Ford Motor Company Posts Strongest U.S. March Sales In Five Years

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• Fusion set an all-time monthly sales record, with 28,562 vehicles sold.
• Focus delivered its best March sales performance ever, selling 28,293 cars.
• F-Series sold 58,061 for the month – a 9 percent increase versus last March and F-Series’ best March sales performance since 2007. EcoBoost accounted for forty one percent of the F-150 retail sales, with all V6 engines comprising fifty six percent for the month.
• The Ford Edge had it best March sales month ever, with 14,058 vehicles sold.
• Ford began selling its Police Interceptor Sedans and Utilities at the end of March.

• Car sales at Ford Motor Company were up eight percent. The fuel-efficient Focus was the biggest seller among Ford’s car lineup, with sales up seventy eight percent during this period, with 66,043 vehicles sold.
• Utility sales totaled 150,415 vehicles, a six percent increase versus year-ago levels. Escape sales were up five percent, making it the strongest-ever first quarter start for Escape – America’s best-selling utility.
• Ford Motor Company truck sales increased eleven percent, with 195,807 vehicles sold. F-Series pickups – America’s top-selling truck for thirty five years – posted sales of 143,827 vehicles for the quarter, a fourteen-percent increase versus the same period in 2011.