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Ford Motor Company Reports June and First Half U.S. Sales; * Full-size trucks and premium sport utility vehicles continue to pace Ford's U.S. sales * Small cars and small sport utility vehicles also post higher sales * U.S. economy and auto sales poised for stronger second half.

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U.S. customers purchased or leased 311,252 cars and trucks from Ford , Mercury, Lincoln, Jaguar, Volvo, and Land Rover dealers in June, down 7.7 percent compared with a year ago. Sales of trucks (pickups, vans, and sport utility vehicles) were 200,165, down 4.1 percent, and car sales were 111,087, down 13.7 percent.

Year-to-date, the company's sales were 1.75 million, down 3.0 percent compared with the same period a year ago. Sales of trucks were 1.12 million, down 0.5 percent, and car sales were 629,000, down 7.2 percent.

New Ford products continued to pace the company's U.S. sales. In June, sales of sport utility vehicles were 81,911 resulting in record first half SUV sales of 451,841, up 8 percent compared with a year ago. The first half SUV sales increase reflected the impact of the redesigned Ford Expedition, Lincoln Navigator, and Land Rover Range Rover, as well as the all-new Volvo XC90 and Lincoln Aviator.

June sales for the Ford F-Series pickup were 73,938,...

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