Ford June 2007 Sales - Retail sales "edge" up

[igor]

http://media.ford.com/article_displa...ticle_id=26284

Highlights:
FoMoCo Total: 247,599 (down 8%)
- Rental Fleet down 22,000 (down 39%)

Taurus: 5,836 (outsold CV and Five Hundred; FH and Taurus combined: 8,965)
Fusion: 12,435 (down 10% from a year ago)
Focus: 19,000 (up 20%)
Escape: 19,174 (up 33%)
Edge: 12,470 (outsold Fusion)
F-series: 65,156 (down 0.5%)
FORD TOTAL: 204,303 (down 9.7%)

Sable: 1,520 (Outsold Montego, Montego and Sable combined: 2,447)
Milan: 2,764 (down 13%)
Mariner: 3,788 (up 97%)
MERCURY TOTAL: 15,660 (down 6.1%)

MKZ: 3,123 (up 38%)
MKX: 3,400
Navigator: 2.045 (down 7.3%)
LINCOLN TOTAL: 12,464 (up 30%)

JAGUAR TOTAL: 1,410 (down 34.7%)

VOLVO TOTAL: 9,572 (down 12%)

LR2 1,096
LAND ROVER TOTAL: 4,160 (up 8.1%)

Igor

[Ach]

Mostly good news...only disappointment is that the Fusion appears to have hit a plateau at around 12K a month, which makes it no more than a marginal player in the midsize wars. On merit it should be doing 20K a month, at least.

[1931Chevy]

It looks like the old escape has some steam left with the redesign I have seen a bunch of them this week on the streets and at the pace its going I think the Edge will outsell the fusion this year. I think that maybe some people that went to buy a Fusion had changed their mind when they saw the more powerful Taurus and with the low price it has I would buy one too, and looking at Ford sale reduction it was because fleet only, retail IMO is stable and how much of the sales of the new Superduty contributed to the F series sale slowdown

[igor]

Edge outsold Murano 2 to 1
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...03/054025.html

(MKZ and MKX each alone outsold the Infinity Brand)

Igor

[1931Chevy]

I love how our media put the bad news, I bet that if it was Toyota they woulndt say it too loud
Volvo June U.S. vehicle sales off adj. 15.2 pct
Jaguar June U.S. vehicle sales off 37.1 pct

[BrickTamland]

Boy, the Edge has come out the gate running. It is impressive for a new nameplate to ramp up sales as quickly as it has.

[Ach]

Originally Posted by igor

(MKZ and MKX each alone outsold the Infinity Brand)

Igor

No they didn't, I think you were looking at truck sales...but, Lincoln brand outsold Infiniti brand overall. Despite being the darling of so many in the press and enthusiasts, Infiniti is not very healthy sales-wise aside from the G-series.

[1931Chevy]

Originally Posted by Ach

No they didn't, I think you were looking at truck sales...but, Lincoln brand outsold Infiniti brand overall. Despite being the darling of so many in the press and enthusiasts, Infiniti is not very healthy sales-wise aside from the G-series.

Well the Edge alone outsold Infiniti total Infiniti brand june sales 10558, and Edge june sales 12470

[igor]

Originally Posted by Ach

No they didn't, I think you were looking at truck sales...but, Lincoln brand outsold Infiniti brand overall. Despite being the darling of so many in the press and enthusiasts, Infiniti is not very healthy sales-wise aside from the G-series.

oh sh--- you are right.. that never happens to me ..

oh well..

Igor

[VCDJ]

Ford is doing good. Their quality is up, and it is better them GM. They are improving fuel economy. Their new vehicles look very good. In couple years ford will be very healthy company. That is not something tha can be said about gm.

[paul8488]

Originally Posted by VCDJ

Ford is doing good. Their quality is up, and it is better them GM. They are improving fuel economy. Their new vehicles look very good. In couple years ford will be very healthy company. That is not something tha can be said about gm.

Unless, of course, someone says it. Then it can be said. What's this in-depth quality study you're referencing? Just a feeling you have?

I expected the Fusion to level off higher than it has for sure. I didn't think it was quite a Camry challenger, but was sure it'd be up above 20,000 units per month.

Edge and Escape are doing very well; I was sure the Edge would wipe out Escape sales, but clearly it hasn't.

[igor]

Well Toyota sales are out : http://www.toyota.com/about/news/cor...3-1-sales.html

Edge outsold the Highlander (11,253) and Escape outsold the Rav4 (14,677). But Ford Cannot touch their car sales .. not at all.

Tundra sold 21k units.

Lincoln still cannot touch the Lexus though: ES350 sold 7,323 and RX sold 9,349; combined, Lexus is alsmost twice the size of Lincoln.

Igor

[1931Chevy]

I think Ford might hold to their 2 position in the US Toyota is 44000 sales lower than Ford

[Geotpf]

Originally Posted by BrickTamland

Boy, the Edge has come out the gate running. It is impressive for a new nameplate to ramp up sales as quickly as it has.

Yeah, but it's 32.0% fleet, very high for such a new vehicle.

http://www.fleet-central.com/af/stat...trucks_web.pdf

[Geotpf]

Originally Posted by igor

Well Toyota sales are out : http://www.toyota.com/about/news/cor...3-1-sales.html

Edge outsold the Highlander (11,253) and Escape outsold the Rav4 (14,677). But Ford Cannot touch their car sales .. not at all.

Tundra sold 21k units.

Lincoln still cannot touch the Lexus though: ES350 sold 7,323 and RX sold 9,349; combined, Lexus is alsmost twice the size of Lincoln.

Igor

Full chart:

http://pressroom.toyota.com/Releases...T2007070389166