Ford Focus: Best Selling Car in the World in 2012
It's official: The Ford Focus was the best-selling car in the world in 2012.
And while the title comes with all sorts of caveats, the rise of the nameplate says all kinds of things about the U.S. and Asian automotive industries, the importance of global manufacturing and how Thailand became the new Spain. Ford Motor Co., leading U.S. automakers in building their best cars in decades, registered 1.02 million Focus cars in 2012, topping 872,774 for Toyota Motor Corp.'s Corolla, according to R.L. Polk & Co. data that Ford released today. Ford's F-Series pickup line was the No. 3 nameplate, its Fiesta subcompact was No. 6, and General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Cruze was No. 8, ahead of Honda Motor Co.'s Civic.
Source: Bloomberg
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