● Ford Puma is UK top-selling vehicle in 2023 with all-electric version due to be revealed in 2024
● Transit Custom is UK top-selling commercial vehicle in 2023 with plug-in hybrid and all-electric variants now on sale
● Ford Ranger continues UK pick-up dominance and has best sales year yet
● Ford marks 58 years of consecutive CV market leadership in the UK
The Ford Puma car and Ford Transit Custom van are top of the 2023 sales leader board announced today.
More than 49,500 new Ford Pumas were delivered last year to owners who had chosen the stylish small car for its looks, driving dynamics, mild hybrid powertrains and remarkable luggage capacity thanks to its unique MegaBox. The ST Line X was the favourite specification with customers along with the punchy 125PS mild-hybrid engine. New 2023 colour Vivid Ruby helped to attract further Puma customers, who have the choice of the other vibrant Fantastic Red and Desert Island Blue shades.
By the end of this year, an all-electric Ford Puma will be revealed – as one of nine electric Fords on sale in 2025. The UK’s top-selling van for 10 consecutive years, the Ford Transit Custom goes all-electric this year with the E-Transit Custom already on sale and first customer deliveries due in the second half of the year.
Ford’s overall commercial vehicle sales success seals the 58th successive year in front for the Transit brand, winning many awards last year including the coveted International Van of the Year by the all-new Transit Custom.
The acclaimed Ford Ranger, which added the new Tremor, Wildtrak X and Platinum models to the line-up in the last 12 months, sold more than ever in 2023 with sales of 18,700. Ranger was named International Pick-up winner last year, Ford has announced the plug-in hybrid Ranger, combining electric driving with the vehicle’s work-ready versatility.
Lisa Brankin, Ford UK chair and MD, said: “I’m delighted that Puma was both the bestselling vehicle and car in the UK and Transit Custom was bestselling commercial vehicle in 2023. This terrific achievement in 2023 is a great foundation for us to step forward into 2024 and roll out our electrification plan at pace in both the car and van markets.”
Ford, a global American brand woven into the fabric of Europe for more than 100 years, is committed to freedom of movement that goes hand-in-hand with looking after the planet and each other. The company’s Ford+ plan, with Model e, Ford Pro and the Ford Blue business units is accelerating its European transformation to an all-electric and carbon neutral future by 2035. The company is driving forward with bold, new EVs, each one designed with European drivers in mind and innovating with services to help people connect, communities grow, and businesses thrive. Selling and servicing Ford vehicles in 50 individual European markets, operations also include the Ford Motor Credit Company, Ford Customer Service Division and 14 manufacturing facilities (eight wholly owned and six unconsolidated joint venture facilities) with four centres based in Cologne, Germany; Valencia, Spain and at our joint venture in Craiova, Romania and Kocaeli, Türkiye. Ford employs approximately 34,000 people at its wholly owned facilities and consolidated joint ventures and approximately 57,000 people including unconsolidated businesses across Europe. More information about the company, its products and Ford Credit is available at corporate.ford.com.
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