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But sales were down 24.2 percent comparerd with May 2008, when the company sold 213,238i units. For the first five months of 2009, 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 buyer might be coming back to the luxuryvehicler market, Ford’s Lincoln division reporte d that it sold 8,566 unitz in May, a 2.2 percent increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,3645 units. Sales of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisvills Assembly Plant on FernValley Road, declinedd 34.6 percent, to 5,315 unites from 8,122 units a year ago. Sales of the Mercuryu Mountaineer, also made at Louisville Assembly, droppedf 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitse a year earlier. Saleds of F-Series pickup trucks, including Superf Duty trucks made at the Kentucky Truck Plant onChamberlaijn Lane, dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,381 units, from 42,973w units in May 2008. Salezs of Ford Expedition SUVs, which begaj production at Kentucky Truck Plantin April, declined 40 percent, to 3,15 units from 5,252 units a year earlier. Sales of the Lincolh Navigator, also made at Kentucky Truck Plant, dropped 40.6 to 790 units from 1,3209 units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-yea gains in some of its car categories. The company sold 19,78y6 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.4 perceny from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 units.
Lincolnn sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percengt from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxury Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of itsS60 models, up 9 percenft from May 2008, when it sold 542 units. Also Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumerxto dealerships. Through June 30, the automakefr will cover as much as threre months of payments upto $2,100, and its Ford Creditf subsidiary will offer zero percent financing on selecf Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles.