Ford Sales Up 43% Over Last Year, Stats
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From Ford’s press release:
Ford, Lincoln and Mercury February sales up 43 percent versus year ago and 22 percent higher than January
Ford brand sales up 46 percent versus year ago, Lincoln up 19 percent and Mercury up 24 percent
Cars up 54 percent versus year ago, utilities up 39 percent and trucks up 36 percent
Ford’s U.S. market share for February estimated at 17 percent, up 3 percentage points versus a year ago
Retail sales up 28 percent versus a year ago; fleet sales normalizing – up 74 percent versus last February’s depressed levels
Second-quarter North American production plan is 595,000 vehicles, up 144,000 vehicles (32 percent) versus a year ago
More good news for a major contributor to the US economy, bad news for conservatives continuing to root for American failure.
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conservatives continuing to root for American failure.
Really? Please provide an example of conservatives rooting for the failure of Ford. Since Ford refused to take gov’t bailout money and have done far better than Government Motors (GM) or Chrysler, I’d say that their success makes them conservative exhibit A for why gov’t intervention in private industry is a BAD thing.
But keep bringing the stupid, Oliver.
Really Oliver? When has a Conservative rooted for the failure of a company or of the USA? Dave is 100% spot on. As Ronald Reagan once said:
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
So why don’t conservatives refuse “gov’t bailout money” for their districts? I’d say the inevitable “success” would make them conservative exhibit A for why gov’t intervention is a BAD thing.
You got nothing.
Dave– You have a point. Ford doing well mainly increases profits for the rich. GM and Chrysler surviving keeps the country away from far more massive unemployment and a possible depression. So of course Republicans are for Ford being profitable and against GM and Chrysler surviving– it’s the patriotic thing to do!
You’re confusing ‘conservatives’ with ‘Republican politicians’. Most conservatives are against bailout money period, whether for their districts or others. And you do nothing to refute my point.
You got nothing.
I see. What appears to be your standard boilerplate answer in which you offer less than nothing. Fail.
And yet those ‘conservatives’ will, to a man, continue to vote for those ‘Republican politicians.’ The same ones who are working right now to ensure that the US will have to bail out the financial sector again, with the money to come from the middle class. Can you tell who is Lucy and who is Charlie Brown in this idiotic drama?
“You’re confusing ‘conservatives’ with ‘Republican politicians’. Most conservatives are against bailout money period, whether for their districts or others.”
…so, let me get this straight. You’re saying that Republican politicans are not conservatives?
…you’re one of those wacky people who claim that Bush wasn’t conservatice either, aren’t you?
Hate to break it to you, but most conservatives aren’t libertarians, either. And you’re talking libertarianism at this point, not conservatism. “Fail” indeed.
So every Ford shareholder is rich? Including individual middle class investors or those working people whose pension funds are invested in Ford stock? Did you really think that statement through or just go with the standard liberal knee-jerk “profits are for the rich” answer?
And BTW, most conservatives didn’t want GM and Chrysler to fail, they wanted the gov’t to stop throwing money at them and delaying the inevitable… which was for both companies to enter bankruptcy and be able to shed excess capacity and the onerous union contracts that were strangling the companies, allowing both to emerge leaner with at least a fighting chance to compete and survive.
Sorry to burst your simplistic “conservatives hate America” bubble.
it’s the patriotic thing to do!
Touching. Were you waving an American flag when you wrote this?
so, let me get this straight. You’re saying that Republican politicans are not conservatives?
All Republican politicians are conservative in the same way that all Democratic politicians are progressives.
you’re one of those wacky people who claim that Bush wasn’t conservatice either, aren’t you?
Not fiscally conservative, he wasn’t. Medicare Part D anyone? The man (with help from a like-minded Republican Congress) spent like a drunken sailor. Of course, now that Democrats are in power they’re spending like an army of drunken sailors on steroids and amphetamines. You’re obviously one of those wacky people who don’t understand the difference between ‘fiscal’ conservatism and ‘social’ conservatism.
And you’re talking libertarianism at this point, not conservatism.
Am I?
And yet those ‘conservatives’ will, to a man, continue to vote for those ‘Republican politicians.’
Only reluctantly. When was the last time you voted for a Republican because the Democratic candidate wasn’t progressive enough?
The same ones who are working right now to ensure that the US will have to bail out the financial sector again, with the money to come from the middle class.
