THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, June 6, 1995 TAG: 9506060289
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: D1 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 23 lines
Ford Motor Co.'s sales in May were 2.5 percent ahead of last year, with strong demand for vans, pickups and sport utilities making up for a decline in passenger car deliveries, the automaker said Monday. Ford was the last manufacturer to report U.S. sales for May, when the industry appears to have been pulling out of a slump that started with the new year. Since January, when sales lagged the previous year by 2 percent, the daily sales average had fallen each month. April sales fell 6.1 percent. In May, the decline narrowed to 1.2 percent for the industry, with truck sales up slightly from last year and cars down 2.6 percent. Ford's light truck sales in May were 7.7 percent higher than a year ago and set a 20th consecutive monthly record for the company. (Associated Press) by CNB