Ford sold 1,331,300 vehicles in 2019, down 1.4% year on year, in what it calls is "traditional European 20 markets", achieving 7.4% market share.

The automaker said 2019 was its best year for commercial vehicle sales in 25 years and its fifth year as top commercial vehicle brand in the region.

It was also the best year for the Thai built Ranger pickup truck with 52,500 vehicles sold.

"Robust" passenger vehicle sales of 947,333, down 2.3%, resulted in a 6.3% market share, with strong Focus sales increasing by 15.2% over 2018, Ford said.

SUV sales grew year over year with the EcoSport and Kuga recording best sales results since launch, 121,400 and 161,400 units, respectively.

High-series models (Titanium, Vignale, Active, ST-line and ST) accounted for over 70% of passenger vehicles in

Ford maintained its position as the UK's top brand for both passenger and commercial vehicle sales (384,300, up 0.8%); the 43rd successive year of new passenger car sales leadership, and 54th consecutive year of commercial vehicle sales leadership.

Germany market share was 8.3%. Ford was the third best selling car brand, achieving its best passenger vehicle market share since 2002.

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