Ford Focus is the best selling car…in the World

In the week Ford built its 350 millionth car, the Ford Focus has been  revealed as the best selling car in the world in 2012.

It probably helps that the Ford Focus is now a proper world car, rather than just a European model, but it’s still an impressive claim - the Ford Focus sold 522,181 in the first seven months of 2012, making it the world’s top selling car.

Of that half a million plus Focuss (Focii?) Ford shifted over a  quarter of them in Europe (153,400) and the Focus outsold both the Toyota Corolla and VW Golf worldwide and in the last year a massive 860,00 Focus have found homes round the world.

That tally of Focus sales has added to the total Ford sales since Henry Ford rolled out his first car to a massive 350 million in 109 years. Appropriately, the 350 millionth car was a Focus and rolled off Ford’s production line in Rayong, Thailand this week.

Just to put some perspective on that 350 million figure, John Fleming, Ford’s Global Manufacturing VP, said:

Consider, for a moment, the enormity of 350 million vehicles.

It’s equivalent to producing one vehicle every 10 seconds for 109 years; and, if placed end to end, would stretch to the moon and back – twice.

We’re sure Henry Ford is suitably chuffed.

By Cars UK