For years, the top-selling vehicle in the U.S. hasn't been a car; it's been Ford's F-150 pickup. But automakers report that in May, fuel-efficient cars made by Toyota and Honda outsold the F-150 for the first time in more than 15 years. Overall, auto sales skidded 10 percent last month.
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After decades of sales domination, the Ford F-Series was outdone as the best-selling vehicle in America in May by four Japanese cars -- a development that symbolizes the difficulty Ford Motor Co.'s turnaround now faces.
DEARBORN, Michigan †Ford today launched what could be seen as a desperate attempt to jump-start sales of its F-Series pickup line by offering "employee pricing" to consumers for the rest of June. This is believed to be the first time since 2005 that any OEM has allowed consumers to pay only as much as its employees pay for a vehicle.
Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ran into more turbulence Tuesday as Congress grilled senior Pentagon officials about efforts to rein in the most expensive weapons system in U.S. history.
Sales of the Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle fell more than 40 percent in May and the F-Series truck, including Louisville-built Super Duty models, fell 30 percent, the automaker said today.
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