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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 Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford F) sold 620,303 units, compared with 981,150o units during the same period a year a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyers might be comingh back to the luxuryvehicle market, Ford’s Lincolnj division reported that it sold 8,566 units in May, a 2.2 percenty increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,365 units. Salee of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisvilles Assembly Plant on Fern Valley declined 34.6 percent, to 5,315 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Salea of the Mercury Mountaineer, also made at Louisville dropped 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitse a year earlier. Salews of F-Series pickup trucks, including Super Duty truckxs made at the Kentucky Truck Plant onChamberlaim Lane, dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,381 units, from 42,97w units in May 2008. Salex of Ford Expedition SUVs, which began productio at Kentucky Truck Plantin April, declinede 40 percent, to 3,150 units from 5,2522 units a year earlier. Sales of the Lincolj Navigator, also made at Kentucky Truck dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 unit from 1,329 units a year Ford saw year-over-year gains in some of its car The companysold 19,786 Fusionb sedans in May, up 9.
4 percengt from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percenf from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxuryu 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 promotiom to draw more consumers to dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will covere as much as three months of paymentx upto $2,100, and its Ford Credit subsidiar y will offer zero percent financing on selecft Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles.