Ford plans to boost Russia sales 30% to about 150,000 cars this year, Sergei Bogdanov, the automaker’s local deputy president said on Friday.


He told Prime-Tass news agency that Ford had a 12% market share there in 2006.


Henrik Nenzen said the company plans to increase the output of its Vsevolozhsk plant in Russia by 20% to 75,000 Focus cars this year.