Ford has announced it is to increase car production at its German assembly plants in Saarlouis and Cologne to meet higher demand for a number of models including the Fiesta.

Ford Fiesta production in Cologne is to increase in February by 300 units a day to 1,850 vehicles with additional weekend shifts planned. Six additional weekend shifts have been scheduled in January and February. The Fiesta is Ford’s No.1 best-selling vehicle in Europe, and Ford says it is on-track to become Europe’s No.1 best-selling small car for 2014 for the third successive year.

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Ford Focus, C-MAX and Grand C-MAX production in Saarlouis is to increase by 240 units per day to 1,770 vehicles.

“We are ramping up production of some of our top-selling models to meet growing demand from Ford customers as well as the normal industry sales increase in the first half of the year,” said Jeff Wood, vice president, Manufacturing, Ford of Europe.

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