Ford's Fiesta continues to dominate the European market, holding the #1 sales position for three years.

• The Ford Fiesta continues to reaffirm its European leadership among compact cars, winning relating to the first six months of 2015 1st place in the ranking of sales of 'small car' *

• The results obtained from the compact Blue Oval in the first half of 2015 carry on the extraordinary success of the current generation Fiesta, which has dominated the European charts sales for 3 consecutive years, in 2012, in 2013 and 2014

• Ford Fiesta sold in Europe 174 thousand in the first half of 2015, an increase of 3.5% over the same period of 2014. Of these, over 22 thousand were sold in Italy, expressing a growth of 13.3%

The Ford Fiesta continues to reaffirm its European leadership among compact cars, winning relating to the first six months of 2015 1st place in the ranking of sales of 'small car'.The Fiesta, at the same time, is also the 2nd best selling model ever in Europe.

The results obtained from the compact Blue Oval in the first half of 2015 carry on the extraordinary success of the current generation Fiesta, which has dominated the European charts sales for 3 consecutive years, in 2012, in 2013 and 2014.

Ford Fiesta sold in Europe 174 thousand in the first half of 2015, expressing a growth of 3.5% over the same period of 2014. Of these, over 22 thousand were sold in Italy, an increase of 13.3% compared to the first six months of 2015. In Italy, also, the Ford Fiesta is also the best-selling between the LPG-powered cars in the first six months of 2015. **

"Customers Europeans have a real passion for the compact, but also have extremely high expectations. We are proud to continue to see the Fiesta at the top of the charts, "said Roelant de Waard, Vice President Marketing, Sales and Service, Ford of Europe. 

"The Fiesta now offers the widest variety of range of all time, with ultra-efficient engines as the ECOnetic model, and the most high level of customization, with new colors as the elegant Silver Beige".

Porsche to see Macan take over from the Cayenne as the USA's best selling model.

Porsche said the new Macan compact crossover could pass the larger Cayenne SUV to become the brand's top-selling U.S. model.The Macan, which debuted in the spring of last year, will have its first full year of availability in 2015. 

In the U.S., Porsche's largest market, the crossover could match or surpass levels of the Cayenne, which accounted for a volume of 16,000 units in 2014, Porsche sales chief Bernhard Maier said on Wednesday.

Porsche sold 3,526 Cayennes and 2,600 Macans in the U.S. through March, according to the Automotive News Data Center.

Volkswagen-owned Porsche, the No. 2 contributor to VW Group profit behind luxury brand Audi, sold 7,241 Macans in the U.S. last year.

The Macan was Porsche's best-seller in Europe with a volume of 3,457 in the first two months, according to JATO Dynamics. The Cayenne was No. 2 with 2,762 sales.

Separately, Maier reaffirmed expectations that Porsche's global deliveries will exceed 200,000 cars this year, hitting a long-planned target three years early.

Automotive News Europe contributed to this report

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