Automotive Discussion - Autopten Forum -------------------------------------- The World's Best-Selling Car Has New Name: Ford Focus ================================================================================ Author: FordChief[09-06-2012 02:25am] Title: The World's Best-Selling Car Has New Name: Ford Focus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations to Ford Motor Company for having completed the impressive figure of 350 million cars produced. Since 109 years ago until now, 350 million vehicles have carried in their fronts the blue oval, and such celebration comes also with good news for the brand: in the first quarter of 2012, the [url=/cheap-used-cars_Ford_Focus_for-sale.htm]Ford Focus has become the world’s best-selling car. [img4=/cheapcarsimg/2012-ford-focus-red.jpg]The new Ford Focus ST is the 1st sports model of Ford marketed globally The new generation of the Ford compact can boast the title of the best-selling car in the first half of 2012 worldwide. Another step in that philosophy of One Ford and globalization is that the brand is brandishing and that according to the results seems to have been able to bring to fruition. According to Ford, based on data from IHS Automotive, the new Ford Focus is the best-selling car in the world so far this year followed by the [url=/cheap-used-cars_Toyota_Corolla_for-sale.htm]Toyota Corolla. In figures, the Ford Focus sold in the first half of 2012, 489.616 units followed by the Japanese with 462,187 units. This is a really good number. The best figure in the world of sales in the first semester, which binds to the milestone of unit 350 million and which lead us to the curiosity of thinking about if we put all the Fords that have been manufactured in a row, the car row would reach the moon and back twice, equivalent, in the 109 years of the brand, to the manufacturing of a car every 10 seconds. [img4=/cheapcarsimg/ford-one-manufacturing.jpg]By improving efficiency and increasing the plant capacity utilization, Ford Company intends to become the leader in lowest total cost vehicles production, a process named: Ford One Manufacturingg. Ford, besides focusing its product line on a global market and instead of limiting certain models to some markets (there has been talking about a next-generation of Ford Mustang with more European tints) has taken this philosophy to the assembly line. [url=http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36890]Ford One Manufacturing for example, has been the last step of the firm in this globalization of products and processes seeking to implement in all the Ford factories in the world the same production process, looking for the possibility of producing all models of the brand with more versatile platforms and matching components. :icon_e2_internet:Other related articles you may be interested: :allright: [url=/carforum/sbbt22-the-best-american-cars.html]The best American cars :allright: [url=/carforum/sbbt27-the-best-value-cars.html]The best value cars :allright: [url=/carforum/sbbt57-best-new-cars-best-cars-for-2012-in-usa.html]Best new cars - Best cars for 2012 in USA :allright: [url=/carforum/sbbt80-best-cars-under-8000-+-where-to-find-them-at-cheapest-prices.html]Best Cars Under $8000 & Where To Find Them at Cheapest Prices :allright: [url=/blog/best-cheap-cars-for-teens.php]Best Cheap Cars For Teens :allright: [url=/carforum/sbbt15-the-best-trucks-of-toyota-tacoma-+-tundra.html]The best trucks of Toyota: Tacoma & Tundra I love my Ford Mustand! ================================================================================ Author: TacoMAN[09-07-2012 02:50am] Title: The World's Best-Selling Car Has New Name: Ford Focus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I heard that this car is able to adjust the speed of each wheel separately in curves, to give it better grip and better connection with the road... it is that really possible? I'd love to know how it does. :thinking: ================================================================================