More than 40 million Toyota Corolla cars have been sold since its debut in 1966, selling just over one million in 2012 alone. The Toyota Corolla maintained its lead for about 15 years, surpassed in 2013 by the Ford Focus, by less than 100,000 vehicles (depending on who you ask, Toyota and Ford still don’t agree which car sold more in 2013). Here, we take a closer look at the history of the Corolla and its variants to uncover just what makes the Corolla great.