Ford is Tops in European Commercial Vehicles

Ford Motor Company sales in Europe increased 11 percent in 2015, and the company became Europe’s No. 1 commercial vehicle brand last year for the first time in 18 years.

Ford sold a total of 1.3 million vehicles in its 20 traditional European markets last year while increasing its overall market share to 8.0 percent.

Across all 50 European markets, Ford sold 1.5 million units, up 10 percent, driving Ford’s market share up by 0.5 percentage points to 7.7 percent.

Noted Jim Farley, chairman and CEO, Ford of Europe, “We’re especially proud that our commercial vehicle customers have made Ford Europe’s No. 1 CV brand. We’ll continue to grow and serve customers in 2016, including offering our top-selling Transit and Transit Custom with an all new powertrain and new technology.”

Ford’s commercial vehicle sales grew 23 percent last year on growing demand for the new and expanded Transit range and the Ranger pickup. Market share rose by 1.2 percentage points to an industry-leading 12.6 percent.

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