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$福特汽車(F.US)$在週三早盤交易中，這家汽車製造商公佈2月份美國汽車銷量同比大幅下降，所有車型均出現下滑，但新零售汽車訂單數量創歷史新高後，該公司股價飆升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.
總銷量下降20.9%，至129,273輛，其中卡車銷量下降25.5%，至66,158輛，SUV銷量下降11.8%，至58,396輛，電動汽車銷量下滑3.1%，至8,984輛。
New vehicles orders increased four-fold to over 72,000, and said the filling of those orders are continuing to run at record levels.
新車訂單增加了四倍，超過7.2萬輛，並表示，這些訂單的完成量繼續以創紀錄的水平運行。
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.
在福特最暢銷的車型中，2月份F系列銷量同比下降29.8%，至45,252輛，Escape銷量下滑1.2%，至11,706輛，野馬運動(Bronco Sports)銷量躍升86.1%，至10,285輛，Explorer銷量暴跌53.9%，至9,566輛。
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.
週三早些時候，福特表示正在組建兩個“截然不同”的業務，“福特車型e”專注於電動汽車，“福特藍”專注於內燃車。
Ford's stock has lost 10.3% over the past three months while the S&P 500 has slipped 5.4%.
福特的股票在過去三個月裏下跌了10.3%，而標準普爾500指數下跌了5.4%。
-Tomi Kilgore
--托米·基爾戈(Tomi Kilgore)