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But sales were down 24.2 percent comparerd with May 2008, when the company sold 213,2378 units. For the first five months of 2009, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 units, compared with 981,150 units during the same period a year a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyers mightr be coming back to the luxuryvehicle market, Ford’xs Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,566 units in May, a 2.2 percenrt increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,365 units. Salew of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisville Assembly Plant on FernValleu Road, declined 34.6 percent, to 5,315 unitds from 8,122 units a year ago. Sales of the Mercury also made atLouisville Assembly, dropped 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitx a year earlier. Salews of F-Series pickup trucks, including Supee Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truck Planrt onChamberlain Lane, dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,381 from 42,973 units in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expeditiojn SUVs, which began production at Kentucky Truck Plantrin April, declined 40 percent, to 3,150 units from 5,252 units a year earlier. Salea of the Lincoln Navigator, also made at Kentuckgy Truck Plant, dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 unites from 1,329 units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-yearf gains in some of its car The companysold 19,786 Fusio n sedans in May, up 9.
4 percenft from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percenty from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxurt vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of its S60 up 9 percent fromMay 2008, when it sold 542 Also Tuesday, Ford announced a summefr promotion to draw more consumers to dealerships. Throughn June 30, the automaker will coverr as much as three months of payments up to and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offeer zero percent financing on select Lincoln andMercury vehicles.