Talk:List of vehicle nameplate sales figures

This article has been mentioned by a media organization: Osborn, Andrew (September 21, 2006). "Unloved Ladas still best-seller". The New Zealand Herald.

I finally, finally found my source for the Mitsubishi Galant selling almost 5m cars. Turns out that was only in the fist 28 years, so sales will be higher since then. Recorded as >5m.

Anyway, as I added it to the list, I realised what a mess the page was, so...

1. I used the "#" bullet to auto-number everything. Future editors won't need to re-number the entire list after every new addition.
2. I added production years for every entry to give some perspective of the rate of sales (and personally speaking, nothing comes close to the Ford Model T in that regard
3. I added {{citation needed}} to every entry which isn't verified, and I'll be doing that to every future entry as well.
4. I spent some time referencing the unverified ones, but I had neither the time nor inclination to do them all.
5. I deleted a lot of the irrelevant or POV commentaries. Saying "rear air cooled was copied but not successfully" contributes nothing to the list of the VW Beetle's sales figures, and 50 years of the Porsche 911 contradicts it too.
6. I removed the Dodge Omni/Plymouth Horizon from the bottom, since whoever added that didn't even bother to put a number down.

Regards, --DeLarge 11:00, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The 'To Do' list, if anyone can help...

• Cumulative global sales for the Honda Accord? Best I can find is "8m US sales by 2003", which is a bit useless for a global list compiled in '06.
• Cumulative sales figures for the Nissan Altima?
• Cumulative sales for some other bestselling trucks (Dodge Ram, Chevrolet Silverado, etc etc)
• References for the one yet-to-be-validated claim currently in the article; the Volkswagen Gol.

Regards, --DeLarge 19:24, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(Latest update --DeLarge 20:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Wow, what a nicely refreshing example of a great list after the horrors now at AfD! I was only wondering why it is not simply a List of automobile bestellers or something - it discusses both nameplates that were applied to a lot of cars sold AND vehicles which, in essence technically identical, also sold in great numbers, sometimes under various names. I'd say only the first qualify under the current title, so it would be sensible to either split the list, or (what I think would be more sensible) rename it to reflect the contents, and the current lead section actually explains the inclusion criteria and differences quite well. Regards, Bravada, talk - 22:10, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I added all the Volvo cars which had sold 1m+, and that took the list to 65 cars so far. However, I could have added plenty more, as my reference source cited production figures for all models and even model variants. Should I have omitted the 250,000-selling PV544, for example?

Now, if the answer's yes, do I then omit all sub-million sellers (which would mean pruning the Dodge Aries, Lincoln Town Car and Mazda MX-5)? That'd be more in keeping with the article's title, i.e. "bestsellers", but it smacks of exclusionism. Or do I keep piling on the cars and references, and think about changing the article title? Or do I split the article into sections? And does anyone care?

I think I know what I want to do, but I'd like to hear feedback, since this isn't the DeLargipedia (yet). --DeLarge 20:23, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, do refer to my comment above. Splitting the list into nameplates and vehicles would automatically reduce the number of entries. Moreover, I'd just add the "under 1 million" section somewhere, to keep the data for reference. It is certainly worth making sure the articles contains the info before deleting it from here. Bravada, talk - 20:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]