Ladies And Gentlemen, Your April 2009 Chrysler Sales Figures: -48%
Now available, courtesy of your $12 billion investment! And since you’re a (minority) shareholder now, why not check out Chrysler’s release yourself? They’ve got some beautiful style. Leading off with bullet points on Wrangler (+7 percent), Challenger (+11 percent over last month) and T&C (+6 percent retail over last month, actually -31 percent year-on-year) and, using different sales metrics for each, it really paints a rosy picture of our new investment. Thanks a lot, Chrysler! I’m sorry your sales were down 48 percent compared to April 2008. But those vario-stat bullet points wouldn’t cheer up a Tickle-Me Elmo. No wonder Tom LaSorda just “retired.”
These are the stats of a dead company: Cars -61 percent, Trucks -44 percent. Yes, the Wrangler is up. Ram is only down 26 percent, with 17,903 moving in April. Otherwise things range from the bad (Grand Cherokee -45 percent, Journey -33 percent, 300C -49 percent) to the ugly (Sebring -75 percent, Compass -75 percent, Durango -87, PT Cruiser -76 percent, Avenger -76 percent, etc.). American taxpayer, I hate to be the one to say it, but you’ve made one lousy investment.
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