Ford Motor Company's October U.S. Sales Down 6%
1 November 2000
Ford Motor Company's October U.S. Sales Down 6%
DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 1 U.S. consumers purchased or leased
299,639 cars and trucks from Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, Jaguar, Volvo, and Land
Rover dealers in the month of October, down six percent from a year ago.
Sales of passenger cars totaled 112,866, down 12 percent from a year ago.
The decline in car sales primarily reflected lower sales for the discontinued
Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique compact cars and also Ford Crown Victoria
and Mercury Grand Marquis full-size cars where Ford shipments and dealer sales
have slowed until air bag modules can be replaced.
Truck sales totaled 186,773, down one percent from a year ago. The
decline primarily reflected lower sales for minivans, which also were affected
by the air bag module problem, and lower sales for the Ford F-Series pickup.
Ford Windstar sales were down 21 percent and Mercury Villager sales were down
26 percent.
To expedite replacement efforts of defective air bag modules, Ford has
reduced production schedules this week and will suspend production next week
at the St. Thomas (Crown Victoria and Grand Marquis) and Oakville (Windstar)
assembly plants. These actions will divert air bag modules from new vehicle
production to vehicles in dealer and company inventory.
Including these actions, Ford Motor Company's fourth quarter
North American production plan totals 1,110,000 vehicles (385,000 cars and
725,000 trucks), three percent lower than fourth quarter 1999 (cars down
11 percent and trucks equal to a year ago).
In other truck segments, October sales of Ford sport utility vehicles
totaled 65,691, up 11 percent from a year ago. Sales of the all-new Ford
Escape compact SUV more than offset the decline in Ford Explorer sales. Ford
Escape sales were 9,818, up 29 percent from September. Ford Explorer sales
were 29,611, down 16 percent from October 1999.
Year-to-date through October, Ford Motor Company's car and truck sales
total 3.63 million, up three percent from the same period a year ago.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY OCTOBER 2000 U.S. SALES
October Month DSR % October CYTD DSR %
2000 1999 Change 2000 1999 Change
Car and Truck Sales By Brand
Ford 247,258 258,891 -4.5% 2,992,700 2,892,233 3.1%
Mercury 22,542 28,864 -21.9 319,101 376,492 -15.6
Lincoln 14,148 15,388 -8.1 165,146 143,992 14.2
Jaguar 3,027 3,333 -9.2 35,865 26,490 34.9
Volvo 10,405 10,478 -0.7 104,368 94,214 10.3
Land Rover 2,259 3,089 -26.9 22,201 23,826 -7.2
Total Ford
Motor
Company 299,639 316,954 -5.5% 3,626,399 3,505,480 3.0%
Memo: Cars and Trucks
Cars 112,866 128,015 -11.8% 1,472,580 1,431,558 2.5%
Trucks 186,773 188,939 -1.1 2,153,819 2,073,922 3.4
Total Ford
Motor
Company 299,639 316,954 -5.5% 3,626,399 3,505,480 3.0%
Memo: Selling Days 26 26 257 256
Note: Ford Motor Company acquired Volvo on March 31, 1999.
Accordingly, Ford's 1999 year-to-date sales exclude
Volvo prior to April 1, 1999.
Note: Ford Motor Company acquired Land Rover on June 30, 2000.
Accordingly, Ford's 1999 and 2000 year-to-date sales exclude
Land Rover prior to July 1, 2000.
