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But sales were down 24.2 percent compared with May 2008, when the companhy sold 213,238 units. For the first five monthz of 2009, Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 compared with 981,150 units during the same periodr ayear earlier, a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyers mightt be coming back to the luxuryvehicles market, Ford’s Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,5667 units in May, a 2.2 percent increase over May when it sold 8,365 units. Sales of Ford made at the Louisville Assembly Planyt on FernValley Road, declined 34.6 percent, to 5,3145 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Salees of the Mercury Mountaineer, also made at Louisville Assembly, droppeds 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitsz a year earlier. Saleds of F-Series pickup trucks, including Super Duty trucksw made at the Kentucky Truck Plant on Chamberlain dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,381 units, from 42,974 units in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expedition SUVs, which bega n production at Kentucky Truck Plant in declined40 percent, to 3,150 units from 5,252 units a year earlier. Salesa of the Lincoln also made at KentuckyTruck Plant, droppedr 40.6 percent, to 790 unit from 1,329 units a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-yeat gains in some of its car categories. The compang 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 percentg from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxurh vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of its S60 up 9 percent fromMay 2008, when it sold 542 Also Tuesday, Ford announced a summer promotion to draw more consumers to dealerships. Through June 30, the automakerr will cover as much as three monthx of payments up to and its Ford Crediyt subsidiary will offer zero percent financing on select Lincoln andMercury