{"id":2017,"date":"2010-10-01T17:14:50","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T17:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.njstateauto.com\/auto-industry-news\/ford-posts-big-gains-in-september\/"},"modified":"2010-10-01T17:14:50","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T17:14:50","slug":"ford-posts-big-gains-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.njstateauto.com\/blog\/ford-posts-big-gains-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford posts big gains in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monthly sales totals are rolling in, and the big news is at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njstateauto.com\/preowned\/index.cfm?make=Ford\" class=\"dnautolink\">Ford<\/a>, where the company posted a whopping 46.3 percent sales increase over September 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly all models posted upticks in sales, but the Focus and Fusion both performed above average. Ford also posted an unexpected 61 percent spike in the SUV department and said its new Transit Connect van, mainly bought by businesses, has been a hot seller.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The key to our success in the U.S. market is the relentless cadence of new vehicle, powertrain and technology introductions,&quot; said Ken Czubay, VP of marketing, sales and service for the company.<\/p>\n<p>Automakers are expected to post big numbers in September because of the aftereffects of the &quot;Cash for Clunkers&quot; program in 2009. While the government-sponsored initiative boosted numbers for August of 2009, it hurt sales in September because many automakers didn&#039;t have the supply left to meet demand.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, Ford has still posted the biggest increase so far out of the major auto brands.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers on the market for a vehicle may want to search for a late-model used Ford, as the company has produced a major turnaround in recent months&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monthly sales totals are rolling in, and the big news is at Ford, where the company posted a whopping 46.3 percent sales increase over September 2009. Nearly all models posted upticks in sales, but the Focus and Fusion both performed above average. Ford also posted an unexpected 61 percent spike in the SUV department and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ford posts big gains in September<\/title>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njstateauto.com\/blog\/ford-posts-big-gains-in-september\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ford posts big gains in September\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Monthly sales totals are rolling in, and the big news is at Ford, where the company posted a whopping 46.3 percent sales increase over September 2009. 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