HCMCity (VNA) - Sales surged by 39 percent year-on-year to 7,501 vehiclesin the first quarter of this year, Ford announced on May 2.
The US automaker said its main products, pickup truck Ranger, premium large SUVExplorer and commercial van Transit remained top sellers in their respectivesegments.
The strong performance was capped by all-time high retail sales in March of2,501 units, a 32 percent year-on-year increase.
“The launch of Ranger, Raptor and Everest gave our sales an additional boostheading into the year-end, and that momentum carried through into the firstquarter and helped drive our overall performance,” Pham Van Dung, managing directorof Ford Vietnam, said.
The Ranger’s sales edged up to 2,786, the recently launched new Everestaccounted for sales of 1,535 units and Transit saw sales of 1,208 vehicles.
The EcoSport compact SUV delivered 43 percent higher sales of 1,077vehicles.
Focus, equipped with a 1.5L EcoBoost engine, saw sales jump by 114 percent to543.
The imported Explorer saw sales rise 24 percent to 350.-VNA
