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BS: World's Best selling car
| Ed T | 09 Apr 13 - 07:45 PM | |
| Jack the Sailor | 09 Apr 13 - 07:51 PM | |
| kendall | 09 Apr 13 - 08:15 PM | |
| Jack the Sailor | 09 Apr 13 - 08:50 PM | |
| gnu | 09 Apr 13 - 09:50 PM | |
| Jack the Sailor | 10 Apr 13 - 05:21 AM | |
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Subject: BS: World's Best selling car From: Ed T Date: 09 Apr 13 - 07:45 PM Newser) – Ford Focus has defended its title as the best-selling car in the world, reports USA Today. The Toyota Corolla finished second, though Toyota is pushing for a recount by RL Polk, arguing that Corolla derivatives such as the Scion xB should be included and thus give its car the No. 1 ranking. That doesn't seem likely, making the top five sellers in 2012: Ford Focus, 1 million Toyota Corolla, 873,000 Ford F-Series, 786,000 Wuling Zhiguang, 769,000 (this is a Chinese family vehicle made by GM in a joint venture with two automakers in China) Toyota Camry, 730,000 Ford Focus |
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Subject: RE: BS: World's Best selling car From: Jack the Sailor Date: 09 Apr 13 - 07:51 PM "arguing that Corolla derivatives such as the Scion xB should be included" Yeah?? If you wanted that ya shoulda putta name badge on it! Why don't they just call Camrys Corolla big, then the sales would be 1.6 million. |
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Subject: RE: BS: World's Best selling car From: kendall Date: 09 Apr 13 - 08:15 PM And Ford didn't take a dime of bailout money. |
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Subject: RE: BS: World's Best selling car From: Jack the Sailor Date: 09 Apr 13 - 08:50 PM True. And they seem to be dealing OK with higher labor costs with no restructure. |
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Subject: RE: BS: World's Best selling car From: gnu Date: 09 Apr 13 - 09:50 PM They have a plan. "Ford F-Series, 786,000". In three years, many of these will have sensor faults (my first one was FOUR days after the warranty was up... a sensor fault! HTF does THAT happen???) In cold winter weather in January, 30 days past warranty, the Fucker-Series, block heater PLUGGED IN, couldn't do it's job and I had to boost the POS (piece of shit). Most days, starting it was like milking a frozen teat. TODAY... at 0C, it was sluggish turning over. It's got less than 15k km on it! Brakes? Don't ask. Complained about the clunk for near three years and was fed stories but I DEMANDED it be listed on the service record one week before the warranty was up... BOTH rear shocks were leaking! It was out of alignment at 7500km just driving the Built Ford Tough 4X4 around TOWN on pavement! Three wheel aligments in three years? Every 5k km AT LEAST? Don't get me started about how they are gonna make $ without a bailout. I am gonna bail outta my Ford as soon as the opportuniy arises. |
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Subject: RE: BS: World's Best selling car From: Jack the Sailor Date: 10 Apr 13 - 05:21 AM From NPR. World's best selling name plate! Which Japanese-manufactured car is the world's most popular vehicle? Maybe none of them. It might just be the Ford Focus. More than a million Focus models were sold worldwide last year, with Toyota's Corolla coming in second. Next was Ford's top-selling F-Series pickup, sold almost exclusively in the U.S. and Canada, according to the marketing firm R.L. Polk. Still, there's one caveat. As points out: "Last fall, Ford made a similar claim using IHS Automotive data and courted some umbrage from Toyota, which calls its Corolla other names in different countries, including an Auris in Europe. "So Ford is careful to say the Focus is the best-selling 'nameplate' for any vehicle in the world. The Focus compact is sold globally and has started to pick up steam in China, padding Ford's lead over the Corolla name." In any case, here's the Top 10 from Polk: 1 Ford Focus 1,020,410 2 Toyota Corolla 872,774 3 Ford F-Series 785,630 4 Wuling Zhiguang 768,870 5 Toyota Camry 729,793 6 Ford Fiesta 723,130 7 VW Golf 699,148 8 Chevrolet Cruze 661,325 9 Honda Civic 651,159 10 Honda CR-V 624,982 "Ford sells the Focus in more than 100 countries and the car has become a huge success in China. The automaker sold nearly 300,000 Focus cars in China last year, after an all-new Focus made its debut in March. Ford sells two Focus cars in that market — an older-generation, or 'Classic' Focus, and the current generation that is sold around the globe." What's the , you ask? The company's "Sunshine" is one of the hottest-selling minivans in China. |
