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Originally posted by Fmr12B:
Isn't Ford going to be doing the GM, employee pricing deal where everyone gets it?
I swear I got a Ford flier in the mail a few days back notifying me of this.
I doubt it. Unlike GM most of Ford's lineup is meeting expectations and they're not having to resort to deep rebates or many fleet sales. This month is the first month for rebates on the new Freestyle and Five Hundreds after much longer than expected.
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Originally posted by sigma:
Originally posted by Fmr12B:
Isn't Ford going to be doing the GM, employee pricing deal where everyone gets it?
I swear I got a Ford flier in the mail a few days back notifying me of this.
I doubt it. Unlike GM most of Ford's lineup is meeting expectations and they're not having to resort to deep rebates or many fleet sales. This month is the first month for rebates on the new Freestyle and Five Hundreds after much longer than expected.
WHAT?  Yeah, meeting expectations  definitely not the Street's.
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At Ford, the No. 2 carmaker behind GM, new vehicle demand fell for the 12th straight month. Sales slipped nearly 3 percent in May, and Ford's total sales are off 4 percent for the first five months of the year.
The Mustang coupe sold at a blistering pace, up 47 percent from last May, Ford said yesterday. Ford, Lincoln and Mercury brand car sales rose 4.3 percent, but it wasn't enough to offset a 6.4 percent loss in truck sales.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05153/514111.stm
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Ford Motor Company May U.S. sales totaled 283,994, down 11 percent compared with a year ago. However, the brightest spot in the company and perhaps the industry has to be the 2005 Mustang sales. George Pipas, Ford Sales Analyst says the sales were the highest for Ford's legendary pony car in the month of May, since 1980.
http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=20942
http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/06/01/auto_sales.reut/
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Sales being down doesn't mean that sales weren't meeting expectations; neither Ford's nor Wall Streets. In fact Ford more than doubled Wall Street's earnings expectations in Q1, making $1.2B, despite decreased sales. And, unlike GM, will likely make a profit for the year, again, despite it's sales being down more than GM's.
Obviously the truck sector is hurting everyone right now. I didn't say that all of their lineup was meeting expectations. Ford's cars are selling above last year's numbers and the new models are meeting or exceeding expectations without any rebates (or very minimal ones starting this month) despite what much of the media said was going to happen.
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could I just have money? I am a poor college student who hasn't bought anything for a very long time. I haven't even put one single mod on my car yet. 
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Hey, just out of curiosity, and you don't have to answer this, but under the GMS deal, I can get a new Silverado W/T with the "Light Duty Power Pack" (5.3L, towing suspension) for around $$16K. Can the X-plan come close to this for a 5.4L F150?
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You need to remember if you have a few years of increasing car sales it will follow a few years of decreasing car sales. If your normal loyal customers bought new cars in the mid 90s so to say(period of increased) the following years where they are still driving their new cars you won't have as many sales(period of low). Then 5-7 years down the line depending on their loan and if the car held up well they will be back to buy another(years of increase again). So as long as They are still selling cars and breaking even if not profit they're good in the long run.
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Originally posted by Viss1:
Hey, just out of curiosity, and you don't have to answer this, but under the GMS deal, I can get a new Silverado W/T with the "Light Duty Power Pack" (5.3L, towing suspension) for around $$16K. Can the X-plan come close to this for a 5.4L F150?
and if you buy a silverado you are stuck with HIDEOUS styling(ugliest full size truck made)and an interior that looks like it was designed in 1983...worst full size truck built today imho
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