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Ford Philippines Scales New Heights in 2012
Ford Group Philippines (FGP) was firing on all cylinders in 2011. Sales of vehicles under the Ford brand grew by a formidable 51 percent. Behind the growth were vehicles such as the Fiesta, Everest, Explorer, and Ranger. The Fiesta, for its first full year of sales, sold 3110 units.
Ford brought a large contingent of motoring writers…
Hyundai Increases Auto Market Share to 20% and Third Largest in the Philippines
For a car company that pays 30 per cent tariff on passenger vehicles but gets from the mother company subsidy in South Korea, Hyundai Asia Resources surprises competitors by slowly increasing its share of the market from 12 per cent when it started in 2001 to 20 per cent last year.
Maria Fe Perez-Agudo, who was in real…
Ford Philippines Claims Fastest-Growing Car Brand Title in the Country
The Blue Oval trademark has made Ford one of the world’s top brands, according to auto critic Giles Chapman. In 2004, Ford Motor was the 19th-most valuable brand, according to Businessweek magazine’s annual Global Brands Survey. Early this year, Ford Motor Co. matched Toyota Motor Corp. as the most favorably viewed auto brand by US…
Ford Philippines Posts Best All-time Monthly Performance
Ford Philippines announced yesterday its best all-time monthly performance in September with retail sales rising 57 to 965 units from a year ago.
In a statement, the firm said Ford’s record September was led by another robust month from the increasingly popular All-New Ford Fiesta, which delivered retail sales of 345 units — its best monthly performance…
Ford Philippines Urged to Increase Local Content
Ford Motor Company Philippines, the lone exporter of completely built-up (CBUs) vehicles in the country, will have to increase its local content to over 50% in order to continue enjoying incentives under the Auto Export Program (AEP).
Ford is the country’s lone volume CBU exporter being the only participant in the Automotive Export Program of the Board…
Shortage of Parts Stops Work at Ford, Toyota Philippines Plants
Published on 14 Apr, 2011 at 8:30 in Philippine Auto News | | No Comments
The Philippine subsidiary of U.S. carmaker Ford Motor Company has announced a suspension of operations until May 8 amid reports of supply shortages of automotive parts.
Car parts supplies for the Ford facility, like other automotive firms in the Philippines, come from suppliers in Japan whose own operations had been disrupted by the massive earthquake and tsunami in early March.
The same…
Ford Philippines Car Exports Up by 7% in First Quarter 2011
Ford Philippines yesterday reported that exports of locally assembled cars rose 7 percent in the first quarter of the year.
Exports of Ford Focus, Ford Escape and Mazda 3 during the period went up to 1,816 units from 1,704 units in the same period in 2010.
The growth rate for the period is slightly slower than the 35 percent growth…
Ford Philippines Posts Record Sales, Reveals Global One Ford Plan
Ford Group Philippines reported its strongest quarterly sales in the first three months of the year.
In a press briefing Friday announcing the One Ford plan, Ford president Randy Krieger said first quarter sales reached 2,387 units, a growth of 74 percent from 1,375 units a year ago
Krieger said Ford chalked up higher sales on rising demand for the…
Ford to Release Eight New Global Models in ASEAN by 2015
Published on 3 Apr, 2011 at 21:36 in Ford Cars, International Auto News, Philippine Auto News | | No Comments
More carmakers are now offering models based on a global platform to reduce costs while at same time paying attention to the local needs. PT Ford Motor Indonesia (FMI) currently invites The Jakarta Post’s Novan Iman Santosa and number of other Indonesian journalists to Bangkok to attend the launch of Ford Ranger pickup truck as well as the…
Ford Launches 2010 Vehicles
Published on 17 Feb, 2010 at 8:31 in Philippine Auto News | | No Comments
Ford Group Philippines (FGP) introduces 2010 editions of the Expedition Eddie Bauer EL, E-150 Club Wagon and Explorer Eddie Bauer. The firm said standards of business class driving were raised by offering larger full-size vehicles, equipped with state-of-the-art features and amenities — the 2010 editions now feature award-winning Ford SYNC connectivity and entertainment…
