Chrysler Sales Up 7 Percent In August

by Edward Niedermeyer

September 1st, 2010 1:18 PM

Chrysler was one of the few firms that didn’t see much of a bump from last August’s Cash-for-Clunkers programs (due, it claimed at the time, to inventory shortages), and as a result it’s one of the few firms that actually increased sales this August. The Chrysler brand still dropped 4 percent, with only Sebring (+79%, 4,498 units) and T&C (+26%, 9,472) posting year-over-year gains. Jeep saw improvements across its nameplates (for a total volume increase of 17 percent), with only Grand Cherokee (-17%, 6,393) and Commander (-74%, 348) failing to beat their August 2009 numbers. Dodge was up 8 percent, with Caliber (+32%, 5,347), Nitro (+66%, 2,505) and sportscars leading the way. Both Ram (+8%, 18,995) and Dakota (+55%, 1,583) were up, but declines in Sprinter sales dragged Ram-brand sales down to a mere five percent increase. Unlike GM however, Chrysler did not release its fleet sales numbers. On the other hand, Chrysler Group did finally meet its 95k monthly “survival volume,” selling a total of 99,611 vehicles. By Chrysler standards, that’s as good as sales news gets. Full numbers after the jump…

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John Horner on Sep 02, 2010

I seem to recall that the Sprinter product has gone back to Daimler owned Freightliner for US distribution. I think that the few sold by "Ram" are just stragglers on dealers lots. http://www.freightlinersprinterusa.com/

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Moparman426W on Sep 11, 2010

About 3 or so weeks ago they had over 70K orders for the new grand cherokee.

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