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02-03-2009, 04:24 PM
My favorite domestic falling on hard times. (cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=185088)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/Ford_Fusion.jpgWayne Gerdes – CleanMPG (cleanmpg.com) – Feb. 3, 2009
2009 Ford Fusion was the only positive in an abysmal report. Positive meaning sales were down just 11.2-percent.
Dearborn – Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sales totaled 90,596 in January, down 39-percent versus a year ago. Retail sales to individual customers were down 27-percent while Fleet sales were down 65-percent including a 90-percent decline in sales to daily rental customers.
Ford and industry sales in January were consistent with Ford planning assumptions.
“During the last four months, retail demand appears to have stabilized, and the strength of our new products is a key reason we’re growing our share in these challenging market conditions,” said Ken Czubay, Ford vice president, Sales and Marketing. “We expect new, recent and future fiscal and monetary actions to help improve conditions in the second half of the year.”
If there was a positive sign, Ford’s unsold inventory included 420,000 vehicles at the end of January, 156,000 vehicles less than a year ago. During the past 12 months, inventories were reduced by 27 percent.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/Ford_Fusion.jpgWayne Gerdes – CleanMPG (cleanmpg.com) – Feb. 3, 2009
2009 Ford Fusion was the only positive in an abysmal report. Positive meaning sales were down just 11.2-percent.
Dearborn – Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sales totaled 90,596 in January, down 39-percent versus a year ago. Retail sales to individual customers were down 27-percent while Fleet sales were down 65-percent including a 90-percent decline in sales to daily rental customers.
Ford and industry sales in January were consistent with Ford planning assumptions.
“During the last four months, retail demand appears to have stabilized, and the strength of our new products is a key reason we’re growing our share in these challenging market conditions,” said Ken Czubay, Ford vice president, Sales and Marketing. “We expect new, recent and future fiscal and monetary actions to help improve conditions in the second half of the year.”
If there was a positive sign, Ford’s unsold inventory included 420,000 vehicles at the end of January, 156,000 vehicles less than a year ago. During the past 12 months, inventories were reduced by 27 percent.