Ford Racks Up A 7% Jump In January Sales

Ford Motor Company U.S. sales totaled 136,710 vehicles in January, a 7 percent increase versus year-old levels. The Ford brand totaled 131,589 vehicles in January, making it the best January sales month for the Ford brand since 2008.

"January started off with solid sales versus year-ago levels," said Ken Czubay, Ford vice president, U.S. Marketing, Sales and Service. "Ford saw the same solid month, with smaller vehicles in higher demand. Escape continued its record-setting run, and Focus set the pace for car sales in California, Texas and the Southeast."

Ford brand grew small car, utility and truck sales in January versus a year ago. Focus small car and Escape utility combined provided 49 percent of Ford Motor Company volume growth in January. With 17,259 Escape vehicles sold, it was another best-ever January for Escape, topping last January by 24 percent.

Sales of the Ford Explorer totaled 9,966, a 36 percent gain versus strong year-ago results.

Ford F-Series, America's top-selling vehicle for the past 30 years, posted January sales of 38,493 vehicles, representing an 8 percent increase. EcoBoost-equipped F-150s represented 42 percent of retail sales in January, providing Ford a retail F-150 V6 engine mix (EcoBoost V6 and Ford's 3.7-liter V6) of 54 percent for the month.

 

thetruth01 - 2/1/2012 2:35:03 PM

+1 Boost

I'm scared for Ford this year. They are killing the Ranger and Econoline. And I fear the Escape replacement will never sell in the numbers of the current one. The Fusion is still a year out. Lincoln is still a mess without Mercury to prop them up. And the Focus and Fiesta are still not selling up to expectations.

A couple years ago, I thought GM was dead and Ford and Toyota would battle for the top. Now I'm not so sure. About Ford. Or Toyota. The two of them will have to work hard to stay above Chrysler at this point.