RENTWOOD, Essex, 5 April, 2007 – Market leader Ford turned last month's bumper industry vehicle sales into its best March since twice yearly number plate changes were introduced in 1999.

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Over 81,600 "07"-plated Ford cars and commercial vehicles were collected from dealerships last month. March accounts for up to a fifth of total annual vehicle registrations.
Ford is continuing its celebration of 30 consecutive years as the UK's favourite car brand – outselling its rivals every year since 1977. In the first three months of 2007, customers of the blue oval bought 107,250 cars – 66,700 of those sporting "07" number plates.
This is more than five per cent up on March last year and reflects primarily growing demand for new Ford S-MAX, Europe's Car of the Year 2007, Ford Galaxy and Ford
C-MAX.
The balance of Ford's 81,600 "07" registrations is accounted for by blue oval commercial vehicles – mainly Ford's Southampton-built Transit, the International Van of the Year 2007.

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