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<div align="center"><strong><em><small>2010 Ford Mustang - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></em></strong><br /></div>
<br />According to Merrill Lynch's Car Wars study, Ford's improving lineup of cars will be responsible for hauling the company's market share to places it hasn't been in many decades - namely, ahead of General Motors and number one in the U.S. With its recent rise to 16.1% share, Ford has taken the number two spot most recently held by Toyota, and Merrill predicts Ford's share over the next four years will rise another two points to 18%.<br /><br />Even as it had the best-selling vehicle in America in the F-150, Ford's domestic market share has been shrinking for 13 years. The turnaround comes at the same time that post-bankruptcy GM is expected to decline five points, to about 15%, over the next four years. If the report proves to be true, that would put Ford ahead of every other automaker in the U.S. with a clear swath of daylight between them.<br /><br />In case you were wondering, Chrysler is predicted to fare even worse, because "Chrysler's product pipeline is dubious and likely to drive significant market share losses." Merrill's analysis of a 6% loss of market share would take the Pentastar down to 6%, while Hyundai, Honda, and Kia are expected to post gains of 3- to 3.5%.<br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-mustang-ab-la2008/">2010 Ford Mustang</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-mustang-ab-la2008/1163835/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/00_mustang2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-mustang-ab-la2008/1163850/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/01_mustang2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-mustang-ab-la2008/1163875/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/02_mustang2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-mustang-ab-la2008/1163873/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/03_mustang2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-mustang-ab-la2008/1163859/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/04_mustang2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.autonews.com/article/20090716/ANA02/907169993/1078">Automotive News</a>, sub req'd]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/16/report-ford-looks-poised-to-overtake-gm-as-americas-top-sellin/">REPORT: Ford poised to overtake GM as America's top-selling brand</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:27:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autonews.com/article/20090716/ANA02/907169993/1078>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/16/report-ford-looks-poised-to-overtake-gm-as-americas-top-sellin/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19100468/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/16/report-ford-looks-poised-to-overtake-gm-as-americas-top-sellin/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div align="center"><strong><em><small>2010 Ford Mustang - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></em></strong><br /></div>
<br />According to Merrill Lynch's Car Wars study, Ford's improving lineup of cars will be responsible for hauling the company's market share to places it hasn't been in many decades - namely, ahead of General Motors and number one in the U.S. With its recent rise to 16.1% share, Ford has taken the number two spot most recently held by Toyota, and Merrill predicts Ford's share over the next four years will rise another two points to 18%.<br /><br />Even as it had the best-selling vehicle in America in the F-150, Ford's domestic market share has been shrinking for 13 years. The turnaround comes at the same time that post-bankruptcy GM is expected to decline five points, to about 15%, over the next four years. If the report proves to be true, that would put Ford ahead of every other automaker in the U.S. with a clear swath of daylight between them.<br /><br />In case you were wondering, Chrysler is predicted to fare even worse, because "Chrysler's product pipeline is dubious and likely to drive significant market share losses." Merrill's analysis of a 6% loss of market share would take the Pentastar down to 6%, while Hyundai, Honda, and Kia are expected to post gains of 3- to 3.5%.<br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-mustang-ab-la2008/">2010 Ford Mustang</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-mustang-ab-la2008/1163835/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/00_mustang2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-mustang-ab-la2008/1163850/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/01_mustang2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-mustang-ab-la2008/1163875/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/02_mustang2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-mustang-ab-la2008/1163873/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/03_mustang2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-mustang-ab-la2008/1163859/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/04_mustang2010_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.autonews.com/article/20090716/ANA02/907169993/1078">Automotive News</a>, sub req'd]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/16/report-ford-looks-poised-to-overtake-gm-as-americas-top-sellin/">REPORT: Ford poised to overtake GM as America's top-selling brand</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:27:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autonews.com/article/20090716/ANA02/907169993/1078>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/16/report-ford-looks-poised-to-overtake-gm-as-americas-top-sellin/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19100468/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/16/report-ford-looks-poised-to-overtake-gm-as-americas-top-sellin/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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