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OREANDA-NEWS. Russian dealers of Ford in April sold 3876 cars – more by 39.1% compared to the previous year. Thus, the share of the brand reached 3.2% against 2.1% a year before, according to AEB data. At the end of four months of 2016 sales of Ford in Russia were 13,623 cars, which is more by 73.6% than in the same period of the last year.

Best-seller of Ford in Russia is still Focus – in the last month it was chosen by 1105 Russian buyers (-6.8%). As a result, the model was included in the Top-25 of the most popular models in the Russian market by the end of April, noted the analysts of the agency "AUTOSTAT".

Recall that in April Vsevolozhsk plant Ford Sollers began the serial equipment of the new Ford Focus with engines, produced in Russia, the production of which is adjusted at the engine-building plant in Yelabuga. The new Focus is the third model Ford of Russian production, which received the Russian petrol engine of 1.6 liter Duratec with a capacity of 85, 105 and 125 hp. Earlier, Russian-made engines were installed at subcompact crossover Ford EcoSport and the new Ford Fiesta in sedan and hatchback versions.