Tops U.S. Car Sales
I wonder if you are ready for this one?
According to FOXNews.com
Tops U.S. Car Sales Little Tikes Cozy Coupe
Sunday, June 07, 2009
A classic toy car is being inducted into an auto museum in Cleveland - and it outsold every other car in the U.S. in 2008.
The Cozy Coupe, a plastic cherry-red sports car, allows toddlers to sit on a bench-style seat and poke their legs through to the ground. When they start walking, the car begins to go. On Saturday, it will take its place next to historically significant automobiles at the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum. The Cozy Coupe sold 457,000 units in 2008, topping the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord. In the '90s, it outsold both the Accord and Ford Taurus. It would land in the top-20 best-selling models of all time, if considered, having sold more than 10 million units in its 30-year history. The museum will house one of the first Cozy Coupes to come off the production line in 1979. The Cozy Coupe is made by The Little Tikes Co. in Hudson, Ohio.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
posted by Ann at
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6 Comments:
This is so interesting and amazing! My grandson does not have one of these and he is two years old. I will have to check into them. I have completely lost track of kids toys today and feel like I am starting all over again. They must be a favorite toy of lots of children to sell that many. Have a good week.
That is amazing, great info. This is a classic toy car for kids.
Why - oh why - don't they make them for adults? I'd like a Corvette one.
What a find! I was 19 in 1979 so I didn't have one of those but I did have a metal blue car that I pedaled around in when I was very young.
This is even more energy efficient than a hybrid :)
This seems like an updated version of Fred flintstone's car. Except without the granite wheels...
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