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Ford sells 1.1M vehicles in China in 2015, sets new record

A Ford Motor assembly worker works on a Ford Mustang at the Ford Motor Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Flat Rock, Michigan.
Rebecca Cook | Reuters

Ford is reporting record sales of about 1.1 million vehicles in China last year.

The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker said Friday that its 2015 sales in the country were up 3 percent from the previous year.

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It also set a new monthly sales record in December, selling 124,768 vehicles. That's up 27 percent from the prior-year period.

Ford Motor's passenger car joint venture, Changan Ford Automobile, broke its annual and December sales records. For 2015, the joint venture sold 836,425 vehicles. It's a 7 percent rise from 2014. It sold 96,960 vehicles in December, a 49 percent jump from the year-ago period.

Jiangling Motors, Ford's commercial vehicle investment in China, reported a 6 percent decline in annual sales and a 12 percent drop in December sales.

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