Ford China sales up 47% in November

Ford (F.NYSE) announced on Thursday that it sold 99,157 vehicles in China in November, a 47% year-on-year increase compared with a 55% rise in October, Reuters reported. The Michigan-based carmaker sold 840,975 vehicles in China in the first 11 months of 2013, up 51% from the same period last year. Sales have been helped by robust demand for models such as the Focus compact car and the Mondeo midsize sedan. In China, the American automaker has now overtaken its Japanese rival Toyota Motor (TM.NYSE, 7203.TYO), which sold around 809,000 vehicles during the first 11 months of the year.