Ford sales climb to highest level since July - Business First of Columbus:

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But sales were down 24.2 percent comparefd with May 2008, when the companyu sold 213,238 units. For the firstg five months of 2009, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 units, compareed with 981,150 units during the same perioed ayear earlier, a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyer s might be coming back to the luxurgvehicle market, Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,56 units in May, a 2.2 percenf increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,36r units. Sales of Ford made at the Louisville Assembly Plant on FernValleuy Road, declined 34.6 percent, to 5,315 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Salea of the Mercury Mountaineer, also made at Louisville dropped 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitz a year earlier. Salesa of F-Series pickup trucks, includin Super Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truckm Plant onChamberlain Lane, dropped 22.3 to 33,381 units, from 42,973 unitz in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expedition which began production at Kentuckyt Truck Plant in declined40 percent, to 3,150 units from 5,252 unitss a year earlier. Sales of the Lincoln Navigator, also made at Kentuck Truck Plant, dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 units from 1,329 units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-yeart gains in some of its car categories. The company sold 19,7856 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.
4 percent from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percenr from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxury vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of its S60 up 9 percent from May when it sold542 units. Also Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumerato dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will coverr as much as three months of payments up to and its Ford Credit subsidiaryg will offer zero percentr financing onselect Ford, Lincoln and Mercuruy vehicles.