Ford Sollers First Quarter 2012 Sales Up 30 Per Cent

27,232 Ford vehicles were sold in Russia in the first three months, up from 20,919 in the same period last year.

First quarter 2012 sales included sales of 19,596 Focus units. Only recently, in a nation-wide survey, Russian customers voted the Ford Focus Russian Car of the Year 2012 in its segment, confirming the growing popularity of the model.

Similarly, the Ford Transit was named the best commercial vehicle on the market, by Golden Klaxon, Russia’s bi-weekly automotive newspaper. Sales of the Transit almost doubled in the first quarter this year. With this, Ford is one of the leading importers of commercial vehicles in the country.