Customer Demand Soars for Fusion and Escape in the Greater Nashville Area of Tennessee

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·         Fusion delivers its best-ever sales month and quarter ever, with March sales passing 30,000 and quarterly sales passing the 80,000 mark for the first time in its history

·         Escape posts its best-ever sales month and quarterly sales

·         Explorer sales up 33 percent – best monthly sales since the current model debuted in 2010

·         America’s best-selling pickup for 36 years, F-Series posts 16 percent increase as full-size pickup segmentation continues to improve versus year ago – best first quarter sales since 2007

“Customers are buying our all-new Fusion and Escape in record numbers, and we are working harder than ever to keep pace with demand for these fuel-efficient vehicles,” said David Lee, General Manager at Ford of Murfreesboro. “Explorer and full-size pickup demand continues gaining momentum as well showing our customers enthusiasm for these fantastic products.”

Ford Fusion posted an all-time record monthly and quarterly sales volume in March with 30,284 vehicles sold for the month and 80,558 during the first quarter – crossing the 30,000 monthly and 80,000 quarterly vehicle sale thresholds for the first time ever in Fusion sales history.  

Escape had its best sales month ever with 28,934 vehicles sold. This 28 percent increase versus year-ago results marks the best sales performance since Escape’s launch 13 years ago. Escape also posted record quarter sales of 72,983 vehicles, surpassing record third quarter 2012 sales of 72,908 vehicles.

Explorer’s March sales totaled 17,509, representing a 33 percent increase over last year and its best monthly sales performance since the current model was introduced in 2010. Explorer retail sales were up 42 percent over last year, providing it best March retail sales performance since 2005.  

With the industry’s March full-size pickup segment estimated to be up 15 percent over last year, America’s best-selling pickup, the Ford F-Series sales increased 16 percent to 67,513 pickups in March. This was F-Series 20th straight month of monthly sales increases and represented F-Series’ best March and first quarter sales performance since 2007.  

Ford of Murfreesboro, located at 1550 NW Broad Street, Murfreesboro, TN is open Monday-Saturday 8am-8pm for test drives of all Ford products.  The public is encouraged to come by anytime and speak with the dealership’s sales staff.  

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1550 NW Broad Street

Murfreesboro, TN 37129

www.fordofmurfreesboro.com

Sales: 888-505-4898

Service: 888-903-5565

Parts: 888-820-3661

Hours

Monday-Saturday: 8:00am-8:00pm

Sunday: Closed