Ford’s executives has announced that Ford Focus is on track to unseat Toyota's
aging Corolla to become the world's top-selling caras it sold 489,616 Focus sedans and hatchbacks globally in the first half of 2012, besting the Corolla by almost 27,000 only because of its better features i.e. handling and styling, superior technology and a much nicer interior than the Corolla.
Toyota, on the other hand, has disputed Ford's numbers, saying its car is still on
top when you include Corollas sold under other names. Hatchback versions of the Corolla are sold as the Auris in Europe and Matrix in the U.S. They claim when sale of all hatchback models is included, Corolla soars past Ford Focus by about 114,000.
Ford made the announcement at its assembly plant in Rayong, which opened in May to build the Focus. The Thailand plant, which is one of Ford's most advanced, has the capacity to produce 150,000 cars per year for sale in Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and other countries in the region.
Ford's recently revamped Focus sale has gone up by 31% in US but Corolla is still king in the U.S., where it outsold the Focus by nearly 27,500 in the first half of the year.
Also at the plant Friday, Ford executives were celebrating the production of the 350 millionth vehicle Ford has made since its founding 109 years ago.
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