Ford US sales down 40 percent for February
March 2, 2009 by Matt Brogan
Even though February’s sales figures haven’t yet been officially calculated, Ford Motor Company’s senior US sales analyst, George Pipas, predicts an industry-wide sales fall of around 40 per cent as compared to the same time last year.
Mr Pipas also said that, for the first time in five months, he doesn’t expect Ford to have increased its market share, despite February being the strongest month for new car sales in the US for the past year.
“This will be the first month in five that Ford’s market share falls,” Mr Pipas said. “We had four months in which our share of the retail market was 13 percent or higher. This could be the toughest monthly comparison for the industry this year.”
Print it: 
With the market like this and the Gov giving billions to GM and Chrysler how can those two companies ever return to profit when in the last quarter GM lost another 9.5 billion? doesnt make sense to keep propping them up.
How many times have car manufacturers bailed out their countries by turning over their assembly lines for the production of planes and tanks during war time. If you don’t have the industry in place then the country loses it’s ability to replenish its fighting machines. Not only would we lose the infrastructure but also the skilled workforce required to repair and maintain them.
Gee, this isn’t going to do a lot for the better financial position that Ford has seen itself in as opposed to GM and Chrysler.
We’ll be lucky to have any manufacturers left by the time this crisis is over :-(
yea there’ll be like 3 manufacturers left in 5 years time, Toyota, VW and Hyundai.
ewww toyota and hyundai!!!
John go and drive a new Hyundai and you will then no what getreal is on about and you wont be saying ewww.
And why is it thaT Hyundai/Kia seems to be the ONLY car maker keeping their heads above water.????
Maybe because they (Hyundai and Kia) don’t have the liabilities the others have and all their manufacturing is in countries with low labour cost and they already have tax breaks and ridiculously high tariffs protecting their domestic market.
Matty, it has soemthing to do with the backing they have from their own government. You know, those evil things we are so desperate to get rid of over here, Tarrifs and Taxes on imported goods which are in direct competition to goods produced there. Also at the end of the 90’s the Korean government did a major restructure of the manufacturers and as such assisted them into getting stronger.
Also don’t forget the most profitable (not the largest volume though) manufacturer in 2008 was VWAG. That is something a lot of people forget. You do not need to sell the most cars to be the most profitable.
Abd yes drove the latest model Hyundais and came away thinking yeah not bad…. For a Hyundai.
Did anyone else find the headline a little misleading???
Not any where does it announce fords figures.
The Ford spokesperson has come out and predicted a 40% down turn for the INDUSTRY.
No Doubt they expect their figures down also, but the headline based on the article is incorrect
I was waiting for someone to pick that up. Well done Andrew M.
matty no thanks! i have standards! hyundai may be great now…but the level theyve reached now is still behind the european offerings from ford…
never will drive a hyundai…or will step into one…
Headline??? Misleading???? Error???? NOOOOOOO it wouldn’t happen (he he he :p)
matty no thanks! i have standards! hyundai may be great now…but the level theyve reached now is still behind the european offerings from ford…
John, you are a moron !!!!
Frontman,
they are certainly on a roll, they got this headline wrong, and also 2 points in the “Kelly Racing” article