Ford stock surges after February vehicles sales fall but new retail orders soar 4-fold to a record
Ford stock surges after February vehicles sales fall but new retail orders soar 4-fold to a record
Shares of $Ford Motor(F.US)$ shot up 5% in morning trading Wednesday, after the auto maker reported February U.S. vehicle sales that fell sharply from a year ago, with all vehicle types showing declines, but took in a record number of new retail vehicle orders.
的股份$福特汽车(F.US)$在周三早盘交易中，这家汽车制造商公布2月份美国汽车销量同比大幅下降，所有车型均出现下滑，但新零售汽车订单数量创历史新高后，该公司股价飙升5%。
Total sales dropped 20.9% to 129,273 vehicles, including a 25.5% tumble in truck sales to 66,158, a 11.8% fall in SUV sales to 58,396 and a 3.1% slip in electrified vehicle sales to 8,984.
总销量下降20.9%，至129,273辆，其中卡车销量下降25.5%，至66,158辆，SUV销量下降11.8%，至58,396辆，电动汽车销量下滑3.1%，至8,984辆。
New vehicles orders increased four-fold to over 72,000, and said the filling of those orders are continuing to run at record levels.
新车订单增加了四倍，超过7.2万辆，并表示，这些订单的完成量继续以创纪录的水平运行。
Among Ford's best-selling models, February F-Series sales fell 29.8% from a year ago to 45,252 vehicles, Escape sales slipped 1.2% to 11,706, Bronco Sport sales jumped 86.1% to 10,285 and Explorer sales plunged 53.9% to 9,566.
在福特最畅销的车型中，2月份F系列销量同比下降29.8%，至45,252辆，Escape销量下滑1.2%，至11,706辆，野马运动(Bronco Sports)销量跃升86.1%，至10,285辆，Explorer销量暴跌53.9%，至9,566辆。
Earlier Wednesday, Ford said it was forming two "distinct" businesses, with "Ford Model e" focused on electric vehicles and "Ford Blue" focused on internal combustion vehicles.
周三早些时候，福特表示正在组建两个“截然不同”的业务，“福特车型e”专注于电动汽车，“福特蓝”专注于内燃车。
Ford's stock has lost 10.3% over the past three months while the S&P 500 has slipped 5.4%.
福特的股票在过去三个月里下跌了10.3%，而标准普尔500指数下跌了5.4%。
-Tomi Kilgore
--托米·基尔戈(Tomi Kilgore)