Sales of the Ford Focus totalled 1,020,410 in 2012 according to
Polk global market registration data making it the world’s best-selling vehicle
overall.
Polk also confirmed
the Ford Fiesta as the best-selling sub-compact car globally with registrations
of 723,130 in 2012.
The Ford Fiesta and
Focus are the UK’s one and two best-sellers providing the foundation for Ford’s
UK car sales leadership which the company claims it has held for 36 consecutive
years.
Fiesta and Focus UK
sales in 2012 were 109,265 and 83,115 respectively.
The Fiesta was also
the best-selling small car in Europe in 2012 according JATO Dynamics automotive
data intelligence provider.
Market gains for
Focus were driven also by consumer demand in China and the US. In China,
registrations increased 51 per cent in 2012, with the market responsible for
more than one in four Focus vehicles sold worldwide. Focus sales in the US were
up 40 per cent last year. ∎
