Toyota Corolla Sales Figures

Toyota Corolla

Here you will find monthly and yearly United States and Canadian sales figures for the Toyota Corolla. One of the best-selling nameplates in automotive history, the Corolla has been a global benchmark for reliable, affordable compact transportation since 1966 and has been sold in the United States since 1968. Today the family spans a gas sedan, a Corolla Hybrid with available all-wheel drive, the Corolla Hatchback and the 300-horsepower GR Corolla, and it remains a cornerstone of Toyota’s lineup even as the compact-car segment has contracted.

Toyota Corolla Sales in the United States

The Corolla has been a steady high-volume seller in the United States for decades, moving well over 300,000 units a year through much of the 2000s and 2010s and peaking near 387,000 in 2006. As buyers shifted toward crossovers, annual volume settled lower, easing to 222,216 in 2022. It has since firmed up, rising from 232,908 in 2024 to 248,088 in 2025, the best result since 2019 and a gain of about 6 percent. 2026 is ahead again: January to September reached 195,141, up 8.4 percent on the 179,983 of the same months of 2025.

Toyota Corolla Sales in Canada

In Canada the Corolla has long been one of the top-selling passenger cars, though volumes have drifted lower with the broader sedan market. After topping 50,000 units in 2008 and again in 2017, annual sales eased to 33,096 in 2022 and 25,988 in 2024. In 2025 the Corolla recorded 25,105 Canadian sales, roughly level with the prior year, and 2026 has turned upward: January to September reached 23,144, up 17.7 percent on the 19,664 of the same months of 2025.

Toyota Corolla Generations

Toyota has built the Corolla in twelve generations since 1966 and passed more than 46 million global sales by the time the current car arrived. North America has not always received every version Toyota sold at home, so the summaries below follow the generations as they reached North American buyers.

1st Generation (1966–1970)

The Corolla made its debut in Japan in November 1966 as a compact five-seat sedan positioned between the Publica and the Corona. Its new water-cooled 1,077 cc four-cylinder was 100 cc larger than its rivals’ engines, it used separate front seats and a four-speed floor shifter, and it was the first Japanese passenger car with MacPherson strut front suspension. Worldwide sales passed one million within a year, displacement grew to 1.2 liters in 1969, and the Corolla reached the United States in 1968.

2nd Generation (1970–1974)

The second Corolla, launched in May 1970, grew a size larger and added a coupe to sedans, a wagon and vans. It began with the 1.2-liter engine of its predecessor, and larger 1.4- and 1.6-liter T-series engines arrived midway through its life, including a twin-cam 1.6-liter.

3rd Generation (1974–1979)

Introduced in April 1974, the third generation stretched the wheelbase and widened the track, partly to accommodate emissions and crash-safety equipment, with U.S. collision standards shaping its shock-absorbing bumpers. A three-door liftback and a fastback coupe joined the range in 1976, and the two-speed automatic gave way to a three-speed.

4th Generation (1979–1983)

The March 1979 redesign brought crisper styling, a four-link coil-spring rear suspension in place of leaf springs, and power-assisted front disc brakes on every model. The lineup spanned sedans, a hardtop, a coupe, a liftback and vans, making it the broadest Corolla range yet.

5th Generation (1983–1987)

The May 1983 Corolla was the most sweeping change in the car’s history: the sedan switched to front-wheel drive with a transversely mounted engine and four-wheel independent strut suspension, while the sporty coupe kept rear-wheel drive. A fuel-injected 1.6-liter engine paired with the class’s first electronically controlled four-speed automatic.

6th Generation (1987–1991)

Toyota developed the May 1987 Corolla as “a global high-quality sedan beyond its class.” The first all-wheel-drive Corolla sedan followed in October 1989. North American assembly began in this era, with Toyota’s plant in Cambridge, Ontario, building the Corolla from 1988.

7th Generation (1991–1995)

The June 1991 car grew in wheelbase, length, width and height and moved noticeably upmarket in materials and refinement, with four-wheel-drive versions following in September 1991.

8th Generation (1995–2000)

Released in May 1995, the eighth generation kept its predecessor’s dimensions but focused on the environment, safety and total cost of ownership, cutting as much as 50 kg from the curb weight.

9th Generation (2000–2006)

The August 2000 Corolla moved to a new platform with a wheelbase 135 mm longer, along with a family of newly developed VVT-i engines that included a 1.8-liter four-cylinder. The sedan’s drag coefficient fell to 0.29.

10th Generation (2006–2013)

Launched in Japan in October 2006, the tenth generation introduced the 1.8-liter Dual VVT-i engine. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi began building the Corolla in November 2011, adding a U.S. source alongside Cambridge, Ontario.

11th Generation (2014–2019)

Production of the all-new 2014 Corolla began in Mississippi and Ontario in August 2013, with sales starting that September, by which point Toyota counted nearly 40 million Corollas sold worldwide. In 2017 Toyota marked the nameplate’s 50th anniversary with a special edition limited to 8,000 cars in the United States.

12th Generation (2019–Present)

The 12th-generation Corolla moved to the Toyota New Global Architecture. The 2020 sedan introduced a 169-hp 2.0-liter Dynamic Force engine, a Dynamic-Shift CVT and a six-speed intelligent manual transmission, while the Corolla Hybrid became the first hybrid Corolla sold in the United States. The gas sedan was assembled in Mississippi, with production slated to move to Toyota’s joint-venture plant with Mazda in Huntsville, Alabama, from 2021. The family has since added all-wheel drive to the hybrid, an FX Edition hatchback for 2026, and the GR Corolla, a 300-hp, three-cylinder turbocharged hatchback with GR-FOUR all-wheel drive developed with the Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team.