shares of ford motor co f fell 08 in morning trading after the automaker said total march sales dropped 256 from a year ago to 159328 but showed an increase from a month ago given improvements in production and inventory the automaker also said retail orders at dealers rose 33 from a year ago to a record 88000 orders in march within total vehicle sales truck sales dropped 344 to 74420 and suvs fell 94 to 81280 while electrified vehicles increased 169 to 13772 sales of fords best selling fseries trucks fell 466 to 44906 in march sales of the explorers the bestselling suv dropped 359 to 16915 fords stock has dropped 205 year to date while shares of rival general motors co gm have shed 267 and the sp 500 spx has lost 46