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Full Year 2018 SALES

Total Vehicle SalesTotal Vehicle Market Share

Passenger Vehicle

SalesPassenger Vehicle

Market ShareCommercial Vehicle

SalesCommercial Vehicle

Market Share

Euro 20*

1,351,000

7.6%

970,000

6.5%

380,900

14,1%

Versus

Full Year 2017

-0.5%

-0.1 ppt

-3.5%

-0.2 ppt

+8.1%

+0.6 ppt

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Ford sold more than 1.35 million vehicles in 2018 in its traditional European 20 markets*, reaching 7.6 percent market share

  • Ford is Europe's No. 1 commercial vehicle brand for the fourth consecutive year, based on full year 2018 sales in its European 20 markets

  • Ford delivered its best commercial vehicle sales volume in 25 years, selling 380,900 commercial vehicles in its European 20 markets in 2018, up more than 8 percent compared with 2017. Market share grew 0.6 percentage points last year to 14.1 percent in Ford's European 20 markets, its highest level since 1995.

  • Ford SUV sales rose 19.3 percent in 2018, growing to 275,100 vehicles, based on the strength of Kuga and EcoSport

  • Kuga and EcoSport each had their best years ever, with Kuga sales reaching 153,800 and EcoSport hitting 111,700 sales in Ford's European 20 markets in 2018.

    High demand for Ford EcoSport continues with December, with orders growing 55 percent versus December 2017

  • High-series models (including Titanium, Vignale, Active, ST-line, ST and RS) comprised more than 70 percent of Ford's passenger car sales in its traditional European markets, reflecting an increase of 5.1 percentage points

  • Retail and fleet customer sales accounted for 74.1 percent of Ford passenger vehicle sales in the brand's top five European markets in 2018, beating the industry average

Note: Ford of Europe will report 2019 sales quarterly

* Ford of Europe reports sales for its 20 European traditional markets where it is represented through National Sales Companies: Austria, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland

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Ford of Europe Full Year Sales 2018

Full Year 2018 SALES

December 2018 Sales Volume (registrations)

Euro 20 1

December '18

YTD December '18

Industry

1.218.000

down 97,400 / (7.4) % vs. Dec.'17

17.721.400

up 67,700 / 0.4 % vs. YTD '17

Ford

93.700

down 2,800 / (2.9) % vs. Dec.'17

1.351.000

down 6,900 / (0.5) % vs. YTD '17

Euro 22 2

Industry

1.482.200

down 143,800 / (8.8) % vs. Dec.'17

20.202.300

down 62,500 / (0.3) % vs. YTD '17

Ford

107.300

down 12,500 / (10.5) % vs. Dec.'17

1.473.000

down 51,400 / (3.4) % vs. YTD '17

Total Euro 50 3

Industry

1.532.500

down 141,600 / (8.5) % vs. Dec.'17

20.884.600

up 16,000 / 0.1 % vs. YTD '17

Ford

110.500

down 12,400 / (10.1) % vs. Dec.'17

1.507.400

down 54,500 / (3.5) % vs. YTD '17

1 The Euro 20 markets are: Austria, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland.

  • 2 The Euro 22 markets are: Euro 20 plus Russia and Turkey.

  • 3 Total Euro 50 composed of EURO 22 registrations and EDM 28 retail sales, as total EDM 28 registrations figures are not available. Industry retail sales data not available. EDM 28 or European Direct Markets are: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Kazakhstan, Kyrgysztan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan

Dec 2018 Market Share *

December '18

YTD December '18

Euro 20

7,7%

up 0.4 ppts vs. Dec.'17

7,6%

down 0.1 ppts vs. YTD '17

Total Euro 22

7,2%

down 0.2 ppts vs. Dec.'17

7,3%

down 0.2 ppts vs. YTD '17

Total Euro 50

7,2%

down 0.1 ppts vs. Dec.'17

7,2%

down 0.3 ppts vs. YTD '17

* Ford share calculated with preliminary industry results for some markets. Therefore, industry and share are subject to change slightly due to minor adjustments in some markets as official sources publish their final industry data.

** Dec 2018 Retail Market Share

Key European markets

December '18

YTD December '18

7.4%

7.5%

up 1.0 ppts vs YAGO

up 0.1 ppts vs YAGO

** The Key European markets are: Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Ford volume and Industry in these markets represent 75 to 80% of the Europe 20 volume.

CONTACT

Jessica Enoch

Ford of Europe +49 221 9018213jenoch@ford.com

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Full Year 2018 SALES

Ford Top 5 Markets ranked by Dec volume (registrations)

Market

December '18

Volumeo/(u) '17

Shareo/(u) '17

1, Britain

26.100

1,400

14,9 %

1.5 ppts

2, Germany

21.600

(1,900)

8,1 %

(0.1)

3, Italy

10.200

(700)

7,0 %

(0.5)

4, France

9.100

(100)

4,4 %

0.5

5, Turkey

7.800

(9,800)

9,9 %

(2.7)

Market

YTD December '18

Volumeo/(u) '17

Shareo/(u) '17

1, Britain

382.000

(24,800)

13,7 %

(0.1) ppts

2, Germany

303.000

10,700

7,9 %

0.2

3, Italy

150.900

(5,100)

7,2 %

0.0

4, France

114.500

1,300

4,3 %

(0.1)

5, Spain

91.800

1,000

5,9 %

(0.3)

Top 5 Markets ranked by Ford's share in Dec

Market

December '18

Shareo/(u) '17

Volumeo/(u) '17

1, Britain

14,9 %

1.5 ppts

26.100

1,400

2, Hungary

14,4 %

3.0

1.900

300

3, Ireland

10,3 %

(8.5)

0

(100)

4, Romania

10,0 %

3.4

1.200

600

5, Turkey

9,9 %

(2.7)

7.800

(9,800)

Market

YTD December '18

Shareo/(u) '17

Volumeo/(u) '17

1, Britain

13,7 %

(0.1) ppts

382.000

(24,800)

2, Hungary

12,1 %

0.8

20.100

3,900

3, Ireland

11,3 %

(0.1)

17.400

(600)

4, Turkey

10,9 %

(1.0)

68.800

(47,400)

5, Finland

9,1 %

0.4

12.700

700

Dec Sales by vehicle line (Euro 20)

Model

December '18

o/(u) December '17

YTD December '18

o/(u) YTD December '17

KA+

3,200

(600)

50,300

(300)

Fiesta

16,600

(500)

270,500

16,900

B-MAX

(1,500)

3,500

(39,900)

Ecosport

7,200

4,400

111,700

49,000

Focus

15,600

1,100

193,600

(16,500)

C-MAX

2,600

(2,000)

53,000

(14,100)

Kuga

8,500

(3,900)

153,800

1,900

Mondeo

3,700

200

49,600

(6,300)

S-MAX

1,900

(400)

22,000

(9,300)

Galaxy

700

(700)

13,400

(5,100)

Mustang

500

(300)

9,600

(3,500)

Edge

300

(700)

9,500

(6,500)

Tourneo Courier

1,500

-

17,400

1,400

Tourneo Connect

1,000

-

12,000

(3,100)

Tourneo Custom

1,300

100

17,100

3,700

Transit Courier

1,900

100

20,600

1,000

Transit Connect

4,400

(400)

53,400

(2,700)

Transit Custom

9,800

(600)

131,800

9,000

Transit

8,000

2,100

103,000

14,200

Ranger

4,800

700

51,500

7,000

Other ****

400

100

3,500

(3,600)

Total Sales

93.700

(2,800)

1.351.000

(6,900)

**** Figures largely include vehicles such as Car Derived Vans and imports.

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