DETROIT – Ford Motor on Friday mentioned its U.S. gross sales final month elevated double-digits from a 12 months earlier however have been off about 4% from the prior month, as the corporate and auto trade proceed to handle vital provide chain points.

The Detroit automaker reported August gross sales of 158,088 new automobiles within the U.S., a 27% enhance from August 2021, when the corporate’s manufacturing and gross sales have been considerably impacted by a scarcity of semiconductor chips. Final month’s gross sales have been down 3.6% in comparison with July, together with an 8% decline in its F-Sequence pickup vans.

These gross sales have been according to analyst expectations, although. The corporate mentioned its Ford model was America’s best-selling model for a second consecutive month.

Gross sales of Ford’s worthwhile F-Sequence pickups have been up 1.7% for the month from August 2021 however off 10.7% for the primary eight months of the 12 months in contrast with the identical interval final 12 months. The corporate has bought 6,842 fashions of its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup as of Aug. 31, together with 2,373 automobiles final month.

“F-Sequence was America’s best-selling truck, best-selling hybrid truck and best-selling electrical truck with F-150 Lightning in August. Ford’s general electrical automobile portfolio expanded four–fold in July, whereas conquesting from rivals at a price over 60%,” Andrew Frick, Ford vp of gross sales, distribution and vans, mentioned in a launch.

Ford’s 2022 electrical automobile gross sales totaled greater than 36,500 models via August. That included gross sales of about 5,900 automobiles in August, which was 23% decrease than the prior month however up greater than 300% from a 12 months in the past.

Yr-to-date gross sales of all Ford’s automobiles, together with its luxurious Lincoln model, totaled greater than 1.2 million models via August, a 0.2% lower from a 12 months in the past. On the finish of final month, the automaker’s U.S. automobile stock, together with supplier inventory and in-transit automobile, was about 259,000 models, up from 254,000 in July.

J.D. Energy and LMC Automotive estimate complete U.S. new automobile gross sales final month topped 980,000 models, which might be 2.6% decrease than August 2021 – the primary month the auto trade’s automobile inventories have been considerably impacted by an ongoing scarcity of semiconductor chips.

RBC Capital Markets mentioned the seasonally adjusted annualized price, or SAAR, for brand new automobiles was 13.4 million, barely larger than its 13.2 million forecast and according to July’s 13.5 million. The SAAR is a intently watched metric by analysts and traders.