Ford Focus Extends Streak As Best-Selling Vehicle Worldwide Through First Half of 2013
The Ford Focus, which had the best-selling vehicle nameplate in the world in 2012, has retained the title for the first half of 2013. Furthermore, the Ford Fiesta ranks as the fourth best-selling car, making Ford the only brand to have two nameplates among the world's top five best-sellers. This is according to Ford analysis of Polk global vehicle registration data. In the first half of 2013, Ford Focus grew 20% from the same period last year to 589,709 vehicle registrations driven primarily by the rising demand from customers in China and other Asian countries. Focus in China is up 137% from 2012, to a total of 202,380 vehicles, making China the single biggest global market for the car with one-third of Focus sales.
Customers are responding enthusiastically to Focus in other Asian countries, as well. Through September, Ford reports Focus sales are up 193 percent in Indonesia, 72 percent in both the Philippines and Vietnam, and 42 percent in Thailand.
“Fiesta is off to a terrific start, and Focus just keeps getting better – especially in China,” said Jim Farley, Ford executive vice president, global marketing, sales and service and Lincoln. “This is One Ford at its best: great-looking vehicles with great fuel economy, leading quality, technology and fun-to-drive personalities.”
Ford Fiesta joins Focus among the five global best-sellers, and earns the top spot as the best-selling subcompact car globally, with 356,434 units registered in the first half of 2013. Combined, global registrations of Ford’s small cars – Fiesta and Focus – total 946,143 vehicles for the first six months of the year, representing an 8 percent increase.
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