Comments on: Ford November Sales Drop 30 Percent

By: umterp85

umterp85 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:07:30 +0000

P_71 Crown Vic—-everything is relative my friend. Ford hung in there better than any other major auto manufacturer for Nov.

Sit back—relax—and hopefully an American icon can turn it around with a solid business plan. Time (and cash) are not on Ford’s side—but they have a solid strategy and product plan moving forward. How can you not cheer for them to survive ?

By: Droid800

Droid800 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:28:03 +0000

Edward-

You need to correct one big thing; the F150 sales only included a modest number of 2009 models, because they haven’t quite hit their full production stride yet. Out of the F150’s 38,000 sales, only 5,000 were the new model.

By: Edward Niedermeyer

Edward Niedermeyer — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:14:37 +0000

helius: Jag and Landie were sold to Tata Motors earlier this year.

By: jpcavanaugh

jpcavanaugh — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:47:50 +0000

This is some positive news for Ford. The entire new vehicle market fell into a swamp last month. Everybody is losing sales. It appears that Ford is losing less than anybody I have seen so far (Toyota, Honda, GM and Chrysler).

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:02:50 +0000

Silly me…and here I was told that the Flex and Lincoln Taurus were going to be Ford’s saviors.

Bold Moves.

By: helius

helius — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:56:14 +0000

Something wrong with the figures…
Ford brand – down 18.5%
Lincoln – down 19.1%
Mercury – down 28.5%
Volvo – down 29.7%

Are they counting Jaguar and Land Rover? Even so, surely they can’t have enough volume to result in a 30% total drop.

By: hltguy

hltguy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:35:52 +0000

Could be worse, they could be GM, their sales were just reported, down 41% !!! Holy Bailout Batman.

By: jaydez

jaydez — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:29:24 +0000

Well yeah, its possitive… Toyota was down 34% (read it on Yahoo finance earlier).

Edit: Just noticed it below to… my bad.

By: NickR

NickR — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:07:32 +0000

Comparatively modest, fuel-efficient vehicles are selling? My God, what an unexpected development. It will be interesting to see if the Cobalt and Malibu far as well. I know the answer for Chrysler.