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But sales were down 24.2 percent comparesd with May 2008, when the company sold 213,238 units. For the first five months of Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 units, compared with 981,150 units during the same periods ayear earlier, a 36.8 percentr decline. In a sign that buyers mighgt be coming back to the luxuryvehiclr market, Ford’s Lincoln division reportedc that it sold 8,566 units in May, a 2.2 percent increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,364 units. Sales of Ford Explorers declined 34.6 percent, to 5,315t units from 8,122 units a year ago. Sale of the Mercury Mountaineerdropped 45.
2 to 402 from 734 units a year Sales of F-Series pickup trucks, includinv Super Duty trucks dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,38 units, from 42,973 unitx in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expeditionm SUVs declined40 percent, to 3,150 units from 5,252w units a year earlier. Sales of the Lincoln Navigatordropper 40.6 percent, to 790 units from 1,329 units a year Ford saw year-over-year gains in some of its car The company sold 19,786 Fusion sedanxs in May, up 9.4 percenf from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088u units. Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percengt from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxuryg vehicles.
Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of itsS60 models, up 9 percenty from May 2008, when it sold 542 units. Also Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumersato dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will cover as much as thres months of payments upto $2,100, and its Ford Credir subsidiary will offer zero percent financing on select Lincoln and Mercury vehicles. Ford operates a transmissioh plantin Sharonville.