DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. is determined to avoid a glut of unsold cars and trucks piling up on dealer lots by trimming production -- even if U.S. vehicle volumes are relatively healthy compared with the rest of the industry.
Ford had a 78 days supply of vehicles at the end of February, down 17 days compared with a month earlier. At the start of March, all but four of the company's nameplates had seen month-over-month declines in days supply, according to the Automotive News Data Center. Ford's sales were down 2.5 percent through February.