Ford sales up almost 83% in September

Ford sales on the Romanian market went up by over 59% in the first nine months of this year, to 14,632 units, against the same time last year, a higher growth rate against the 56% in the first eight months of the year. In September, Ford sold 1,984 units, up by almost 83% against the same time in 2006. The best-selling Ford model in the first nine months of the year was the Fiesta, with 4,754 units. At last month’s Frankfurt Motor Show, Ford presented the Verve concept, which foreshadows the future generation of the Fiesta model, which, according to analysts on the market, could be assembled at the Craiova-based plant. Ford presented the Iosis X concept at its stand in the SIAB auto show, which had previously been exhibited at the Paris Auto Show, which foreshadows the future Kuga, the SUV that will be launched onto the European market in 2008. There has been no information to indicate a rise in Ford sales on the Romanian market, however, representatives of the importer estimate an approximately 10% sales increase, as a direct consequence of the event. “Sales forecast for this year amount to over 18,000 units. If the growth rate remains the same for the last two months of this year, sales could reach 20,000 units,” Catalin Gavra, general manager of Romcar, Ford’s importer on the Romanian market previously stated. Since its launch at the end of July, until the beginning of this week, Ford Mondeo, the new medium class model launched on the Romanian market, had sold over 900 units.