Ford Worldwide Production Car/LCV By Nation : 2011-14

Ford needs to keep focused on it's One Ford Strategy

Included in the total is Lincoln, which doesn't make much difference as it turns out. Just over 130,000 Lincoln cars were produced in 2014, up from about 100,000 in 2011 through to 2013. Ford has 7% of the world market.

Most production is in the US, although it is making progress in China. However, it doesn't rely on that market like GM and VW do and I think that is a more balanced situation to be in. Ford is strong in North America and Europe and they are both doing well so 2015 should be good for the Blue Oval.

Ford has been rationalising in recent years, offloading its premium car makers and trying to create more sharing within the Ford brand, something that needed to be done. Belgium will be going as production shifts to Spain and UK van making went to Turkey. Australia can no longer sustain it's car industry and will be gone from the list in a couple of years. Russia has problems too so all in all a good performance.

11	12	13	14	Nation	2011	2012	2013	2014	%
1	1	1	1	USA	1,912,098	2,106,308	2,267,640	2,233,957	38.0%
4	3	2	2	China	375,854	472,591	679,591	883,475	15.0%
2	2	3	3	Germany	729,946	694,004	616,364	655,258	11.2%
3	4	4	4	Mexico	455,480	444,425	515,395	431,613	7.3%
7	5	5	5	Brazil	286,357	271,207	333,124	284,749	4.8%
8	9	9	6	Spain	229,919	149,745	226,721	281,588	4.8%
6	7	6	7	Turkey	286,611	264,790	274,994	236,727	4.0%
5	8	7	8	Canada	320,396	255,924	258,358	225,296	3.8%
11	11	10	9	India	119,174	116,906	122,330	151,102	2.6%
9	6	8	10	Thailand	193,112	268,676	248,422	150,143	2.6%
12	13	12	11	Argentina	103,883	89,072	102,280	103,107	1.8%
10	10	11	12	Belgium	178,380	126,791	106,792	101,764	1.7%
18	16	14	13	Romania	7,547	30,591	68,339	52,829	0.9%
15	15	16	14	Taiwan	37,467	31,199	33,865	30,836	0.5%
13	12	13	15	Russia	98,807	107,724	68,893	27,281	0.5%
14	14	15	16	Australia	37,794	37,702	35,879	20,469	0.3%
17	18	18	17	Venezuela	21,352	21,875	12,292	4,502	0.1%
16	17	17	-	UK	28,170	28,031	12,989	-
				Total	5,422,347	5,517,561	5,984,268	5,874,696	7.0%

Data source: OICA.

The Lincoln MKX is made in Canada