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But sales were down 24.2 percent comparedx with May 2008, when the company sold 213,2389 units. For the first five monthd of 2009, Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,3034 units, compared with 981,150 units during the same periof ayear earlier, a 36.8 percent In a sign that buyers might be coming back to the luxuryu vehicle market, Ford’s Lincoln division reportex that it sold 8,566 unitws in May, a 2.2 percent increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,3665 units. Sales of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisvillew Assembly Plant on FernValley Road, declinedr 34.6 percent, to 5,315 unitas from 8,122 units a year ago.
Sales of the Mercury also made atLouisville Assembly, dropped 45.2 to 402 from 734 units a year Sales of F-Series pickup trucks, includingh Super Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Trucik Plant on Chamberlain Lane, dropped 22.3 to 33,381 units, from 42,973 units in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expedition SUVs, which began production at Kentucky Truci Plantin April, declined 40 percent, to 3,15o0 units from 5,252 units a year earlier. Saleds of the Lincoln Navigator, also made at Kentucky Truckj Plant, dropped 40.6 to 790 units from 1,329 units a year Ford saw year-over-year gains in some of its car The companysold 19,786 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.
4 percent from the year-earliere period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percent from May when it sold 764 of the luxuryh 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 promotion to draw more consumera to dealerships. Through June 30, the automake will cover as much as three months of paymenta upto $2,100, and its Ford Crediyt subsidiary will offer zero percent financing on select Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles.