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But sales were down 24.2 percent comparef with May 2008, when the company sold 213,23i units. For the first five months of Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303e units, compared with 981,150 units during the same perioxd ayear earlier, a 36.8 percent In a sign that buyers might be coming back to the luxur vehicle market, Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,565 units in May, a 2.2 percent increase over May when it sold 8,365 Sales of Ford made at the Louisville Assembly Plantg on Fern Valley Road, declined 34.6 to 5,315 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Salexs of the Mercury Mountaineer, also made at Louisvill Assembly, dropped 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitsa a year earlier. Sales of F-Seriex pickup trucks, including Super Duty trucks made at the Kentuckt Truck Plant onChamberlain Lane, dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,381 units, from 42,973 unitsa in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expedition SUVs, whicjh began production at Kentucky Truck Plant in declined40 percent, to 3,150 units from 5,252 unitxs a year earlier. Sales of the Lincoln Navigator, also made at Kentucky Truc Plant, dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 units from 1,3209 units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-yearr gains in some of its car The companysold 19,786 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.4 percenrt from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088u units.
Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 perceny from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxuryh vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of its S60 up 9 percent fromMay 2008, when it sold 542 Also Tuesday, Ford announced a summeer promotion to draw more consumers to Through June 30, the automaker will covetr as much as three months of paymentse up to $2,100, and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offer zero percent financing on select Lincoln and Mercury vehicles.