Ford’s European Sales Are Up By 12.3 Percent In September

Reports | Dean | October 13, 2009 at 13:32

Ford has announced that their market share in 19 European countries reached 10.1 percent for the September month, and this is the highest share for any month since 2001.

“Traditionally we expect Ford to have a good month in September given the surge of new car sales in the U.K. due to the registration plate change. But September 2009 has surpassed expectations,” said Ingvar Sviggum, Ford of Europe’s vice president for marketing, sales and service.

Ford Europe said that they sold 152,600 new vehicles in Europe in September, which is a boost of 12.3 percent over the same month in 2008.

Ford has said that they are expecting to see their market share grow over the remaining months in the year.

“Market share and volume success are only valuable if they are achieved through high quality sales that generate good revenue, and we certainly saw that in September with retail sales accounting for 60 percent of Ford passenger car sales,” said Sviggum.