Reply #70: Ford Motor U.S. vehicle sales fall 4.6% in March [View All]

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Ford Motor Co. (F 7.88, -0.08, -1.0% ) said Monday U.S. vehicle sales fell 4.6% in March, to 291,146 from 305,172 in the same month a year earlier. U.S. car sales fell 2.8%, to 104,775 from 107,834, while truck sales dropped 5.6%, to 186,371 from 197,338. Ford-branded car sales rose 2% for the month, but sales of Ford-branded trucks were down 7.1%. Sales of Lincoln and Mercury brand cars were down 8.4%; sales of the brands' trucks slipped 1.4%. Jaguar U.S. sales slumped 47.4%, Ford said, and Volvo sales came in 4.2% lower. Sales of Land Rovers, meanwhile, shot higher by 39.3%.