Ford has suprisingly good December??

[sleekism]

Still waiting to confirm source but these are very interesting figures.

First off the Falcon is only 531 units behind the Commodore which for a model four months away from replacement is a good result. Are Ford doing a massive discount runout?? Pretty bad December result for the Commodore which I thought would be selling 5000+

What is more suprising is that while the Territory scraped in at 14th place the Kluger is nowhere to be soon. So much for burying the Territory.

On a sad note the Commodore Ute outsold the Falcon Ute by about 500 units and considering the Falcon ute has a lot more variants is a pretty bad result but may come down to the Commodore Ute being new.

Overall not a overly impressive result for Ford but considering the age of the Falcon/Territory platform and petrol hitting $1.50 Ford is doing fairly well against it's niche competitors.

If you want to look at figures from a different light:

Commodore platform(sedan,ute)= 5188 vehicles
Falcon platform(sedan,ute,SUV)= 5433 vehicles

Top 30 selling vehicles - December 2007:

1. Toyota Corolla - 4,111
2. Holden Commodore - 3,653
3. Toyota Hilux Ute - 3,256
4. Ford Falcon - 3,122
5. Toyota Camry - 2,685
6. Mazda 3 - 2,584
7. Toyota Yaris - 2,352
8. Toyota Aurion - 1,751
9. Holden Commodore Ute - 1,535
10. Hyundai Getz - 1,499

11. Honda Civic - 1,448
12. Mitsubishi Lancer - 1,350
13. Toyota Land Cruiser SUV - 1,296
14. Ford Territory SUV - 1,284
15. Toyota Rav4 SUV - 1,279
16. Ford Focus - 1,269
17. Mitsubishi Tirton Ute - 1,258
18. Holden Astra - 1,220
19. Mazda 2 - 1,201
20. Nissan Navara Ute - 1,163

21. Holden Rodeo Ute - 1,131
22. Nissan Tiida- 1,116
23. Subaru Forester SUV - 1,110
24. Mazda 6 - 1,061
25. Honda Jazz - 1,051
26. Ford Falcon Ute - 1,027
27. Ford Ranger Ute - 984
28. Toyota Prado SUV - 979
29. Suzuki Swift - 961
30. Holden Barina - 948