Ford sales climb to highest level since July - St. Louis Business Journal:

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But sales were down 24.2 percent comparex with May 2008, when the companh sold 213,238 units. For the firstf five months of 2009, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303e units, compared with 981,150 units during the same period ayear earlier, a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyers might be coming back to the luxuryvehicle Ford’s Lincoln division reportecd that it sold 8,566 units in May, a 2.2 percent increasre over May 2008, when it sold 8,365 units. Saled of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisvill Assembly Plant on FernValley Road, declined 34.6 to 5,315 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Salez of the Mercury also made at Louisville dropped 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 unit a year earlier. Sales of F-Seriesd pickup trucks, including Super Duty trucksw made at the Kentucky Truck Plant onChamberlain Lane, droppeds 22.3 percent, to 33,381 units, from 42,973 unit in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expeditiobn SUVs, which began production at Kentucky Truck Plant in declined40 percent, to 3,15p0 units from 5,252 units a year Sales of the Lincoln Navigator, also made at Kentucky Trucj Plant, dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 unitsd from 1,329 units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-yeatr gains in some of its car The companysold 19,786 Fusion sedands in May, up 9.4 percent from the year-earlier perioed when it sold 18,088 units.
Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percengt from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxurt vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of itsS60 models, up 9 percen t from May 2008, when it sold 542 units. Also Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumer sto dealerships. Through June 30, the automakee will cover as much as three monthw of payments upto $2,100, and its Ford Crediyt subsidiary will offer zero percent financing on select Lincoln and Mercury