With less than two days left before 2011 comes to an end and gives its place to a another new year, Ford announced that sales of the Blue Oval brand in the United States this week topped the 2 million mark for the first time in four years making it the best-selling vehicle brand in America.
The last time any automotive brand managed to hit the 2 million sales milestone in the States in a single year was in 2007 -and again, it was done by Ford.
“Ford’s lineup of high-quality, fuel-efficient cars, utilities and trucks continues to attract more and more new customers,” said Erich Merkle, Ford’s sales analysis manager.
“With gasoline prices tracking higher than last year, customers continue to move toward smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles, whether they are passenger cars or utilities,” he added.
Up until the end of November, the Ford brand had sold 1,861,178 vehicles in America, representing a 17.7 percent increase over the same period last year.
On the other hand, the Blue Oval’s semi-luxury brand Lincoln, sold just 84,802 vehicles through November, recording a 0.7 percent drop over 2010.
