America’s best-selling car doesn’t take a drop of gas

Add comment June 15th, 2009

And you’ve probably driven it: The Little Tikes Cozy Coupe — affordably priced at $49.99 and recently updated with a smiley face on the front and cupholders.

The plastic piece of our American childhood has been in the news because it was inducted into the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland.

The Little Tikes Cozy Coupe, that yellow-topped, red-bodied rite of childhood passage, sold more than 457,000 units in 2008 — more than any other car in America.

“It’s definitely a recession-proof vehicle,” said Rosanne Kubisty, director of marketing for Little Tikes.

Little Tikes has sold more than 10 million Cozy Coupes since the model was introduced in 1979 — and that doesn’t take into account its reputation for surviving multiple owners.