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== Types of vehicles == [[File:3 modes of transport - boat, train and cars, eastbound through the Columbia River Gorge, near Hood River, Oregon.jpg|thumb|Cars, a train, and a boat traveling along the [[Columbia River Gorge]] near [[Hood River, Oregon]] in 2004]] [[File:Treemap of most-produced vehicles to date.png|thumb|[[Treemap]] of the most common vehicles ever made, with total number made shown by size, and type/model labelled and distinguished by color. Fixed-wing airplanes, helicopters, and commercial jetliners are visible in the lower right corner at maximum zoom.]] There are over 1 billion bicycles in use worldwide.<ref>{{Citation |url= http://www.worldometers.info/bicycles/ |publisher= Worldometers |title= Bicycles}}</ref> In 2002 there were an estimated 590 million cars and 205 million motorcycles in service in the world.<ref name=Worldmapper31>{{cite web |title=Passenger Cars; Map No. 31 |work=Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before |year=2002 |url=http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?selected=31 |access-date=28 January 2012 |archive-date=12 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112220633/http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?selected=31 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Worldmapper32>{{cite web |title=Mopeds And Motorcycles Map No. 32 |work=Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before |year=2002 |url=http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?selected=32 |access-date=28 January 2012 |archive-date=20 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320202358/http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?selected=32 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At least 500 million Chinese [[Flying Pigeon]] bicycles have been made, more than any other single model of vehicle.<ref name=Koeppel2007>{{Citation |title= Flight of the Pigeon |last= Koeppel |first= Dan |magazine= [[Bicycling (magazine)|Bicycling]] |date= January–February 2007 |volume= 48 |issue= 1 |issn=0006-2073 |publisher= [[Rodale, Inc.]] |pages= 60–66 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=isUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60 |access-date= 28 January 2012 }}</ref><ref name=Newson2013>{{Citation |title= Fifty Bicycles That Changed the World: Design Museum Fifty |first= Alex |last= Newson |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FsI4AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT40 |publisher=[[Octopus Books]] |year= 2013 |page= 40 |isbn= 9781840916508 }}</ref> The most-produced model of motor vehicle is the [[Honda Super Cub]] motorcycle, having sold 60 million units in 2008.<ref name=Squatriglia2008>{{Citation |title= Honda Sells Its 60 Millionth – Yes, Millionth – Super Cub |first= Chuck |last= Squatriglia |date= 23 May 2008 | url= http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/05/honda-sells-its.html |magazine= [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |access-date= 31 October 2010 }}</ref><ref name=AMA2006>{{citation |title= That's 2.5 billion cc! |magazine=[[American Motorcyclist]] |publisher=[[American Motorcyclist Association]] |location=Westerville, Ohio | date= May 2006 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qvUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 |issn=0277-9358 |page= 24 |access-date= 31 October 2010 }}</ref> The most-produced car model is the [[Toyota Corolla]], with at least 35 million made by 2010.<ref name=ABC>{{Citation |url= http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-02-18/toyota-ponders-recall-of-worlds-best-selling-car/334668 |title= Toyota ponders recall of world's best-selling car |date= 18 February 2010 |publisher= [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] News Online }}</ref><ref name=FoxBusiness>{{citation |title= The Best-Selling Cars of All Time |date= 26 January 2012 |author=((24/7 Wall St.)) |url= http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2012/01/26/best-selling-cars-all-time/ |publisher= [[Fox Business]] |access-date= 13 June 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160101202420/http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2012/01/26/best-selling-cars-all-time/ |archive-date= 1 January 2016 |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }}</ref> The most common fixed-wing airplane is the [[Cessna 172]], with about 44,000 having been made as of 2017.<ref>{{Citation |title=Introducing the most popular plane ever built |first=Oliver |last=Smith |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/comment/introducing-the-most-popular-plane-ever-built/ |date=13 December 2010 }}</ref><ref name="AvWeb1">{{cite web |url = http://www.avweb.com/news/aopa/AOPAExpo2007_Cessna_172SSkyhawk_DieselEngine_196294-1.html |title = Cessna to Offer Diesel Skyhawk |date = 4 October 2007 |first = Russ |last = Niles |access-date = 5 October 2007 |archive-date = 5 March 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120305162216/http://www.avweb.com/news/aopa/AOPAExpo2007_Cessna_172SSkyhawk_DieselEngine_196294-1.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> The Soviet [[Mil Mi-8]], at 17,000, is the most-produced helicopter.<ref name="Tegler">{{cite web|url= https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/g2977/most-important-helicopters/|title= The 15 Most Important Helicopters of All Time|access-date= 7 April 2023|last= Tegler|first= Eric|work= [[Popular Mechanics]]|date= 2 March 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230407122952/https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/g2977/most-important-helicopters/|archive-date= 7 April 2023|url-status= live}}</ref> The top commercial jet airliner is the [[Boeing 737]], at about 10,000 in 2018.<ref>{{Citation |url= https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-best-selling-airplane-of-all-time-may-not-be-no-1-for-much-longer-2016-03-19 |title=The best-selling airplane of all time may not be No. 1 for much longer |date= 27 July 2016 |last=Assis |first=Claudia |website=Marketwatch }}</ref><ref name=fg6000>Kingsley-Jones, Max. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090425153957/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/04/22/325472/pictures-6000-and-counting-for-boeings-popular-little-twinjet.html "6,000 and counting for Boeing's popular little twinjet."] ''Flight International'', Reed Business Information, 22 April 2009. Retrieved: 22 April 2009.</ref><ref name=Flight13march2018>{{cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-how-boeing-built-10000-737s-446735/ |title= How Boeing built 10,000 737s |date= 13 March 2018 |author= Max Kingsley-Jones |work= Flightglobal}}</ref> At around 14,000 for both, the most produced trams are the [[KTM-5]] and [[Tatra T3]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Egorov |first1=Boris |title=Top 10 trams that became symbols of Russian cities |url=https://www.rbth.com/science-and-tech/327959-top-10-trams-became-symbols |website=www.rbth.com |access-date=13 April 2021 |date=3 April 2018}}</ref> The most common [[trolleybus]] is [[ZiU-9]].
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