DUNTON, U.K. September 6, 2021 – Ford vehicles were the UK’s 1-2-3-4 best sellers last month, as Transit Custom and Two-Tonne, Puma and Ranger took the respective honours.
Mandy Dean, commercial vehicle director for Ford of Britain & Ireland, said: “In 2020, The Transit Custom was just behind the Ford Fiesta as the UKs best-selling vehicle. In February 2021, Transit and Transit Custom went one step further with the two-tonne Transit being overall top-selling vehicle and now in August both Transit Custom and two-tonne are joined by the Ford Ranger in 4th place with Ford Puma taking a comfortable 3rd.”
In August Ford achieved #1 for total sales, #1 for Commercial Vehicle Sales and #3 for Passenger Vehicle sales.
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Ford of Britain has been U.K. sales leader for passenger and commercial vehicles for 44 and 55 consecutive years respectively, with Fiesta the country’s top-selling vehicle for the last 12 years. The U.K. is Ford’s third-largest global market and accounts for around 30 percent of Ford total vehicle sales in Europe. Ford is going “all-in” on electrification, with its passenger vehicle range moving to all-electric by 2030. Ford directly employs around 7,000 people in the U.K., with thousands more employed in its extensive dealer network. The Ford Britain Dunton Campus in Essex is the home of Ford’s European commercial vehicle business group, the Ford of Britain national sales company, Ford’s banking arm – Ford Credit Europe – and powertrain engineering. Around 85 percent of engines and all transmissions built in the U.K. are exported to more than 15 countries on six continents. Total value of Ford exports is around £2.5 billion annually.
