Ford sold 149,455 vehicles in Chinese market in first nine months, up 30%

Shanghai. October 10 (Gasgoo.com) - In the first nine months this year, Ford Motors sold 149,455 vehicle (including all brands in Ford family), up 30 percent from one year earlier, the company announced on its web site today.

The Ford family brands include Ford series, Lincoln, Jaguar, Land Rover.

In the same period, Ford sold 135,073 units of its own brands, which include both locally made in China and imported vehicles, an increase of 27 percent from a year earlier.

Last month, Ford has established a second plant in Nanjing with its Chinese partner Changan and Japanese partner Mazda. The new plant has an annual output capacity of 160,000 units.

"The combined annual output capacity of our plants in Chongqing and Nanjing plant would reach 400,000 units," said Chen Meiwei, CEO and President of Ford Motors China. "We have also started a R&D center in Nanjing."

Currently, Ford has a total annual output capacity (including brands not belonging to Ford cars family) of 460,000 vehicles, up 53 percent from a year earlier.