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But sales were down 24.2 percenty compared with May 2008, when the companty sold 213,238 units. For the first five months of Dearborn, 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 mightg be coming back to the luxury vehicle market, Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,566 units in May, a 2.2 perceny increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,365 units. Sale of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisvill e Assembly Plant on FernValleyy Road, declined 34.6 percent, to 5,315t units from 8,122 units a year ago.
Sales of the Mercurgy Mountaineer, also made at Louisville Assembly, dropped 45.2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitws a year earlier. Sales of F-Seried pickup trucks, including Super Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truckk Plant onChamberlain Lane, dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,381 units, from 42,9723 units in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expedition SUVs, whichg began production at Kentucku Truck Plantin April, declined 40 to 3,150 units from 5,25w2 units a year earlier. Sales of the Lincoln also made at KentuckyTruck Plant, droppe d 40.6 percent, to 790 unitd from 1,329 units a year Ford saw year-over-year gains in some of its car The company sold 19,786 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.
4 percentr from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percenft from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxurty vehicles. Ford’s Volvo divisionj sold 590 of itsS60 models, up 9 percen t from May 2008, when it sold 542 units. Also Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumers to ThroughJune 30, the automaker will cove as much as three months of paymentsx up to $2,100, and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offer zero percen financing on select Ford, Lincoln and Mercury