Total sales compare to an estimate of 222,000 by analysts at Kelley Blue Book. The industry research firm also reported that Ford’s average transaction price in August was $36,420, up 0.1% month over month, but up 5.3% compared with August of last year.
Sales of the Ford F-Series pickups rose by 4.7% in August to 71,332 units and sales year to date are now down just 0.5%. F-Series August sales were the best in nine years.
Truck sales comprise about 40% of all Ford brand sales and the F-Series pickups accounted for almost 32% of total sales in July.
Ford’s Escape small SUV saw a sales decline of 0.4% year over year, following a 10.1% increase in July. Sales of the all-new Transit and Transit Connect totaled 14,258 units in August, and the new Transit has sold a total of 75,931 units for the year to date.
Sales of the Lincoln brand rose 6% year over year in August while sales of Lincoln utility vehicles rose by nearly 17%. Car sales totaled 3,123 units in the month, and utility vehicle sales totaled 5,513 units. Year to date, Lincoln car sales are down 16.4% and utility sales are up 32.4%.
The stock traded up about 0.8% in the early going Monday, at $14.95 in a 52-week range of $13.26 to $17.87.
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