ANTAUS Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2016/01/05/december2015sales.html NEW PRODUCTS MAKE FORD AMERICA’S BEST-SELLING BRAND FOR SIXTH STRAIGHT YEAR; F-SERIES NO. 1 VEHICLE FOR 34TH YEARFord Motor Company 2015 U.S. sales total 2,613,162 – up 5 percent, the company’s best annual sales performance since 2006; Ford is America’s best-selling vehicle brand for sixth straight year Ford Motor Company posts best U.S. December monthly sales results since 2005, selling 239,242 vehicles, up 8 percent F-Series sales total 85,211 trucks in December, surpassing 85,000 sales for the first time in a decade; F-Series now America’s best-selling pickup for 39 straight years and the best-selling vehicle for 34 straight years with 780,354 trucks sold; Ford vans set annual sales record Ford brand SUVs up 13 percent, for best December since 2003; Escape, Edge and Explorer contribute to gains Fusion posts record December results, with total sales of 25,576 cars Lincoln has its best December since 2006, with annual volume their highest levels since 2008; sales of all-new Lincoln MKX up 77 percent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PREMiERdrum Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 From Mike Levine: Proud. Ford sold 780,354 F-Series Trucks in 2015! In December, an F-Series was sold an average of one every 35.5 seconds - 85,211 units. This marks the 39th year as America's best-selling truck and 34th year as America's favorite vehicle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 We love charts! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 800K Cars, 800K Utilities, 1M trucks/vans. Now that is a balanced portfolio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlane Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 How much longer will Ford keep the Flex, which is a cool car and MKT around for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerLS Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Dang, the Mustang and Transit are killing it, but the F-Series is really killing it--they outsold the cars by the volume of the C-Max and outsold the utilities by the volume of the Expedition. And they did that with having half of the F150's production offline for a not-insignificant part of the year for the changeovers at DTP and KCAP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I wonder how much of Focus' decline is related to the transmission? I'd also equate part of it to a minimal refresh....hopefully Fusion doesn't suffer the same fate with what also appears to be a minimal refresh (though it's admittedly a "stronger" car to begin with). Gotta love the 475% increase YOY for Transit haha. Great to see the vans taking off. Though obviously not a large amount of sales, heavy trucks will be interesting to watch over time as well. Great to see Lincoln break 100,000 for the year, I wasn't sure if it'd make it. Great performances by MKC and MKX for the month, obviously helped by holiday sales I assume, but it'd be nice if they could maintain that type of volume per month! The new MKX didn't arrive soon enough to help with yearly totals, but next year's numbers will look better. Looking at D3/4 just for fun.....It's kind of sad to see Flex+MKT at 24,266. They're actually great vehicles, just not well received. MKS (6,877) and Taurus (39,051) add another 45,928 units. Those 4 account for 70,194, while the PI (9,765) and PIU (24,942) add another 34,707 units. Then Explorer is obviously the big seller at 224,309, nearly 10 times the volume of Flex/MKT, which is obviously great (and salvaged the otherwise underperforming D3 platform). That brings D3/4 total to 329,210 for the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 How much longer will Ford keep the Flex, which is a cool car and MKT around for? My guess is until Explorer gets redesigned/Aviator comes online, whenever they begin that retooling process. They'll both be dropped simultaneously, as they're both made in Oakville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerLS Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 It's also worth noting that the F150 changeover was incredibly smooth, devoid of any of the missteps we've seen with some of the recent intros. That's really something, given the F-Series volume... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 They'll both be dropped simultaneously, as they're both made in Oakville. Could be dropped sooner if they need the capacity for expanded Edge/MKX production now that they're exporting those out of NA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Could be dropped sooner if they need the capacity for expanded Edge/MKX production now that they're exporting those out of NA. I think they would add a shift before that would happen myself. I've heard they're still somehow only running one shift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I think they would add a shift before that would happen myself. I've heard they're still somehow only running one shift. How is that possible? U.S. sales are over 165K - has to be close to 200K counting Canada and exports. Besides, replacing Flex and MKT sales with more Edge/MKX sales would be far better financially speaking than adding another shift for 30K vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Could be dropped sooner if they need the capacity for expanded Edge/MKX production now that they're exporting those out of NA. Agreed. The timeline I proposed would be more of a "for sure by" date, as I don't see them keeping those two around on what would then be an orphaned platform, nor do I see direct replacements coming for either (yes, Aviator will come to replace MKT, but I mean a low, more wagon like stance when I say direct replacement). