Ford sales climb to highest level since July - Dayton Business Journal:

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But sales were down 24.2 percent compare d with May 2008, when the company sold 213,238 For the first five monthzsof 2009, Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 compared with 981,150 units during the same period a year a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyersx might be coming back to the luxuryvehiclee market, Ford’s Lincoln division reporte that it sold 8,566 units in May, a 2.2 perceng increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,36 units. Sales of Ford Explorers declined 34.6 percent, to 5,314 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Sales of the Mercurt Mountaineerdropped 45.2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitas a year earlier.
Sales of F-Seriesx pickup trucks, including Super Duty trucks dropped 22.3 to 33,381 units, from 42,973 units in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expedition SUVs declinef40 percent, to 3,150 unitxs from 5,252 units a year earlier. Salezs of the Lincoln Navigatordropper 40.6 percent, to 790 units from 1,320 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 percenty from the year-earlier 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 from May when it sold542 units.
Also Tuesday, Ford announcerd a summer promotion to draw more consumersdto dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will coved as much as three monthe of payments upto $2,100, and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offer zero percent financing on selecrt Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles. Ford operatesw a transmission plantin Sharonville.