Ford Focus Still Best-Selling Global Nameplate

From Ford.com:

• Ford Focus maintains its leadership as the best-selling vehicle nameplate globally, based on Ford analysis of the latest Polk global vehicle registration data for the first half of 2013
• Globally, Focus is up 20 percent in the first half of 2013 compared with the same period last year
• In addition, Ford Fiesta ranks as the fourth best-selling vehicle overall, and is the world’s best-selling subcompact vehicle through June 2013
• Ford is the only brand with two nameplates among the global top five best-sellers

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Lakewood Fordland has a super selection of the Ford Focus line-up.  Stop by to find out more about what makes the Ford Focus a global best-seller!

Ford Focus Still Best-Selling Vehicle Nameplate

From Ford.com:

Ford Focus, the best-selling vehicle nameplate in the world last year, retains that ranking through the first quarter of 2013 with global vehicle registrations up 18 percent compared to the same period in 2012.

Based on analysis of Polk’s latest global registration to date, 288,724 Focus vehicles were registered in the quarter ending March 31 – the most recent figures available.

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IIHS Awards Top Safety Rating to 2013 Ford Focus

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has awarded their Top Safety Pick+ Rating to the 2013 Ford Focus.  This rating was awarded to only six small cars.  In addition, the 2013 Ford Focus was previously awarded the top rating of 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  Read more here.  

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Ford Focus Earns Top Safety Rating

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From Ford.com:

• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded the 2013 Ford Focus its top safety rating, a five-star Overall Vehicle Score in its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP)

• The Focus was designed to with safety in mind with its next-generation airbags and AdvanceTrac^®with electronic stability control

• The driver’s side airbag uses a specially designed curve-shaped tether system that pulls in the lower section to create a “pocket” to help lessen the impact of the airbag on the driver’s chest and ribs in frontal crashes

The following safety and driver assist technologies are available on the 2013 Ford Focus:

 

• AdvanceTrac^® with electronic stability control helps the vehicle maintain its intended path by measuring side-to-side yaw (or skidding), by monitoring the vehicle’s speed, throttle position and steering wheel angle, and when wheel slip is sensed, reduces engine torque and applies selected brakes;

• Ford SYNC®, co-developed with Microsoft and using Nuance Communications voice recognition technology, allows customers to bring digital media players and Bluetooth®-enabled mobile phones into their vehicles and operate the devices via voice commands or with the steering wheel’s supplemental audio controls;

• MyKey® allows parents to program any key through the vehicle message center to limit the volume on the stereo, top speed, block incoming phone calls and texts and make sure a child is buckled up before using the audio system; and

• Active park assist uses an ultrasonic-based sensing system and electric power-assisted steering (EPAS) to position the vehicle for parallel parking, calculate the optimal steering angle and quickly steer the vehicle into a parking spot.

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2013 Ford Vehicles Arriving at Lakewood Fordland

Several 2013 Ford vehicle models are arriving at Lakewood Fordland.  Stop by to see the latest innovations on the 2013 Ford Focus, 2013 Ford Escape, 2013 Ford Edge, and 2013 Ford Explorer.  Look at the available inventory here.