And pray tell where will the money be coming from to pay for all the new and expanded entitlement programs pushed by the Democrats and cheered on by you? Increased taxes on the rich? Sorry, that won’t be enough
When has a Conservative rooted for the failure of a company or of the USA?
Conservative pundits continue to root against the U.S. economy
Rooting against America: Beck, other conservatives cheer elimination of Chicago’s Olympic bid
Shorter Dave in SoCal: Spending gobs o’ cash on blowing up Brown People and wildly regressive tax cuts for the very, very wealthy is exactly the same as extending unemployment benefits during an especially shitty recession.
Conservative pundits continue to root against the U.S. economy
Another MM POS article. Key paragraph is here:
Funny, I read through Henninger’s article several times and saw no examples of “rooting” going on.
What’s obvious is that to someone like Boehlert whose only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. What’s missing from Boehlert’s piece is actual documentation or evidence that Henninger “doesn’t really care about people today” and “actually prefer[s] that people remain unemployed”.
But this is the usual kind of “code word” and “I know what you’re really thinking” kind of crap that MM (and Oliver) passes off as journalism.
Rooting against America: Beck, other conservatives cheer elimination of Chicago’s Olympic bid
Time
I’d say that Chicago dodged a debt bullet while you, a self-serving non-resident of Chicago, was gladly cheering for them to get the games while knowing full well that you would never have to help them pay.
Keep bringing the suck, Oliver.
I suggest that you (1) cut down on the crystal meth and (2) educate yourself on those “wildly regressive tax cuts for the very, very wealthy”.
And by the way, it’s saintly President Obama who is now “spending gobs o’ cash on blowing up Brown People”.
Idiot.
Wait, Obama’s the one who invaded Iraq? I did now know that. My mistake. Please forgive me.
Man, I could have sworn a whole bunch of bad shit went down from 2001 thru 2009. Guess I musta been dreamin or sumthin. Huh.
Guess you need to be more specific than just making an asinine “blowing up Brown People” statement.
And I believe that under Obama’s leadership, the US is currently in the process of “blowing up Brown People” in Iraq, Afghanistan AND Pakistan.
Way to stay the course, progressives!
You’re confusing ‘conservatives’ with ‘Republican politicians’. Most conservatives are against bailout money period, whether for their districts or others. And you do nothing to refute my point.
So who are the only real “conservatives” left? Ron Paul? You? The teabaggers who believed that making asses of themselves at democratic health care town halls was a more fiscally effective strategy than doing the same at republican town halls about the stimulus?
And the most simpleminded conservative knows that abandoning Bush messes overseas would be catastrophic. Obama was screwed, but making progress at getting us out of there.
Dave’s a loony libertarian. Double nothing. Good luck with your Ron Paul vote.
And speaking of staying the course:
Keep shreddin’ the Constitution, progressives!
Indeed, that’s pretty awful. Hey, thanks again for marching with us Reality Based back in 2002 and 2003 when we tried to prevent Obama from invading Iraq in the first place (again, sorry for suggesting it was someone else), which was so wasteful on so many levels. You’re awesome!
Shorter timmy: Whoa, too many big words and crazy ideas going on here. Better reach into my liberal fanny pack and pull out some one-size-fits-all-conservatives and general purpose insults.
You’ve got nothing, timmy.
Since you’re not answering above, I’ll repeat:
You’re confusing ‘conservatives’ with ‘Republican politicians’. Most conservatives are against bailout money period, whether for their districts or others. And you do nothing to refute my point.
So who are the only real “conservatives” left? Ron Paul? You? The 5% of America which is Libertarian? The teabaggers who believed that making asses of themselves at democratic health care town halls was a more fiscally effective strategy than doing the same at republican town halls about the stimulus?
And what have Bush’s and Obama’s tax incentives done to stimulate anything? Everybody I know banked their cash.
And yet, the heroic and proud marchers of 2002 and 2003, who BTW really put their asses on the line for this country by bravely marching against the evil Bush Police State, are strangely silent and subdued now that their party is in an actual position to do something about the situation.
Imagine that. One would almost think their anguished cries in 2002 and 2003 were merely opportunistic tools with which to bash the evil Bush empire, tools which can be safely put away now that progressives are in power (until November, that is).
So the PATRIOT Act and the Iraq Invasion are both Obama’s fault. Huh. All this time I thought someone else was responsible for those. Did he also trade arms for hostages in Iran? That monster!
