UK car sales leader of the year
The Ford Focus and Ford Fiesta are the top two bestsellers for the year; Ford has secured 14.2% of the total UK February 2011 market in the top-selling vehicle range. The official figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) in March show that without the benefit of the scrappage incentive scheme total UK car sales last month were down 7.7% to 63,424 units.
The new Ford Focus is the UK car sales leader for the year with the Ford Fiesta in 2nd place, while the Ford people movers were sales winners in February with Ford C-MAX range sales up from 290 to 475 compared with February 2010 and Ford Galaxy increasing sales from 271 to 387.
Ford’s retail car market share in February was 11.2% , which is 0.7% up compared with the same period in 2010, Ford total CV share for the month was up from 23.4% to 25.1%, compared with February 2010 and total Ford CV sales were up from 2,493 to 3,371.
All Ford commercials, Ford Fiesta Van, Ford Transit Connect, Ford Ranger and Ford Transit, all had increased sales and shares compared to February 2010.
Nigel Sharp, Ford Britain managing director, said: “February is effectively a curtain raiser for the plate change month of March, when Ford customers will have the first chance to experience the exciting, new Ford Focus at the head of the company’s best ever vehicle range. In addition to the Ford Focus there is the new Ford C-MAX range and a newly refreshed Ford large car range together with a number of new low CO2 powertrain options.”
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