Ford, Chrysler U.S. Sales Rise Less Than Expected (Update3)

Ford, Chrysler U.S. Sales Rise Less Than Expected (Update3)
Bloomberg.com - Sep 01 10:57 AM
U.S. Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. and DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler August U.S. sales rose less than expected, with Ford's biggest sport-utility vehicles down 40 percent amid record gasoline prices that are headed higher after Hurricane Katrina.

GM's U.S. Sales Fall; Ford's Rise Less Than Expected (Update7)
Bloomberg.com - Sep 01 1:28 PM
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp.'s August U.S. sales fell 13 percent as the lure of employee-price offers waned. Ford Motor Co.'s rose less than expected, with its biggest sport- utility vehicles down 40 percent amid record gasoline prices that are headed higher after Hurricane Katrina.

GM Sales Sag in August, Ford Sales Rise
ABC News - Sep 01 1:10 PM
General Motors Sales Drop in August on Popularity of Discount Program, but Ford Sales Up

GM, Ford, DaimlerChrysler allowing hurricane victims to defer car payments
SanLuisObispo.com - Aug 30 1:12 PM
DETROIT - The finance arms of the Big Three U.S. automakers said Tuesday they are allowing customers affected by Hurricane Katrina to defer their car loan payments.

Ford, Chrysler post small rise in August U.S. sales
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 01 9:49 AM
DETROIT, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler posted only modest gains in U.S. sales for August on Thursday as big, heavily-publicized discounts that drove a near-record number of buyers into showrooms in July, lost their appeal to consumers.

Ford, DaimlerChrysler U.S. Sales Rise in August on Discounts
Bloomberg.com - Sep 01 9:27 AM
U.S. Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, said its August U.S. sales of cars and trucks rose 6.3 percent. Sales totaled 288,429, an increase from 271,394 a year earlier, the Dearborn, Michigan-based company said in a statement today.

Car discounts' appeal called waning
Baltimore Sun - Sep 01 12:52 AM
Smaller gains expected at Ford and Chrysler; GM may show 9% drop DETROIT - August sales figures due today from General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler may show the automakers' offers of employee discounts are losing their appeal to U.S. consumers.

(AFX UK Focus) 2005-09-01 18:44 GMT: Ford sales rise despite sharp decline in SUV sales - UPDATE 5
Interactive Investor - Sep 01 10:59 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (AFX) - Ford Motor said Thursday it rode demand for cars like the new Mustang to a 6% increase in August U.S. sales, but with gas prices surging across the country, demand for its SUV lineup plunged. Ford sold a total of 288,429 cars and trucks in the month.