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Hot Sales Pace Continues for Ford’s New Fuel-Efficient Vehicles and Powertrains

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· Strong demand for Ford’s new fuel-efficient vehicles and powertrains continued in May

· Ford’s all-new Fiesta and Focus combined for 29,423 sales – Ford’s biggest small car month since May 2008

· Explorer posts highest sales in 47 months; total sales up 135 percent; retail sales quadruple year ago

· Fusion and Escape continue record setting sales pace with strong demand for 4-cylinder engines; F-150’s all-new V6 engines outsell the V8s

· Ford’s May sales totaled 192,102, equal to a year ago; year-to-date sales totaled 878,600, up 12 percent

· Ford announces third quarter North American production