RichardJensen Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=30856 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Jellymoulds Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I posted the same thread a minute before yours, but you are the main man so lock mine out please Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PREMiERdrum Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 21,010 Fusions! Wow... well done. They really have nailed everything with this car: design, execution, and marketing. Over 4k Flexes too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherminator98 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 (edited) 2300 Sales of the Taurus? Isn't that like one of the best Months ever for the D3? I take that back..the 500 sold like 5K units back in 2005 Edited September 1, 2009 by silvrsvt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
focus05 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Just wanted to say: I nearly nailed it with my prediction, and I don't even have access to PIN reports. Edmund's should hire me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkarlo Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Wow the Fusion and FOcus sales make Ford on par with Honda as a car company. I guess Ford is no longer dependent on Trucks/SUVs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordBuyer Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 2300 Sales of the Taurus? Isn't that like one of the best Months ever for the D3? I take that back..the 500 sold like 5K units back in 2005 Read the whole press release please. Taurus production is still ramping up and many dealers haven't even seen their first one yet. Early sales are encouraging. In Metro Detroit, they are sold as they hit dealer lots. I doubt if 5,000 have even been shipped yet let alone sold. Look for sales to increase every month out as production increases and more are shipped. The new Taurus is getting attention and is no wallflower like previous one. What's amazing about Ford's August sales is how just about every vehicle across the board did well, especially the F-150, Edge, and Ranger. I expected the Fusion, Escape, and Focus to do well of course, but F-150 sales were up year over year and even the Edge joined in and did well. Very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Jellymoulds Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Awesome F-Series, sales awesome 45,590. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 2300 Sales of the Taurus? Isn't that like one of the best Months ever for the D3? I take that back..the 500 sold like 5K units back in 2005 100k Five Hundreds first full year on the market. http://media.ford.com/article_download.cfm?article_id=22189 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 Just wanted to say: I nearly nailed it with my prediction, and I don't even have access to PIN reports. Edmund's should hire me. If memory serves, you're typically closer than Edmunds most months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Volvo isn't looking too bad either for August. The S 40, V 50 and C-30 did well. The XC 60 seems to have picked up the slack in SUVs and even the old S 60 is still selling. I don't recall seeing any Volvo C4C ads. Was the MKZ C4C eligible? It took a hit when Milan and Fusion were doing great. Hopefully, the arrival of the MKT will pump some life into Lincoln sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weiweishen Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=30856 Do not understand why Ford stock still down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
630land Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 (edited) Only 624 Grand Marquis were sold in August. Those "loyal BOF/V8 customers" sure are helping sales and profits aren't they???? Looks like the PI will end up being the only one around. Taxi companies are switching away from them. Liverys are getting SUV's or vans. Edited September 1, 2009 by 630land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherminator98 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Do not understand why Ford stock still down? Market Correction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausrutherford Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 F-series up=Profit here we come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 conf. call notes: Comments George Pipas: Year over year market share up again, tenth of past 11 months. Small car sales c. 32% of all sales this year, last year c. 29% of all sales. 4-cyl engines, as a percentage of all engines, have steadily increased since 2004 Ken Czubay: 2.4M unique visitors to "Recycle Your Ride" site Car sales up 25%, CUVs up 28%, trucks 12%--pleased with balance. Favorable opinion rating has risen 17%, consideration up 13% since beginning of the year. Took lessons from EU C4C programs - Taurus - August 1 inventory: 100 Tauruses - August sales expectations: 1100 Tauruses. - Calls it the -Show- Higher than predicted mix of SHO Transit Connect expected @ 1300 50% of inventory 2010MY--ahead of selldown plan. Inventory: Aug 31: 70k cars, 173k trucks/SUVs/CUVs, 243k, 50k less than Aug. 1; vs. 461k Aug. 31, 2008. Q&A Analysts: * Est. c. 500k clunker sales in August, difficulty of pulling 'would have happened anyway' sales from the C4C sales. Historically about 75k cars per month meet C4C standard in any given month. * Est. 13.5% total market share * Fleet mix 18% in August (up 2% year over year--August a slow month for fleets) * Difficulty of retaining market share when market shifts to smaller cars, due to lack of product in that area. (Rod Lache asks about 30 questions) * Question of how many C4C sales were deferred sales--how many were pulled ahead; difficult to estimate. * Consideration of vehicle cashed in as indicator of deferred sales or pulled ahead sales * Plan for c. 15% market share for the balance of the year * Anticipate higher F-Series sales balance of year in conjunction with better economic outlook. * Sales began to drop midweek last week, dropped off over the weekend. * Expect the C4C payback will not extend into October * Fleet sales were likely turned down in Aug. to meet retail demand * Remain confident in 10.5M-11M sales. * Industry can't sustain a 32% small car share, expect c. 30% fleet mix balance of the year. Media: * Expect better results balance of year than 7 months pre C4C. * Expect Q4 as beginning of expansion. * Clunker share c. 14.4%, better than retail market share of 13% * Expect a bump in mfg. just to replace inventory. * c. 36 days inventory end of August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
focus05 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Only 624 Grand Marquis were sold in August. Those "loyal BOF/V8 customers" sure are helping sales and profits aren't they???? Looks like the PI will end up being the only one around. Taxi companies are switching away from them. Liverys are getting SUV's or vans. MY changeover was this month. When you have basically 0 retail sales, you get wild sales swings due to changeovers and down times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherminator98 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 * c. 36 days inventory end of August. Thats just insane...and makes it hard to find a car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefstang Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Nice catch on the pronunciation of the "Show". I still don't know what to call it, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 GM August sales - HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefstang Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 GM August sales - HERE Well I guess they aren't high fivin' right now... Now for Yoda... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomServo92 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Well I guess they aren't high fivin' right now... Now for Yoda... Toyota overall up 10.5% Toyota Division: +15.2% Lexus Division: -18.8% Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpvbs Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 (edited) GM August sales - HERE Ouch. Silverado and Sierra models are both down more than 40% That's pretty significant considering F-series sales are actually up 13% They have a few bright spots (Aveo sales are waaaay up) and Pontiac sales are up, but GM looks to be in a world of hurt. When their best performance comes from the division they are closing, you know they have problems. They look as bad and Ford looks good. Edited September 1, 2009 by jpvbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Reynolds Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Good grief..... Camry 54,396 Corolla 43,061 Accord 39,726 Ford's making headway but good lord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 Sept is going to be brutal for Toyota... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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