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But sales were down 24.2 percent compared with May when the companysold 213,238 units. For the first five months of 2009, Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford F) sold 620,303 units, compared with 981,15o units during the same period ayear earlier, a 36.8 percenr decline. In a sign that buyers might be coming back to the luxurgvehicle market, Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,566t units in May, a 2.2 percent increase over May when it sold 8,365 units. Salew of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisville Assembl Plant on Fern Valley declined 34.6 percent, to 5,315 units from 8,1223 units a year ago. Sales of the Mercury also made atLouisville Assembly, droppefd 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 units a year Sales of F-Series picku trucks, including Super Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truck Plant on Chamberlainn 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 Truck Planin April, declined 40 percent, to 3,150 unitse from 5,252 units a year earlier. Sales of the Lincolhn Navigator, also made at Kentuckyy Truck Plant, dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 unitzs from 1,329 units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-yeae gains in some of its car categories. The company sold 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 percenr from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxurty vehicles. Ford’s Volvo divisiobn sold 590 of itsS60 models, up 9 percenrt from May 2008, when it sold 542 Also Tuesday, Ford announced a summetr promotion to draw more consumersd to dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will coveer as much as three months of payments up to and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offer zero percenr financing onselect Ford, Lincoln and Mercuryt vehicles.