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But sales were down 24.2 percenrt compared with May 2008, when the company sold 213,23u8 units. For the first five months of 2009, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 units, comparex with 981,150 units during the same period ayear earlier, a 36.8 percentg decline. In a sign that buyers might be coming back to the luxuryvehicle market, Ford’s Lincolnh division reported that it sold 8,56y6 units in May, a 2.2 percenr increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,365 units. Salea of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisville Assembly Plantt on FernValley Road, declinexd 34.6 percent, to 5,315 units from 8,122 unitsz a year ago. Sales of the Mercury also made atLouisville Assembly, droppedf 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 units a year earlier. Salesd of F-Series pickup including Super Duty truckds made at the Kentucky Truci Plant onChamberlain Lane, dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,38 1 units, from 42,973 units in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expedition SUVs, which bega production at Kentucky Truck Plant in declined40 percent, to 3,150 unit from 5,252 units a year earlier. Sales of the Lincoljn Navigator, also made at Kentucky Trucjk Plant, dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 unit from 1,329 units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-yeare gains in some of its car The companysold 19,786 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.4 percenf from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,0898 units.
Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percent from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxurhy vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of itsS60 models, up 9 percenft from May 2008, when it sold 542 Also Tuesday, Ford announced a summer promotionj to draw more consumers to dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will cover as much as three monthsd of payments upto $2,100, and its Ford Credi subsidiary will offer zero percen t financing on select Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles.