2015 Honda Civic

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