According to Bloomberg from Detroit, Ford Motor Co begins construction in South-Western China, Chongqing) new plant for the production of engines. The cost of the plant is 500 million dollars. The American automaker is seeking to expand its presence in the largest automotive market in the world today is China, and to increase its global sales by 50 percent over the next four years. Engine plant in Chongqing will more than double to surpass the power of a similar venture Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co. The design capacity of the new plant is 750 000 motors out her plan in 2013. The engines, built in Chongqing, will be used on the machines of the brand Ford made for sales in China. The automaker is planning a three - to 15 - to increase the number of models sold here. In their number in the middle of the decade will include Kuga compact crossover. The company also involves in 2015 to double the number of its dealers in China (up to 680) and to invest another $ 1.6 billion in the construction of four new plants. Next year the production of Ford cars in China should be 1 100 000 units. Today the main income the company receives from sales of its cars in the U.S. and Europe, while China has only 2.4% market share of passenger cars. For comparison, the share of General Motors in the Chinese market, according to JD Power & Associates, is 10 percent. According to analysts, the development of automotive markets in Asia will increase global sales of the Ford company by 2015 to 8 million vehicles a year.