{"id":490344,"date":"2010-03-30T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/30\/ford-of-china-builds-500-000th-focus-in-chongqing\/"},"modified":"2010-03-30T11:01:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T15:01:00","slug":"ford-of-china-builds-500000th-focus-in-chongqing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/490344","title":{"rendered":"Ford of China builds 500,000th Focus in Chongqing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/economy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Budget<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/sedans\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sedan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/china\/\" rel=\"tag\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/plants-manufacturing\/\" rel=\"tag\">Plants\/Manufacturing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/hatchbacks\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hatchback<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/ford\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ford<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/earnings-financials\/\" rel=\"tag\">Earnings\/Financials<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/30\/ford-of-china-builds-500-000th-focus-in-chongqing\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/03\/500kfocuschina-630.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>The 500,000th Focus from Chongqing &#8211; Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/29\/ford-of-china-builds-500-000th-focus-in-chongqing\/\">here<\/a> for the full press release<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/ford\/\">Ford<\/a> has just churned out the 500,000th <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/focus\">Focus<\/a> at its Chongqing plant in China. The company&#8217;s compact was first introduced to the Chinese market in 2005, where it has done well ever since. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/ford\/\">Ford<\/a> says that January saw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/focus\">Focus<\/a> sales explode, with 17,151 units rolling off of dealer lots that month alone. That figure marks a 78 percent sales increase over the same time last year. <\/p>\n<p>The Chongqing plant currently builds both four- and five-door <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/focus\">Focus<\/a> models, and will also start kicking out the next-generation car in 2012 after the new global platform gets introduced to the European and American markets. Hit the jump for the full press release.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: Ford]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/30\/ford-of-china-builds-500-000th-focus-in-chongqing\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Ford of China builds 500,000th Focus in Chongqing<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/30\/ford-of-china-builds-500-000th-focus-in-chongqing\/\">Ford of China builds 500,000th Focus in Chongqing<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:01:00 EST.  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The company&#8217;s compact was first introduced to the Chinese market in 2005, where it has done well ever since. 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