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Ford Is America’s Best Selling Brand. Again

Just like the rich people count their money at the end of each year, car companies count their sales and make statistics. Ford Motor Company’s total 2015 U.S. sales are its best annual results in nine years, Ford brand sales make Ford America’s best-selling brand for six straight years and the F-Series America’s best-selling pickup for 39 consecutive years and the best-selling vehicle for 34 straight years.
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Ford Motor Company and the Ford brand sold 2,613,162 and 2,511,935 vehicles, respectively, in 2015. December U.S. sales also increased to 239,242 vehicles, 8% more than last year. What’s more, in the last month of 2015, 85,221 F-Series trucks were sold, breaking through the 85,000 vehicle mark for the first time in a decade. Throughout the year, no less than 780,354 F-Series vehicles were sold.

According to Mark LaNeve, Ford’s US Marketing Sales and Services vice president, “December capped off six months of year-over-year sales gains for F-Series, with substantial increases coming from both retail sales and the strength of commercial fleet orders.” He also said that “Ford-brand SUVs delivered their best sales results in more than a decade, with our newest SUVs leaving dealer lots in a matter of days.

The American company did well in the “van” sector as well, having sold a total of 220,585 vans in 2015. Compared to 2014, this means a 32% increase and represents Ford’s highest van sales performance in the company’s history. In December, Ford sold 21,549 vans, recording a 6% increase.

Changing focus on Ford-branded SUVs, the company registered a 13% increase over the previous year, with 65,675 vehicles sold in December 2015. The best-selling SUV has been the Escape with 27,854 units sold, followed by the New Explorer with 18,892 vehicles, and the all-new Edge with 10,263 cars sold.

In the sedan cars segment, Ford recorded a 15% increase at retail and 10% overall, by selling 25,576 Fusions, making it Fusion’s best-ever December sales performance.

Lincoln is also in the books with 10,860 vehicles sold in the last month of 2015, representing a 12% increase and a 13% retail gain. The carmaker also sold 2,960 Lincoln MKXs and 3,207 MKZs, recording substantial increases in both categories.
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