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Prediction Series · P-99

Toyota stays #1 — best-selling automaker 2026, locked at 93%.

93% probability Toyota is the world's best-selling automaker by global vehicle sales for calendar 2026 — a streak running since 2020, with ~10.8m units vs Volkswagen's ~9m. A structural near-certainty. Resolves ~Jan 2027 via the global sales tallies.

Type · Prediction Lock · structural near-certainty Locked · 2026-06-25 · mid-year Resolves · ~2027-01-31 · Toyota / VW global full-year 2026 sales tallies Scored · binary: Toyota #1 automaker by 2026 global vehicle sales yes/no
World's best-selling automaker 2026 · our locked call
TOYOTA
by global vehicle sales · P = 0.93

Toyota has been the world's best-selling automaker every year since 2020, selling on the order of 10.8m vehicles globally versus Volkswagen Group's ~9m; its FY2026 (to Mar 2026) consolidated sales estimate alone was 9.75m and group/retail volumes run higher. Source: Toyota + Volkswagen global full-year 2026 sales tallies (global.toyota / OICA), ~Jan 2027.

— 1 · The Locked Call

Toyota is the world's best-selling automaker for 2026 — P = 0.93.

We lock a binary: the Toyota Group is the world's best-selling automaker (by global vehicle sales) for calendar year 2026, per the published full-year sales tallies. Confidence 93%.

— 2 · Why it's nail-able

A six-year streak and a ~1.5m-unit lead over its nearest rival.

Toyota has topped global vehicle sales every year since 2020, typically by well over a million units against Volkswagen; the gap dwarfs realistic year-to-year swings. Confidence 93%, shy of certainty, only for the tail of a severe supply shock or a methodology dispute over how group sales are tallied. Resolves against the published 2026 full-year sales figures.

Locked on 2026-06-25 — scored against the published 2026 global vehicle-sales tallies.

RAOSCAFF locks P-99 on 2026-06-25. Scored on whether Toyota Group leads global vehicle sales for calendar 2026.

Locked
2026-06-25 (commit timestamp on origin/main)
Resolves
~2027-01-31 — full-year 2026 global sales tallies
Source
Toyota + Volkswagen global sales reports; OICA / press tallies
Scored by
Binary: YES if Toyota is #1 by 2026 global vehicle sales; NO otherwise

Scored on global vehicle sales (group basis, the standard 'best-selling automaker' metric) for the calendar year.