Changan Ford accelerates launching new car

On the debut of S-MAX, Tang Dewei, sales general manager of Changan Ford Mazda said that with the Nanjing factory starting operation in the second half of this year, the company production capacity limit will soon be enhanced, and Ford will also quicken the launching pace of China's new products.

Tang Dewei said that Changan Ford sales were 133,000 units last year, an increase of nearly 107%, but its starting point was relatively low, and the domestic market share was only about 3.2%, according to the strategic plan, Chongqing Changan Ford production capacity will increase from 200,000 to 250,000 units in the second half of the year. The production capacity of factories in Nanjing is 150,000 units per year, which would bring about an annual output of 400,000 units.

Tang Dewei expressed that Ford will also quicken the pace of new products in China. In addition, the brand new Mondeo will be introduced to China this year.

It has been revealed that Changan Ford will open another 16 franchised dealers (4S shop in China) in 2007. In the past two years, a new franchised dealer opened every week, the target of 2007 is a total of 210 dealer shops within this year.