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Dear God!

[NickF1011]

Seems only the small vehicles are really performing at all. Focus and Escape looked decent for the month. Flex continues to impress me actually. 2300+ units in this market climate at its price point is actually a lot better than I thought it would be doing at this point.

The rest of this month is awful. Can't wait to see the great numbers from everyone else. :ohsnap:

[PREMiERdrum]

NickF1011, on Mar 3 2009, 12:11 PM, said:

The rest of this month is awful. Can't wait to see the great numbers from everyone else. :ohsnap:

Agree... these numbers don't mean much until we see how the others fared. 365 Navigators? 2990 Mustangs? Ouch.

[jpd80]

GM's figures will be posted on their website at 1.45pm - LINK


Low Cab Forward 10 sales

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[danup]

You know it's bad when the PR headline isn't "FORD FLEX CONTINUES HOT START" or something. "FORD REPORTS FEBRUARY SALES" is about all that you can muster for this one.

[2005Explorer]

Wow that is bad. If it keeps going this way it is possible that we will see well under 10m sales. Possibly 7.5m or less.

Is this really a recession or are we going all the way into depression territory?

[Michael Reynolds]

The only vehicle to post a sales increase......

the Sable

[jpd80]

2005Explorer, on Mar 3 2009, 05:16 PM, said:

Wow that is bad. If it keeps going this way it is possible that we will see well under 10m sales. Possibly 7.5m or less.

Is this really a recession or are we going all the way into depression territory?

I think a lot of the drop across all manufactures is because nearly all fleet sales have stopped.
Even if some models have only 30% fleet bleed, it's enough to really scorch figures.

[jpd80]

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Michael Reynolds, on Mar 3 2009, 05:20 PM, said:

The only vehicle to post a sales increase......

the Sable

I wonder who is buying those vehicles........ :stirpot:

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[NickF1011]

2005Explorer, on Mar 3 2009, 12:16 PM, said:

Wow that is bad. If it keeps going this way it is possible that we will see well under 10m sales. Possibly 7.5m or less.

Is this really a recession or are we going all the way into depression territory?

I think you're going a bit overboard there. Geesh. Enough with the doom-and-gloom. :rant:

[TStag]

2005Explorer, on Mar 3 2009, 05:16 PM, said:

Wow that is bad. If it keeps going this way it is possible that we will see well under 10m sales. Possibly 7.5m or less.

Is this really a recession or are we going all the way into depression territory?

According to the BBC share prices are dropping at the same rate as they were during the depression...

[Michael Reynolds]

jpd80, on Mar 3 2009, 09:21 AM, said:

MKS - 1,346



I wonder who is buying those vehicles........ :stirpot:

Probably some steals out there. I know if I were to find one on a vehicle that I'm interested in, I'll gladly dump the G early.

[smok]

The trucks are down 55%. That means Revenue is down big time. This is where Ford generates most of its profits and revenues.
They are also reducing the production from 448,000 to 290,000 truck in the next quarter.

I wish they had the new Taurus out now. It would help if the new Fusion was out in big numbers as well. I don't expect the new MKT to sell much later this year to make a significant difference.

Escape is selling GREAT! In better times, they could sell 20k per month.

Wow, this is bad, what will GM/Chrysler report?

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[2005Explorer]

NickF1011, on Mar 3 2009, 11:24 AM, said:

I think you're going a bit overboard there. Geesh. Enough with the doom-and-gloom. :rant:

I don't know. The media recently is starting to throw the "D" word around a lot. People are getting more scared everyday and no one is buying anything other then necessity items. The longer this cycle continues the worse it is going to get.

I could lie and say things are getting better and we are turning the corner, but really is that true?

[smok]

2005Explorer, on Mar 3 2009, 12:27 PM, said:

I don't know. The media recently is starting to throw the "D" word around a lot. People are getting more scared everyday and no one is buying anything other then necessity items. The longer this cycle continues the worse it is going to get.

I could lie and say things are getting better and we are turning the corner, but really is that true?

The media is causing some of the hysteria. Everyone will be OK, just not as wealthy as before. ;-)

[NickF1011]

2005Explorer, on Mar 3 2009, 12:27 PM, said:

I don't know. The media recently is starting to throw the "D" word around a lot. People are getting more scared everyday and no one is buying anything other then necessity items. The longer this cycle continues the worse it is going to get.

I could lie and say things are getting better and we are turning the corner, but really is that true?

Yes, exactly. The MEDIA has been throwing the "D" word around. They are spreading the air of panic that has led to a good bit of the problems we are currently facing. A little optimism all around would work wonders for consumer confidence.

And well, things very well could be turning the corner. Bernanke the other day said there's a possibility the recession could end by the end of 2009. The MEDIA glazed over that part of his speech though. Gotta report that consumer confidence sucks more than ever, that unemployment filings are hitting records, that home prices are down, etc.

There's no light at the end of the tunnel for some folk, which is depressing. I almost feel sorry for them, but in the end, their miserable outlook will be my long-term gain.

[2005Explorer]

NickF1011, on Mar 3 2009, 11:35 AM, said:

Yes, exactly. The MEDIA has been throwing the "D" word around. They are spreading the air of panic that has led to a good bit of the problems we are currently facing. A little optimism all around would work wonders for consumer confidence.

And well, things very well could be turning the corner. Bernanke the other day said there's a possibility the recession could end by the end of 2009. The MEDIA glazed over that part of his speech though. Gotta report that consumer confidence sucks more than ever, that unemployment filings are hitting records, that home prices are down, etc.

There's no light at the end of the tunnel for some folk, which is depressing. I almost feel sorry for them, but in the end, their miserable outlook will be my long-term gain.

Well I hope you are right and I do agree that the media is trying it's hardest to turn this into the Great Depression 2.0. As they say, good news doesn't sell so the media is going to use these tough times to make things even worse.

[Michael Reynolds]

smok, on Mar 3 2009, 09:33 AM, said:

The media is causing some of the hysteria. Everyone will be OK, just not as wealthy as before. ;-)

I actually find it annoying to turn on the news these days. If it were up to some networks they would take 10 mins at the start of each news cast and read the layoffs from every company.

[NickF1011]

Michael Reynolds, on Mar 3 2009, 12:39 PM, said:

I actually find it annoying to turn on the news these days. If it were up to some networks they would take 10 mins at the start of each news cast and read the layoffs from every company.

Nah, that's not depressing enough.

They'd just scroll a list of every grandmother and golden retriever that passed away that day.