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 How is that possible? U.S. sales are over 165K - has to be close to 200K counting Canada and exports. Besides, replacing Flex and MKT sales with more Edge/MKX sales would be far better financially speaking than adding another shift for 30K vehicles. I don't know if that's true or not. I always just assumed they were running 2 shifts until I saw that posted here a month or 2 ago. A third shift seems more likely to me than just dropping Flex/MKT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 How is that possible? U.S. sales are over 165K - has to be close to 200K counting Canada and exports. Besides, replacing Flex and MKT sales with more Edge/MKX sales would be far better financially speaking than adding another shift for 30K vehicles. Unless they're limiting Edge/MKX production because they like Flex/MKT ATPs/profit.... OR like Flex/MKT ATPs/profit enough to justify adding another shift AND keeping Flex/MKT around for another couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Unless they're limiting Edge/MKX production because they like Flex/MKT ATPs/profit.... OR like Flex/MKT ATPs/profit enough to justify adding another shift AND keeping Flex/MKT around for another couple of years. Or they feel they'll need the extra shift for Edge/MKX or something new down the road. Too much fixed cost in adding a shift just to cover 30K annual sales of 2 vehicles that are dead men walking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PREMiERdrum Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I think it was Scott who said he heard that Flex/MKT are taking dirtnaps in 18 months. This gels with what I'm hearing; that they will be discontinued shortly before in introduction of the new Explorer and Aviator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 introduction of the new Explorer and Aviator. Rumor-monger.......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Rumor-monger.......... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailhiker Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Best news Ford brand beat Toyota/Scion for year Ford/Lincoln beat Toyota/Scion/Lexus for year. (2016 will be tight again with Toyota and FCA) How many million F-Series trucks has Ford sold since it was introduced (?1948?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Rosadini Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Looking at PI sales, a total gain of 12.3% Full year 34,707. Anyone recall what typical CV numbers were? I recognize before the Utility PI there were always Expy and Explorer V-8s in the mix -not sure if either was ever rated "pursuit" so that might cloud the comparison. Given equipment these guys carry today, amazed the Utility/Sedan gap isn't greater. Would also say while this is a very good bump, I seem to see a lot more Chargers in the news footage of the latest "crime footage"in other parts of the country. Apparently the horrible rep the early Chargers "earned" is not hurting them. As for the Chevy "Holden", hear nothing but negative comments about the few in service around this neck of the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) F Series sales of 85,211 in December is simply amazing but GM's full sized trucks were strong too with over 90,000 sales.. Silverado 62,992 Sierra 27,438 Colorado 7,909 Canyon 3,000 Total: 101,339 But then Ford's bet on new Transit paid of big time with 12,547 sales. And sales jumped significantly over at Lincoln too MKZ 3,207 MKS 471 MKC 2,566 MKZ 2,960 MKT 406 Navigator 1,250 Edited January 5, 2016 by jpd80 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PREMiERdrum Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Rumor-monger.......... That joke can't be RWD... It's got too much traction. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerLS Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Looking at PI sales, a total gain of 12.3% Full year 34,707. Anyone recall what typical CV numbers were? I recognize before the Utility PI there were always Expy and Explorer V-8s in the mix -not sure if either was ever rated "pursuit" so that might cloud the comparison. It looks like it's competitive with the CV's last four full years of production, when it was largely (or entirely) relegated to fleet sales, but not particularly close to pre-'08 figures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Crown_Victoria#Sales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlane Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 The MKX is doing well and I think differentiating it from the Edge will help out. I'm really interesting to see how the Continental does compared to the outgoing MKS. Since the Continental will be sold is Asia, that should boost Lincoln too. Next, the upcoming Aviator will be a long awaiting addition to the Lincoln brand too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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