FORD BRAND OCTOBER 2000 U.S. SALES
October Month DSR % October CYTD DSR %
2000 1999 Change 2000 1999 Change
Crown Victoria 4,581 8,569 -46.5% 82,355 100,324 -18.2%
Taurus 23,821 25,786 -7.6 331,196 306,275 7.7
Focus 22,473 13,486 66.6 247,712 19,915 NA
Mustang 11,110 12,142 -8.5 151,461 145,162 3.9
Escort 7,842 12,566 -37.6 97,296 247,171 -60.8
Contour 2,416 7,336 -67.1 42,376 111,800 -62.2
Total Ford
Cars 72,243 79,885 -9.6% 952,396 930,647 1.9%
Explorer 29,611 35,436 -16.4% 384,025 353,751 8.1
%
Expedition 21,417 19,607 9.2 183,811 194,920 -6.1
Excursion 4,845 4,373 10.8 43,835 8,939 388.5
Escape 9,818 NA NA 18,303 NA NA
Econoline/
Club Wagon 14,299 14,612 -2.1 159,954 171,906 -7.3
Windstar 9,914 12,565 -21.1 197,191 185,939 5.6
Ranger 19,103 18,282 4.5 294,961 309,135 -5.0
F-Series 65,225 73,346 -11.1 748,025 727,707 2.4
Heavy Trucks 783 785 -0.3 10,199 9,289 9.4
Total Ford
Trucks 175,015 179,006 -2.2% 2,040,304 1,961,586 3.6%
Total Ford
Brand 247,258 258,891 -4.5% 2,992,700 2,892,233 3.1%
LINCOLN AND MERCURY BRAND OCTOBER 2000 U.S. SALES
October Month DSR % October CYTD DSR %
2000 1999 Change 2000 1999 Change
Grand Marquis 6,854 10,204 -32.8% 108,764 103,713 4.5%
Sable 7,509 5,829 28.8 89,375 86,861 2.5
Cougar 2,596 3,382 -23.2 36,258 50,809 -28.9
Mystique 231 2,618 -91.2 15,913 33,413 -52.6
Tracer 0 929 -100.0 0 21,207 -100.0
Total Mercury
Cars 17,190 22,962 -25.1% 250,310 296,003 -15.8%
Town Car 6,196 5,881 5.4 70,178 71,175 -1.8
Continental 1,409 1,679 -16.1 19,228 22,403 -14.5
LS 3,891 3,797 2.5 43,839 18,567 135.2
Total Lincoln
Cars 11,496 11,357 1.2% 133,245 112,145 18.4%
Total Mercury
and Lincoln
Cars 28,686 34,319 -16.4% 383,555 408,148 -6.4%
Villager 1,990 2,688 -26.0% 26,867 40,490 -33.9%
Mountaineer 3,362 3,214 4.6 41,924 39,999 4.4
Total Mercury
Trucks 5,352 5,902 -9.3% 68,791 80,489 -14.9%
Navigator 2,652 4,031 -34.2 31,901 31,847 -0.2
Total Mercury
and Lincoln
Trucks 8,004 9,933 -19.4% 100,692 112,336 -10.7%
Total Mercury
and Lincoln
Vehicles 36,690 44,252 -17.1% 484,247 520,484 -7.3%
Total Lincoln
Brand 14,148 15,388 -8.1% 165,146 143,992 14.2%
Total Mercury
Brand 22,542 28,864 -21.9 319,101 376,492 -15.6
JAGUAR BRAND OCTOBER 2000 U.S. SALES
October Month DSR % October CYTD DSR %
2000 1999 Change 2000 1999 Change
XJ8 398 369 7.9% 4,814 4,676 2.6%
XJ8 L 113 143 -21.0 1,058 1,459 -27.8
Vanden Plas 337 430 -21.6 3,154 3,595 -12.6
XJR 112 125 -10.4 1,071 1,289 -17.2
S-TYPE 1,448 1,708 -15.2 20,435 10,707 90.1
XK8 - Coupe 25 29 -13.8 451 341 31.7
XK8 - Convertible 346 422 -18.0 3,652 4,300 -15.4
XKR - Coupe 39 20 95.0 234 23 913.4
XKR - Convertible 209 87 140.2 996 100 892.1
Total Jaguar 3,027 3,333 -9.2% 35,865 26,490 34.9%
VOLVO BRAND OCTOBER 2000 U.S. SALES
October Month DSR % October CYTD DSR %
2000 1999 Change 2000 1999 Change
S40 3,004 1,936 55.2% 24,252 3,554 NA%
V40 560 642 -12.8 4,951 1,174 NA
S60 202 0 NA 202 0 NA
S70 571 2,046 -72.1 17,999 29,369 -39.0
V70 2,011 2,399 -16.2 23,395 26,174 -11.0
V70 XC 1,495 NA NA 3,604 NA NA
C70 353 502 -29.7 4,628 5,531 -16.7
S80 2,209 2,953 -25.2 25,333 28,379 -11.1
S90/V90 0 0 NA 4 33 NA
Total Volvo 10,405 10,478 -0.7% 104,368 94,214 10.3%
LAND ROVER BRAND OCTOBER 2000 U.S. SALES
October Month DSR % October CYTD DSR %
2000 1999 Change 2000 1999 Change
Range Rover 509 849 -40.0% 4,772 5,991 -20.7%
Discovery
Series II 1,750 2,240 -21.9 17,429 17,835 -2.7
Total Land
Rover 2,259 3,089 -26.9% 22,201 23,826 -7.2%