Ford Motor Sales in China May Increase 14% YoY

According to the sales data released recently by Ford Motor Co., the company sold 45,162 vehicles in China in May, up 14% year-on-year. In the first five months of this year, the total sales volume of Ford Motor China reached 230,068 vehicles, an increase of 15% from the same period of last year.

Among them, Ford Focus sales in May reached 16,756, an increase of 33%, which is the ninth consecutive month this model has achieved double-digit growth. 2011 new Ford Mondeo - winning May sales of 6,005 vehicles, an increase of 46%, the car landed in China in March, is Ford's first in China equipped with EcoBoost GTDi direct injection turbocharged engine and PowerShift dual clutch transmission models .

At the same time, data showed that Changan Ford Mazda sold 32,996 vehicles in May, an increase of 19% year-on-year. In the first five months of this year, cumulative sales of Changan Ford Mazda increased by 4% to 173,189 units over the same period of last year, and Jiangling Motors sold 90,055 units in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 23%. Of which, Ford Transit sold 25,422 vehicles in the first five months, an increase of 23% year-on-year.

It is understood that in order to support Ford’s rapid development plan in China, the world’s largest auto market, in May this year, Chang’an Ford Mazda signed a memorandum with the Chongqing Municipal Government, announcing that it will invest in a new gearbox factory in Chongqing. The factory is scheduled to be completed and put into production in 2013, with an initial designed annual production capacity of 400,000 vehicles.