{"id":358677,"date":"2011-04-01T16:48:37","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/ford-sales-top-gm-for-first-time-in-over-a-decade\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T16:48:37","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:48:37","slug":"ford-sales-top-gm-for-first-time-in-over-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/ford-sales-top-gm-for-first-time-in-over-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford sales top GM for first time in over a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"64.879775280899\">    <!-- KEEP --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/69b5e17cdealer.top_.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"ford_dealer.top.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"307\" border=\"0\" class=\"cnnstoryImageFull\" \/><span><b>Ford Motor&#8217;s U.S. sales topped General Motors in March.<\/b><\/span><span id=\"fb-recommend\"\/><br \/>\n<span>By Chris Isidore, senior writer<\/span><span>April 1, 2011: 12:48 PM ET<\/span><!--startclickprintexclude--><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (CNNMoney) &#8212; Strong sales at Ford Motor Co. allowed it to top rival General Motors in U.S. sales in March, the first time it grabbed the No. 1 position since 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Ford (<a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/quote\/quote.html?symb=F&#038;source=story_quote_link\">F<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/magazines\/fortune\/fortune500\/2010\/snapshots\/160.html?source=story_f500_link\">Fortune 500<\/a>) sales rose 19% from a year ago to 212,777 vehicles, while GM (<a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/quote\/quote.html?symb=GM&#038;source=story_quote_link\">GM<\/a>) posted a 10% rise to 206,621. It is the first time since a strike shutdown GM production in July and August of 1998 that Ford has been able to move ahead of GM.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Caldwell, senior analyst with Edmunds.com, said Ford&#8217;s sales were helped by increased incentives that attracted buyers. But she said the company also benefited from a lineup of fuel efficient models as gas prices topped $3.60 a gallon during the month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having strong entries in subcompact, compact, and small SUV really helps when gas prices soar,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>GM experienced strong sales for some of its fuel efficient cars too though. Sales of its new compact Cruze were up nearly 80% from the old compact Cobalt model it replaced.<\/p>\n<p>Ford has been posting strong sales for the past several years, and is catching up to GM in U.S. market share. According to sales tracker Autodata, Ford captured 16.7% of the U.S. market in 2010, up 1.2 percentage points, while GM&#8217;s share slipped to 19.1% from 19.8%.<\/p>\n<p>Other automakers, including Toyota Motor (<a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/quote\/quote.html?symb=TM&#038;source=story_quote_link\">TM<\/a>), are due to report sales later Friday. Overall industrywide U.S. sales are forecast to be up between 12% and 17%.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2011\/04\/01\/news\/companies\/ford_gm_autosales\/index.htm?section=money_topstories&#038;utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmoney_topstories+%28Top+Stories%29#TOP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/money\/images\/bug.gif\" alt=\"To top of page\" border=\"0\" width=\"7\" height=\"7\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First Published: April 1, 2011: 12:40 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/69b5e17cdealer.top_.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/money_topstories\/~3\/sMDIJMT3Cpc\/index.htm\" title=\"Ford sales top GM for first time in over a decade\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ford sales top GM for first time in over a decade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ford Motor&#8217;s U.S. sales topped General Motors in March. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-358677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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