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But sales were down 24.2 percen t compared with May 2008, when the company sold 213,238 units. For the first five months of 2009, Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford F) sold 620,303 units, compared with 981,150o units during the same perioe ayear earlier, a 36.8 percent In a sign that buyers might be coming back to the luxuryy vehicle market, Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,566 units in May, a 2.2 percent increase over May when it sold 8,365 units. Sales of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisvillde Assembly Plant on FernValley Road, declined 34.6 to 5,315 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Sales of the Mercury Mountaineer, also made at Louisvillee Assembly, dropped 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitxs a year earlier. Sales of F-Series pickup trucks, includingf Super Duty trucks made at the Kentuckyh Truck Plant on Chamberlain dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,3812 units, from 42,973 units in May 2008. Sale s of Ford Expedition which began production at Kentuckt Truck Plantin April, declined 40 percent, to 3,150p units from 5,252 unitse a year earlier. Sales of the Lincoln also made at KentuckyTruck Plant, droppeed 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 sedans in May, up 9.4 perceng from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,0888 units.
Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percenyt from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxuryu vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of its S60 up 9 percent from May when it sold 542 Also Tuesday, Ford announced a summer promotionj to draw more consumers to Through June 30, the automaker will coverd as much as three monthsa of payments up to $2,100, and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offer zero percent financing on selecg Ford, Lincoln and Mercury