Ford finished the third quarter with $23.8 billion in Automotive gross cash, compared with $21 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2009. Automotive operating-related cash flow was $1.3 billion positive during the third quarter of 2009, an improvement of $2.3 billion from the second quarter 2009. Automotive operating-related cash flow was $3.4 billion negative during the first nine months.
"The Ford team delivered another solid quarter of results with strong contributions from all our business regions," said Lewis Booth, Ford executive vice president and chief financial officer. "Positive cash flow, a stronger balance sheet and a third quarter operating profit are evidence that Ford is meeting the global economic challenges."
The following discussion of third quarter highlights and results are on a pre-tax basis and exclude special items. See tables following "Safe Harbor/Risk Factors" for the nature and amount of these special items and any necessary reconciliation to U.S. GAAP. Discussion of Automotive overall operating cost changes is at constant volume, mix, and exchange, and excludes special items; discussion of Automotive structural cost changes is at constant exchange and excludes special items.
THIRD QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
-- Ford again increased year-over-year market share in North America, South
America, and Europe and continued to achieve improvements in transaction
prices and margins. Ford maintained market share in the Asia Pacific
Africa region and Volvo gained market share. Other sales highlights:
-- In the U.S., third quarter market share increased 2.2 percentage
points compared to last year as the Ford, Lincoln and Mercury brands
all posted sales gains
-- Ford Europe's market share was 9.2 percent for the quarter, up 0.6
points from last year and the highest third-quarter level in 10
years. Market share was 10.1 percent in September, the highest
monthly share in eight years
-- Record growth in China continued as Ford third quarter sales jumped
63 percent
-- At the end of the third quarter, worldwide sales of the new Ford
Fiesta reached 470,000 units since its launch last fall. The No. 2
best-selling car in Europe posted its highest September sales since
1994. In September, Fiesta also had its best sales month ever in
China. Fiesta arrives in the U.S. market in 2010
-- Began selling the new Ford Taurus and Transit Connect in North
America. Taurus sales in September were up 60 percent from a year
ago
-- The Ford Focus and Ford Escape were among the top new vehicles
purchased in the U.S. government's "Cash for Clunkers" program
-- Ford's U.S. hybrid sales have risen 73 percent this year compared to
a 14 percent decline in U.S. hybrid industry sales. More than 60
percent of Ford Fusion hybrid sales have come from non-Ford owners
-- Began production of the Ford Transit Connect small commercial van at the
new manufacturing plant in Craiova, Romania
-- Announced investment of $500 million at Ford India's Chennai assembly
plant to build the new Ford Figo, a small car targeted at the heart of
the Indian market, debuting in 2010
-- Announced a new $490 million assembly plant in Chongqing, China, which
will be completed by 2012, and will produce the Ford Focus for the
Chinese market
-- Ford, Lincoln and Mercury brand vehicles in the U.S. had the fewest
number of "things gone wrong" among all automakers, according to the
third quarter GQRS study of new vehicle quality
-- Received $886 million in loans from the U.S. Department of Energy for
development of more fuel-efficient vehicles. Ford has been approved for
up to $5.9 billion in loans in support of projected expenditures through
mid-2012
-- Raised $565 million in new equity as Ford completed its
previously-announced plan to issue up to $1 billion of equity
-- Ford Credit completed $10 billion in funding in the third quarter,
including $2.8 billion unsecured, and now has essentially completed its
full-year funding plan
-- The Ford Taurus and Lincoln MKT both earned a "Top Safety Pick" from the
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Ford Motor Company continues to
have more IIHS "Top Safety Pick" ratings than any other automaker
-- Unveiled the all-new Ford C-MAX at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The C-MAX
and the Grand C-MAX will debut in Europe in 2010, and the Grand C-MAX
debuts in the U.S. in 2011. The new global C-car platform will underpin
up to 10 models and more than 2 million units annually by 2012
-- Announced that Ford's 1.6-liter and 2.0-liter four-cylinder EcoBoost
engines will make their debut in 2010 across Europe, North America, and
Australia
-- Unveiled the new Ford Figo to compete in India's small car segment
beginning in 2010
-- Launched the new Ford Fiesta in Taiwan and continued the successful
rollout of the Ford Focus and Ford Everest SUV in additional Asian
markets
-- Revealed the new 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty and two new powertrains
developed by Ford - a 6.7-liter V8 diesel engine and a 6.2-liter V8
gasoline engine
-- Began selling the 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor, an off-road performance
truck, which captured the "2009 Pickup Truck of Texas" award from the
Texas Auto Writers. The Ford F-150 won the overall "Truck of Texas"
award, the seventh straight year a Ford truck has earned the honor
AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
Automotive Sector* Third Quarter First Nine Months
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2009 O/(U) 2008 2009 O/(U) 2008
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Wholesales (000) 1,232 57 3,377 (891)
Revenue (Bils.) $27.9 $0.1 $73.3 $(23.6)
Pre-Tax Results (Mils.) $446 $3,385 $(2,493) $523
*excludes special items
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