For Europe, Ford will offer the Focus in three body styles: sedan, five-door hatchback and wagon, and all will roll off of the same assembly line at Ford’s Saarlouis plant. While producing several variations is not uncommon, what makes it more impressive is the fact that this single plant is responsible for producing all Foci consumed for the whole of Europe.

This marks the start of production for the first truly global vehicle to be created since the establish of the “One Ford” plan, and the car manages a very high parts commonality rate of 80 percent worldwide.

Focus manufacturing will be expanded further in mid-2011 in St. Petersburg, Russia, as production will start for both four-door and five-door derivatives of the all-new model.

Production in the Asia Pacific region will begin in 2012, when new Ford plants come on-line in Chongqing, China and Rayong, Thailand.