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Ford August sales skid 26 percent: CHICAGO AFP — Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday its August US sales slid 26.6 percent from a year ago, citing a "weak economy" and sluggish demand for large trucks and sport utility vehicles. The number two US automaker said it sold 155,690 vehicles from its domestic nameplates and the...; Tags: Ford Motor Co., SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-09-03
Ford truck plant to become small-car factory: DETROIT -- Ford Motor said Tuesday that it's spending $75million to turn a Michigan truck plant into a small-vehicle factory to meet growing demand for small cars. Ford, which lost $8.6billion in the first half of 2008, has seen sales fall 14.1% through the end of...; Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-08-27
Ford US sales slid 15 percent in July: CHICAGO AFP — Ford Motor Co. said Friday its US sales slid 14.9 percent in July compared with a year ago as sport-utility vehicles SUVs and truck sales slumped amid high fuel prices. The country's second-largest automaker predicted that ongoing tough conditions in the domestic auto market would only...; Tags: Ford Motor Co., SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-08-01
Chrysler US sales plunge 29 percent in July: WASHINGTON AFP — Chrysler LLC on Friday reported a 29-percent decline in US sales in July from a year ago to 98,109 units as consumers shied away from gasoline-guzzling light trucks and sport utility vehicles. "We are writing a new chapter in the auto industry story as customers, dealers...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Chrysler LLC, SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-08-01
Ford sales slide 28 percent in June: CHICAGO AFP — Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday its US sales tumbled 28.1 percent in June compared with a year ago with sport utility vehicle sales skidding over 50 percent. The number two US automaker said weak consumer confidence had dented overall sales and the surge in fuel costs...; Tags: Ford Motor Co., nameplate, SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-07-01

Ford cuts sales view, delays new pickup 2 months: DETROIT -- Faced with a continuing plunge in pickup truck and sport utility vehicle sales, Ford Motor Co. on Friday tried to deal with the mess by delaying production of the new F-150 pickup truck and announcing further factory cuts. Shortly after Ford's announcement, Standard & Poor's Ratings...; Tags: Ford Motor Co., SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-06-23
Ford Idling SUV Plant in Michigan for Nine Weeks as It Evaluates Future of Truck and SUV Production, an Industrial Info News Alert: Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- For the first time since 1992, Ford Motor Company's (NYSE:F) (Dearborn, Michigan) best-selling F-150 pickup truck was outsold -- and not just by one car, either. Four different cars outsold the truck. In May, Ford's pickup sales dropped 31%, allowing Toyota...; Tags: Ford Motor Co., Michigan, pickup, SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-06-20
Suzuki Auto Sets All-Time May Sales Record: * Suzuki sales up two percent for month, propelled by SX4 lineup * May sales bring 2008 volume to 46,463 vehicles BREA, Calif. -- American Suzuki Motor Corp. today announced automotive sales of 10,364 units in May, an increase of two percent over May 2007 and the best...; Tags: SALES, SUV, Suzuki, Suzuki Motor Corp.; Research articles 2008-06-03
Buyers turn on a dime to go for small cars: DETROIT -- Just when things were starting to look healthier for the domestic auto industry, the rapid acceleration of gas prices has suddenly made the industry seem sick again. Monthly sales, which will be released later today, are expected to be 10% lower than a year...; Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-06-03
Is shift to small cars here to stay?: Americans' switch to buying smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles is permanent, not a temporary shunning of big SUVs while they wait for record fuel prices to drop, Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally says. Mulally says the stampede is a "structural change" and if, as Ford predicts, fuel...; Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-06-03
Ford US sales drop 16 percent in May: CHICAGO AFP — Ford Motor Company's US sales fell 16 percent in May to 217,998 vehicles amid a sharp drop in demand for gasoline-guzzling truck and sport utility vehicles, the automaker said Tuesday. Car sales, however, rose 3.8 percent to 85,542 from April amid strong demand for more fuel-efficient...; Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-06-03
Gasoline guzzlers near extinction in US?: CHICAGO AFP — America's decades-long love affair with monstrously large vehicles may finally be coming to an end, US automakers have predicted in the wake of a sharp drop off in sales amid high fuel costs. Large and midsized sport utility vehicles were down 42 and 38 percent respectively...; Tags: Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-06-03
Gas prices derail Ford's plan to turn profit in '09: DETROIT -- Ford Motor on Thursday said fuel prices reached a "tipping point" in May that collapsed demand for the highly profitable pickups and SUVs that have helped keep the company afloat. As a result, Ford said it no longer expects to reach profitability in 2009,...; Tags: Ford Motor Co., pickup, SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-05-23
Ford to cut N. America production: DETROIT -- Fast-rising gas prices claimed their latest victim Thursday: Ford Motor Co., which dropped its goal of becoming profitable by 2009 and said it will cut production of trucks and sport utility vehicles through the rest of this year. It was a warning shot to the rest...; Tags: Ford Motor Co., SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-05-23
US car sales shift gear: DETROIT, Michigan AFP — While April sales of new vehicles in the United States dropped to their lowest level since 1992, figures also show that US consumers are buying smaller cars with better fuel economy over trucks and sport utility vehicles. "Smaller vehicles are going over big," said Toyota...; Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., pickup, SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-05-04
So long, SUV: high fuel prices fuel shift in US car sales: DETROIT, Michigan AFP — Automotive trends traditionally don't change nearly as fast as fashions in clothing or music. But as sales of new vehicles in April dropped to their lowest level since the 1992, raw numbers also indicated US consumers were -- at warp speed -- foregoing beloved trucks...; Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., pickup, SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-05-03
With sky-high gas, buyers think small: DETROIT -- Figuring out the point at which gas prices are too high for consumers to keep buying trucks and SUVs has, in the past, been a futile exercise for auto executives. It now appears the tipping point is between $3.38 and $3.60 a gallon. That's...; Tags: car, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., SALES, SUV, Toyota Motor Corp.; Research articles 2008-05-02
Ford sales skid 12.2 percent as customers shun big trucks: CHICAGO AFP — Ford Motor Co. said Thursday its US sales slid 12.2 percent in April from a year earlier as customers moved away from fuel-hungry sport utility vehicles. The number two US automaker said it sold 220,727 vehicles in April. Ford reported an 18.3 percent slide in...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Ford Motor Co., SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-05-01
Nissan has bigger plans for Miss. plant: Nissan says it will stop making the Quest minivan and its two full-size SUVs, the Nissan Armada and Infiniti QX56, at its Canton, Miss., factory and use it to make "light commercial vehicles" starting in the first quarter of 2010. The automaker did not say when...; Tags: minivan, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., SALES, SUV; Research articles 2008-04-08
Muscle, versatility, mpg, top 2008, 2009 models in Colorado: New and redesigned 2008 and 2009 auto models are hitting the sales lots, offering buyers fuel efficiency, sporty versatility and muscle. A number of auto makers have redesigned their best-selling passenger sedans and trucks, while others are pinning their sales hopes on crossover models, offering drivers a cross...; Tags: car, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co., SALES, sedan, SUV; Research articles 2008-02-15