SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co (>> Ford Motor Company) and its local partners in China sold a total of 94,838 vehicles on a wholesale basis in December, an increase of 35 percent from a year earlier, the company said on Monday.

That compared to a 47 percent increase in November and a 55 percent jump in October.

In 2013, sales by the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker totaled 935,813 vehicles on a wholesale basis, up 49 percent from 2012, helped by Ford Focus, the best selling model in China last year.

Ford partners with Chongqing ChangAn Automobile Co Ltd (>> Chongqing Changan Automobile Company Ltd) and Jiangling Motors Corp (>> Jiangling Motors Corporation, Ltd.) in making vehicles in the world's biggest automotive market.

(Reporting by Samuel Shen and Kazunori Takada; Editing by Jeremy Laurence)