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Ford and Mercury hybrid sales up 50% in April

By Bob Holland | May 2, 2006

While it's expected that overall Ford sales will be down in April, that's not the case with the Ford Escape hybrid and Mercury Mariner hybrid, as their sales are up 50% in April. So far it looks like these two models are couple of Ford's "Better Ideas."

Snippet: Reuters reported that Ford Motor Co. said on Monday that U.S. sales of its hybrid vehicles rose 50 percent to nearly 2,800 last month, boosted by aggressive incentives...

Preliminary numbers indicate Ford's hybrid sales were up 75 percent compared with March, Ford spokesman Monte Doran said.

Ford is expected to post an overall decline in April sales on weak demand for its traditional SUVs. Automakers are expected to release monthly U.S. sales results on Tuesday.

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