And do prove to us that Austrian school ideology is worth a shit in the biggest economic downturn since the depression.
Absolutely nothing. Both were abject failures that stimulated nothing.
And please note above how I fail to see Bush as any kind of a role model for fiscal conservatives.
Really? Silent? Huh. I could have sworn a lot of Reality Based People weren’t so silent. Some dude named, uh, Grenn Gleenwald, for example? Is that it? Nah, must be dreamin again. Hey, thanks again for setting me straight.
How about many Republicans who are fed up with the direction the party has gone in? Ones who believe that abortion should be legal (but shouldn’t be a woman’s method of birth control) and that DADT is an outdated and asinine policy and should be repealed? Who wish that politicians calling themselves Republicans would devote more time and energy to getting this country back in fiscal order than in listening to nutjobs like Huckabee?
Wow. One dude. Is he like, your spokesman or something? Did everyone else have something they had to be doing?
So when are the marches planned?
President Obama: “I have no choice but to continue the evil policies of the Bush empire. I wish I could just match my rhetoric back then with my actions now, but damn… that Bushilter monster is just too powerful to resist. He’s forcing me to sign legislation and stay the course.”
Yes, your position is pathetic.
Just as soon as you prove that Krugman’s Keynesian “The reason the stimulus was a failure is because we didn’t throw enough money down the stimulus rathole” is fact.
Ever since the party claimed ownership of Big Military (the largest single government controlled, or statist enterprise if that’s your lingo), things have been a confused mess, and getting worse (abortion, pissing off civil libertarians…) as they try to reach for more “base”. And all the scandals under Bush by the Moral Values Party. And the reputation of working on behalf of corporate and wall street oligarchs…
It would be a lot simpler if they went ‘small government constitutional’ across the board.
I’ll let you know.
Thanks again for all your help, both setting me straight on historical facts as well as actively voicing your disapproval on the ground (then and now). You’re awesome!
Simpleminded. Well that would explain Biden’s “divide Iraq into 3 parts and get the hell out of there” and Obama’s “the surge will be a failure and throwing more troops into the country will be a mistake”.
You started this with your “I’d say that their success makes them conservative exhibit A for why gov’t intervention in private industry is a BAD thing.” comment.
Has Krugman ever mentioned Eisenhower’s Interstate Highway System or Reagans space and defense stimulus’?
IMO, when the mob is optimistic and calm, Austrian School ideology may have some good points. But when the mob is stampeding into a financial panic, it’s worthless. Something has to stabilize “human nature”, and I don’t think a few libertarians doing a Chip Diller is going to work.
Oh, wow. You’re actually using wikipedia as your source material? You’re really that clueless?
As Ronald Reagan once said: “Trees cause pollution.”
See? Irrefutable evidence that conservatives didn’t cheer Chicago not being awarded the Olympics.
Thanks, Dave in SoCal. Awesome as ever!
Simpleminded is calling democrats and liberals traitors for daring to debate from what had previously been Dick Cheney’s own position on Iraq.
THIS JUST IN: GM SALES UP 32%. LIMBAUGH ON SUICIDE WATCH.
“You’ve seen one redwood tree, you’ve seen them all.”
RR
You realize, of course, that conservatives have never reduced the size of government and have always INCREASED the federal deficit. The last Republican president to sign a balanced budget was Eisenhower, and he was no conservative. Bill Clinton and Lyndon Johnson also signed balanced budgets and they were no conservatives either.
Conservatism is as phony as Marxism — just a bunch of political theories with no basis in reality and NO RESULTS.
I am happy for Ford, but look at the cars/brands that are Ford:Volvo, Jaguar, Range Rover (recently sold but must sell cars already on lot), Astin Martin (retain small interest), Lincoln and Mercury. Those cars are not purchased by the struggling working class. That is probably why they are coming back first. GM just hired back 1,500 laid off employees in Lourdstown plant in Ohio. They are coming back. It’s so wonderful to drive past that plant when taking my son to school and see cars in the parking lot, that was empty for so many months.
Pass!
“GOVERMENTMOTORSSOCIALISMDEATHPANELSEVILKENYANTERRISTPRESIDENT” -Rush
That’s amazing, considering what butt-ugly pieces of junk GM cars still are.
You mean all three of you?
Shorter Dave in SoCal: “Bush was no True Scotsman.”