By Richard Chen
October 1, 2008
Chrysler’s monthly sales spreadsheet is as glum as ever, with the soon to be wholly American-owned again carmaker’s September sales off 33 percent. Fleet-charged minivan sales rose six percent, 2,376 Challengers peeled off the lots, and almost 5K customers took a Journey. Viper sales are up 258 percent to, uh, 86. And then there’s a whole lot of familiar bad news that could me mistaken for a copy and paste from the previous few months. The small, mid-sized, and large cars aren’t what you’d call hot sellers. Outgoing Ram sales are down 31 percent and Chrysler now offers $6k to take the last of the 2008’s. Durango sales were back down, this month just 616 without mention of hybrid sales. Total year-to-date sales are down 25 percent. The only other thing poor CJD dealers have to look forwards this fall: budget Challengers and freshened interiors on the Jeep Compass and Patriot. Woo-hoo.
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October 1st, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Mybe you should change the picture to Death valley.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Hmmm.. maybe a stillframe of the movie Ishtar would be more appropriate.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:46 pm
The new truck is on the ground here in Canada and has got that new design bump and is selling well. At least the first batch. The first one I saw had the factory standard improper fitting hood. Although ventilated seats, with hard drive(usb!) for tunes was a very nice touch.
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:18 am
I’ve seen quite a few new Challengers rolling around here in the desert. No new Rams yet. It’s a shame too because both vehicles are very well done and deserve to sell, but with the credit crisis things look bleak for even desirable vehicles.
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:32 am
Well at least they can make up for it in October, now that the economy is back in shape.