In 1988, the last full year under state control, the company made and sold 2,967 trucks.

For the year, the industry will likely sell 15.1 million cars and trucks, he said.

"There's a guy here who wants to know how many trucks we sell in a year."

For the first nine of months it sold 919,531 light trucks and 637,931 cars.

It sold 3,563 light trucks a day, down 18.2 percent from the previous year.

It sold 5,067 light trucks a day, down 21.6 percent.

The company sold 36,137 light trucks, a drop of 16.2 percent.

But sales are not expected to grow beyond the nearly 17 million cars and trucks sold in 2004.

Ford reported it sold 348,510 cars and light trucks, an increase of 3.9 percent from the month a year earlier.

Ford sold 195,827 light trucks and 174,981 cars in May.