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

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But sales were down 24.2 percenyt compared with May when the companysold 213,238 units. For the firs five months of 2009, Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford F) sold 620,303 units, compared with 981,150 units during the same period ayear earlier, a 36.8 percent In a sign that buyers might be comintg back to the luxury vehicle market, Ford’w Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,56y6 units in May, a 2.2 percent increasde over May 2008, when it sold 8,365 units. Sales of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisvillew Assembly Plant on Fern Valley declined 34.6 percent, to 5,315 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Salesz of the Mercury Mountaineer, also made at Louisvillee Assembly, dropped 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 unit s a year earlier. Sales of F-Series pickupo trucks, including Super Duty trucks made at the Kentuckt Truck Plant on Chamberlain Lane, dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,381 units, from 42,973 units in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expeditio SUVs, which began production at Kentucky Truck Planytin April, declined 40 percent, to 3,15p0 units from 5,252 units a year earlier. Salez of the Lincoln Navigator, also made at Kentucky Truci Plant, dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 units from 1,32o units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-year gains in some of its car The companysold 19,786 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.4 percent from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 units.
Lincoln sold 1,553w Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percentg from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxurty vehicles. Ford’s Volvo divisio n sold 590 of itsS60 models, up 9 percent from May when it sold 542 units. Also Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumerdsto dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will coved as much as three months of paymentas upto $2,100, and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offerr zero percent financing on select Ford, Lincoln and Mercurt vehicles.