Ford Motor China delivered record first quarter sales of 90,791 units, a 47% year-on-year increase. The gain came in spite of the severe winter storms that slowed commerce in China in January and February.

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“Ford Motor Company has now achieved four consecutive years of strong, continuous growth in China,” said Robert Graziano, president and CEO of Ford Motor China. “Our first quarter performance clearly indicates that our brand momentum is still very strong.”


Ford brand passenger vehicles posted first quarter sales of 47,213 vehicles, a 54% increase.


“Continued strong sales of Ford Focus, Ford S-MAX, Ford Transit and the new Ford Mondeo helped drive our successful start to the year,” added Graziano. “We expect our new model introductions this year in China will allow us maintain significant growth through 2008.”


Ford Motor’s passenger car joint-venture, Changan Ford Mazda Automobile (CFMA), posted first quarter sales of 61,789 units, or a 58% year-on-year increase.

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The Ford brand line-up produced by CFMA includes Ford Focus, the new Ford Mondeo and Ford S-MAX. Sales of the Ford Focus, one of the ten best-selling cars in China last year, continued to accelerate in the first quarter, rising by 58% year-on-year to 32,326 units.


The new Ford Mondeo achieved first quarter sales of 13,391 units.


The Ford S-MAX line will be enhanced with a new 5-seat version that will make its debut at Auto China 2008 in Beijing on April 19.


Jiangling Motor Corporation, Ford Motor’s commercial vehicle investment in China, delivered 23,785 commercial vehicle sales for the first quarter, including Ford Transit sales of 6,908. The company introduced a new Ford Transit in January.


“We certainly need to be aware of both global and local economic conditions through the remainder of the year, but consumer demand for Ford vehicles remains very strong in China straight across our product range, and we continue to be very confident in our outlook,” Graziano said. “Ford Motor Company is accelerating the introduction of new products with advanced technologies, and we plan to further expand our operations in China by continuing with their introduction in the China market.”