Ford Motor Company (F): The Focus Tops the World’s Sales Charts

The New Focus was launched in China last spring and was a hit with China’s auto critics, for much the same reasons that the car has done so well elsewhere. And it has clearly done well with consumers. But it’s hard to tell exactly how well it has done, because Ford rolls up the sales figures for the New Focus and the Classic Focus into one column labeled “Focus”. (I asked Ford for a breakdown of last year’s sales, but was told that the company doesn’t provide them.)

So when I say that sales of the Focus were up 51% in China last year, it’s likely true that much of that was due to the success of the new model, but I don’t know for sure.

The upshot: 2012 was great for Ford
But either way, there’s no question that the sharp-looking compact has been a huge success around the world for Ford.

And it’s not the only success, as there were two other Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s in Polk’s top ten: The F-Series pickup, in third place, and the Fiesta, the Focus’s smaller sibling, which was the world’s best-selling compact car last year.

Clearly, Ford’s renewed focus (so to speak) on building great small cars has worked out well for the company.

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Fool contributor John Rosevear owns shares of Ford. Follow him on Twitter at @jrosevear. The Motley Fool recommends Ford. The Motley Fool owns shares of Ford.

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