The best-selling fleet vehicle was, not surprisingly, the best-selling vehicle in the country, the Ford F-Series pickup truck.
Many of those products were already in the pipeline, however, particularly a planned 2008 update for its best-selling Ford F-series pickups, which account for about one-quarter of Ford's annual sales.
Kentucky Truck, the largest auto assembly plant in the US and the home of the Ford F-Series, ran tight over the summer to keep up with demand and from the looks of it Ford dealers will still be running short on trucks.
All of which allows Gary White, GM's head truck executive, to chuckle a little at Ford's F-Series war room.
Meanwhile, Ford's redesigned F-Series pickups are expected to compete strongly with the Tundra.
By contrast, Ford sold 168, 843 F-series pickup trucks in the first quarter alone.
Ford?s line of F-series has been leading the pickup truck category in the U.S. for the last 30 years.
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The F-Series is Ford's crown jewel, almost single-handedly keeping the company alive.
It was one of the best sales months in two years for F-series, which is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. So far this year, Ford has sold 434, 920 F-series pickups.
Dealers expect Ford to offer plenty of incentives on F-Series before the new competition arrives.
The market leaders, F-series pickups from Ford, are not just best-selling trucks.
Sales of Ford's bread-and-butter F-Series pickup have slipped 11% along with the market, chewing into profits.
Ford Motor Co. said sales of its F-Series pickup the nation's best-selling vehicle hit 71, 604, their highest sales since March 2007.
Ford sales rose 14 percent in May as the F-Series rose 31 percent.
The Lariat, which Ford expects to account for some 20% of F-series sales, would be pitched in magazines like Cigar Aficionado.
F-series pickup sales, which Ford calls the bestselling vehicle in America, inched up 1% to 55, 000 (compared to a 19% jump in August).
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Ford constantly reminds auto reporters and consumers that its F-Series pickup has been the top-selling light vehicle in the U.S. for the past 30 years.
It's putting its Toyota Tundra up against the Chevrolet Silverado, Ford F-150 and Dodge Ram in the 25-race series kicked off in February at Daytona International Speedway.
Vehicles sales for Ford Motors rose 13% helped by strong performances by F-series pick up trucks and Escape SUV, which were up 19% and 37% respectively.
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Ford remains a leader in the pickup market, with its F-Series and other light truck segments.
The F-Series trucks led the increased sales of Ford Trucks in April.
In a few short months the F-Series pickup, and, by extension, Ford Motor, will be faced with a ferocious assault.
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