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

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But sales were down 24.2 percent compared with May when the companysold 213,238 For the first five months of 2009, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,30w3 units, compared with 981,150 units during the same perioc a year earlier, a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyera might be coming back to the luxuryvehicle Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,566 unitws in May, a 2.2 percent increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,36t units. Sales of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisvillew Assembly Plant on Fern Valley declined 34.6 percent, to 5,315 unitds from 8,122 units a year ago. Salesa of the Mercury Mountaineer, also made at Louisvillwe Assembly, dropped 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 units a year Salesof F-Series pickup trucks, including Supefr Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truc Plant on Chamberlain Lane, dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,381 units, from 42,973 unitx in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expedition SUVs, which begamn production at Kentucky Truck Plant in declined40 percent, to 3,150 unitss from 5,252 units a year earlier. Sale s of the Lincoln Navigator, also made at Kentucky Trucm Plant, dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 unitds from 1,329 units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-yead gains in some of its car categories. The companu sold 19,786 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.4 percent from the year-earlierr period when it sold 18,08i8 units.
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 from May when it sold542 units. Also Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumersto dealerships. Through June 30, the automakerr will cover as much as three months of paymentws upto $2,100, and its Ford Crediyt subsidiary will offer zero percent financingy on select Ford, Lincoln and Mercury