Automaker hits new record for 2015, sells 1.1 million vehicles in China

Ford has set a new sales record in China.

The automaker sold 1.1 million vehicles.

However, Jiangling Motors Corporation, Ford’s commercial vehicle investment in China, has reported a 6% decrease in annual sales and a 12% drop in December sales.

Last year, Ford unveiled it's first Nigerian-made automobile.

Cosmas Maduka, the CEO of Coscharis Motors, called it a very "important milestone" and "a much needed boost towards industrialisation and the development of the automotive industry."