The financial crisis is only history now, so US carmakers are predicting very high sales in the months to come. Ford, for example, expects December to total 12 million sold units in the United States, but avoids talking about the company's forecast for the current month. In an interview with the Detroit News, Ford Motor Co.'s chief market analyst George Pipas says he expects December sales to grow up again, although the overall deliveries might be a little bit affected by Chrysler and New Year's Day falling on weekends.
"Now it looks like we're going to be in the 12 million range for the fourth quarter," Pipas said. "This is a very positive trend as we go forward to 2011. We've said we think sales for the year will be above 12 million and perhaps closer to 13 million," he told The Detroit News.
Speaking about November, the numbers show a 24 percent increase compared to a year ago, or 147,338 units sold for Ford, which means the company has sold 1.74 million vehicles since the beginning of the year, a number which is up 21 percent from the same period of last year. It is also nearly double the size of the overall industry growth and the best figure for Ford since 1993.
However, the company doesn't want to make any predictions for the end of the year, hinting however that it expects high sales, just like the rest of the industry.
"It's too early to say exactly where it's going to land, but it looks like another 12 million sales month," Pipas explained.
"Now it looks like we're going to be in the 12 million range for the fourth quarter," Pipas said. "This is a very positive trend as we go forward to 2011. We've said we think sales for the year will be above 12 million and perhaps closer to 13 million," he told The Detroit News.
Speaking about November, the numbers show a 24 percent increase compared to a year ago, or 147,338 units sold for Ford, which means the company has sold 1.74 million vehicles since the beginning of the year, a number which is up 21 percent from the same period of last year. It is also nearly double the size of the overall industry growth and the best figure for Ford since 1993.
However, the company doesn't want to make any predictions for the end of the year, hinting however that it expects high sales, just like the rest of the industry.
"It's too early to say exactly where it's going to land, but it looks like another 12 million sales month," Pipas explained.