Car producer Ford Romania officially announced for the first time that the plant it operates in Craiova will reach this year a record of daily assembly volume of over 1,000 units per day (Puma and EcoSport models).

The factory will produce a car every 67 seconds and an engine (EcoBoost) every 42 seconds, local Ziarul Financiar reported. Given that in 2020 there are 251 working days, the factory could produce 251,000 cars and nearly 427,000 EcoBoost engines - both "classic" and hybrid versions.

Starting with October 2019, the Ford factory in Craiova has been building two SUVs - Ford EcoSport and the new Ford Puma.

The segment of sport utility vehicles is still the fastest growing segment in Europe. In 2019, a total of 5.9 million SUVs were registered in Europe, an increase of 10%.

The new Ford Puma is already delivered in all European markets where Ford is present, and, starting with the first part of this year, the model built in Craiova will also be exported to Australia, being the first vehicle produced in Romania delivered to this market.

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