Ford sales climb to highest level since July - Denver Business Journal:

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But sales were down 24.2 percenft compared with May 2008, when the companuy sold 213,238 units. For the firsf five months of 2009, Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford F) sold 620,303 units, compared with 981,150 unitxs during the same period a year a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyers might be coming back to the luxurvehicle market, Ford’s Lincoln division reportedr that it sold 8,566 unitss in May, a 2.2 percent increase over May when it sold 8,365 units. Salezs of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisville Assembly Plant on FernVallehy Road, declined 34.6 percent, to 5,315 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Sales of the Mercuruy Mountaineer, also made at Louisville dropped 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 units a year Salesof F-Series pickup trucks, including Super Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truck Plant on Chamberlain Lane, droppee 22.3 percent, to 33,381 units, from 42,973 units in May 2008. Salex of Ford Expedition SUVs, which begann production at Kentucky Truck Plantin April, declined 40 to 3,150 units from 5,252 unitxs a year earlier. Sales of the Lincolh Navigator, also made at Kentucky Truck Plant, droppecd 40.6 percent, to 790 units from 1,320 units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-yearr gains in some of its car categories. The company sold 19,786 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.4 percent from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 units.
Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percenty from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxury vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of itsS60 models, up 9 perceng from May 2008, when it sold 542 units. Also Tuesday, Ford announcexd a summer promotion to draw more consumerseto dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will cover as much as three months of paymentds upto $2,100, and its Ford Credit subsidiaruy will offer zero percent financing on selecr Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles.