Ford on Monday posted a 1.3 percent fall in fourth-quarter vehicle sales as soft demand for passenger cars outweighed stable sales of larger sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and pickups.
Ford’s results rounded off American automakers’ sales for 2019, with passenger cars falling out of favor with buyers amid lower oil prices and as automakers focused on SUVs and pickups that are more profitable.
Discounts during the key holiday season and lower interest rates helped pushed sales of Ford’s trucks to 330,075 in the quarter, up from 284,859 trucks a year earlier.
However, passenger car sales at the company declined 41 percent to 63,400 cars. The No. 2 United States automaker said it sold 601,862 vehicles in the quarter, compared with 609,693 vehicles a year earlier.
Shares of the company were down 1.19 percent, while shares of General Motors, the No. 1 United States automaker, were down 0.96 percent.
Ford sold more than 1.2 million trucks in 2019, outselling rival G.M., which sold 802,962 pickups during the year.
Fellow automakers reported their quarterly sales numbers on Friday.
G.M., which was hit by a monthlong strike by its 48,000 hourly employees, reported a 6.3 percent fall in sales for the fourth quarter.
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