Time Warner orders 540 Ford F-150s as supply climbs - The Detroit News
Ford Motor Co. has said it plans to focus on filling fleet orders for its popular F-150 pickup through the remainder of the year, and on Tuesday the automaker said Time Warner Cable has placed an order for 540. It’s among the top 10 biggest... F-Series sales rose 4. 7 percent in August as the pickups topped the 70,000 sales mark for the first time this year. The automaker said it has about 90,000 F-150s in its inventory — a large drop from the 173,000 it had at this time last year, but about 3,000 more than two months ago. we’re filling our dealer lots and will begin filling more commercial fleet orders,” Mark LaNeve, Ford’s head of marketing, sales and service, said in a Tuesday conference call with reporters and analysts. Of the 71,000 F-Series sales in August, about 80 percent were to retail customers and 20 percent were to fleets. As inventory levels rise, Ford has increased its incentives. Ford’s F-Series incentives last month totaled $4,700, a $700 increase from a year ago, but in line with the overall segment average. Source: www.detroitnews.com
