Ford Motor Co posted a 17 percent jump in US sales in August fuelled by the popular government-funded "Cash for Clunkers" program, the automaker said on September 1. The substantial improvement follows an increase of 2.3 percent in July - Ford's first year-on-year gain since November 2007.
The company said it had managed to boost retail market share in 10 of the last 11 months despite last year's collapse in sales to levels not seen in decades.