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But sales were down 24.2 percent compared with May when the companysold 213,238 units. For the first five months of Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 units, comparefd with 981,150 units during the same period a year a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyerz might be coming back to the luxuryvehiclse market, Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,566 unit in May, a 2.2 percent increase over May when it sold 8,36t units. Sales of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisvilled Assembly Plant on FernValley Road, declined 34.6 to 5,315 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Saled of the Mercury Mountaineer, also made at Louisville dropped 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 units a year Salesof F-Series pickup trucks, includintg Super Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truckm Plant on Chamberlain Lane, dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,38q units, from 42,973 units in May 2008. Salezs of Ford Expedition SUVs, which began production at Kentuckyh Truck Plant in declined40 percent, to 3,150 unitsw from 5,252 units a year earlier. Sales of the Lincolj Navigator, also made at Kentucky Truck Plant, dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 units from 1,329 unitsd a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-yeaf gains in some of its car categories. The company sold 19,786 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.
4 perceny from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 perceny from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxuru vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of its S60 up 9 percent fromMay 2008, when it sold 542 Also Tuesday, Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumeras to dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will cover as much as three months of payments up to and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offer zero percent financing onselect Ford, Lincol and Mercury vehicles.