Ford established the Shanghai design studio in 2012, and the number of designers on site has increased tenfold in the past two years. More than three-quarters of the creative team are Chinese designers age 35 and below, Ford said.
By expanding the studio into a full-fledge design center, it aims to attract top local and global designers, Ford China noted.
Ford and its two joint ventures – one with Changan Automobile Co. and the other with Jiangling Motors Group – delivered 624,802 vehicles last year in China, an increase of 3.7 percent from 2020.
The tally includes 91,621 Lincoln vehicles, a jump of 48 percent from 2020.
