For Ford (
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Car sales slipped 5% to 101,711, with the Mustang providing a welcome bright spot -- up 47% to 19,721, the model's highest total in 25 years.
"Mustang received straight A's again," said Steve Lyons, Ford's head of U.S. sales. "The F-Series truck and Ford Five Hundred sedan also had pretty good report cards, but Mustang was the valedictorian in May's graduating class."
Mustang Still Fords Only Bright Spot 
