by Calculated Risk on 4/01/2009 12:04:00 PM
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Ford U.S. March sales fall 40.9%
Update2: Toyota sales off 36.6%. GM Sales off 47%. Chrysler off 39%. From MarketWatch:
Chrysler LLC on Wednesday reported a 39% drop in March U.S. sales to 101,001 cars and trucks from 166,386 a year earlier.Update: from MarketWatch: Ford U.S. March sales drop 40.9%
Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that U.S. March sales fell 40.9% ... At the end of March, Ford said that Ford, Lincoln and Mercury inventories totaled 408,000 units, about 27% lower than a year ago.This is reported as Year-over-year (March 2009 vs. March 2008)
Last month (February) Ford sales were off 46.3% YoY
And in January Ford sales were off 42.1%
December: 32.4%
November: 31%
Ford's numbers will probably be better than GM or Chrysler!