Ford vindicated by latest F-150 pickup sales - USA TODAY
Ford vindicated by latest F-150 pickup sales It has taken a year, but inventories of the F-150 are approaching normal levels and Ford was rewarded with a 5% sales increase in F-Series sales in August, which contributed to a 6% hike in overall sales. ly/1UrzSHy It has taken a year, but inventories of the F-150 are approaching normal levels and Ford was rewarded with a 5% sales increase in F-Series sales in August, which contributed to a 6% hike in overall sales. The results underscore two things: the importance of the truck to Ford's overall sales in the U. S. and perhaps vindication of a calculated gamble to switch to aluminum for a truck that had a steel body for more than seven decades. sales chief Mark LaNeve said Tuesday that sales of 71,332 last month made it the best August for the F-Series since 2006 and exceeding 70,000 in sales has happened only seven times in the last eight or nine years. 25, 2014, that Ford began implementing a detailed demolition plan that started by closing the Dearborn Truck assembly plant as part of a calculated gamble to switch to an aluminum body for a truck that had been made of steel for a century. Source: www.usatoday.com
