Ford first three quarter sales up

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Ford Motor China today announced sales of 132,976 sales for the third quarter, which gave it yearly sales of 419,073 units sold in China from January to September – an impressive increase of 40% over the same period in 2009. Sales for September alone reached 50,970 units, a year on year increase of 26%. Ford passenger vehicles, and also its commercial line up from JMC attributed to strong sales.

Chang’an Ford Mazda Automobile, the passenger car producing arm of Ford China sold 286,113 units in the first three quarters of the year, an increase of 32%. The Ford Focus lead the way again with sales reaching 123,111 by the end of September, the Ford Fiesta remains a strong seller with a 67% rise in sales to 53,849 units sold in the first 9 months. The Ford Mondeo and S-Max also reported steady growth according to Ford China.

Jiangling Motors Corporation (JMC), which is part of Ford’s commercial vehicle investment in China reached sales of 132,960 units from January to September, due to the Ford Transit’s strong sales.

According to Ford China’s CEO and Chairman, Mr. Robert Graziano, Ford have widened their dealership network by 100 new dealerships, which has increased the network to 340 full service dealerships. Ford China are also expected to launch the Mondeo Ecoboost turbo engine and the American built mid sized Ford Edge SUV into China later this year.