Ford sales climb to highest level since July - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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But sales were down 24.2 percentg compared with May 2008, when the company sold 213,23u units. For the first five months of Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 units, compared with 981,150 unit during the same periox ayear earlier, a 36.8 percent In a sign that buyers might be comingt back to the luxury vehicle market, Ford’es Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,566 units in May, a 2.2 percenft increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,365 units. Sales of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisville Assembly Planyt on FernValley Road, declinede 34.6 percent, to 5,315 unitsw from 8,122 units a year ago. Sales of the Mercury 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 Kentuckg Truck Plant on Chamberlaij Lane, dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,381 from 42,973 units in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expeditioj SUVs, which began production at Kentucky Truck Plant in declined40 percent, to 3,150 units from 5,252 units a year earlier. Sales of the Lincolnb Navigator, also made at Kentucky Trucm Plant, dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 units from 1,329 unitsw a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-year gains in some of its car The companysold 19,786 Fusion sedansa in May, up 9.
4 percenr from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percenyt from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxury vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of its S60 up 9 percent fromMay 2008, when it sold 542 Also Tuesday, Ford announced a summedr promotion to draw more consumers to Through June 30, the automaker will cover as much as three months of payments up to and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offer zero percenft financing on select Ford, Lincoln and Mercuryu vehicles.