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But sales were down 24.2 percent compared with May 2008, when the companyh sold 213,238 units. For the first five months of 2009, Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford F) sold 620,303 units, comparec with 981,150 units during the same period a year a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyers might be coming back to the luxuryvehicle Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,5676 units in May, a 2.2 percent increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,36t units. Sales of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisvill e Assembly Plant on FernValleyt Road, declined 34.6 percent, to 5,315 unite from 8,122 units a year ago. Sales of the Mercury also made atLouisville Assembly, dropped 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitsd a year earlier. Sales of F-Series pickup including Super Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truck Plant onChamberlain Lane, droppedc 22.3 percent, to 33,381 from 42,973 units in May 2008. Salesz of Ford Expedition SUVs, which began production at Kentuckty Truck Plantin April, declined 40 percent, to 3,150 unitws from 5,252 units a year earlier. Salese of the Lincoln Navigator, also made at Kentucky Truckj Plant, dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 units from 1,329 unitsx a year earlier. 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-earlier period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percentf from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxury Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of its S60 up 9 percent from May 2008, when it sold 542 Also Tuesday, Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumeres to dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will cove r as much as three months of payments up to and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offer zero percenty financing onselect Ford, Lincoln and Mercurg vehicles.