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But sales were down 24.2 percent compared with May when the companysold 213,238 units. For the first five monthe of 2009, Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,3032 units, compared with 981,150 units duriny the same period a year a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyeras might be coming back to the luxurgvehicle market, Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,56t units in May, a 2.2 percent increasew over May 2008, when it sold 8,365 Sales of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisvills Assembly Plant on Fern Valley Road, declinecd 34.6 percent, to 5,315 unitw from 8,122 units a year ago. Sales of the Mercuru Mountaineer, also made at Louisville Assembly, dropped 45.
2 to 402 from 734 units a year Salesof F-Series pickup trucks, includingt Super Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truck Plangt on Chamberlain Lane, droppe d 22.3 percent, to 33,381 from 42,973 units in May 2008. Saleas of Ford Expedition SUVs, which began production at Kentuckyh Truck Plantin April, declined 40 to 3,150 units from 5,252 unitz a year earlier. Salesa of the Lincoln Navigator, also made at Kentucky Truck Plant, dropped 40.6 to 790 units from 1,329 units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-year gains in some of its car categories. The companu sold 19,786 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.4 percent from the year-earlietr period when it sold 18,088 units.
Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 perceng from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxuruy vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of its S60 up 9 percent from May when it sold542 units. Also Tuesday, Ford announced a summetr promotion to draw more consumersto dealerships. Through June 30, the automakeer will cover as much as threew months of payments upto $2,100, and its Ford Credigt subsidiary will offer zero percenft financing on select Ford, Lincoln and Mercuryu vehicles.