It also placed Chrysler Group with the best year-on-year performance for the month of August amongst the major automakers as the market leader, Ford, was up 8 percent, GM only just made it into positive territory and Toyota lost almost a third. "We are extremely pleased with our progress so far this year," said Reid Bigland, President and CEO of Chrysler Canada. "Most of our 16 all-new or significantly refreshed vehicles are just starting to launch, and we are moving into this product onslaught with nine consecutive months of growth momentum behind us."

Sales Highlights

Five Chrysler Canada vehicles achieved their best-ever month-of-August sales: The Ram pickup climbed 87 percent year-on-year with sales of 5,299 units. Sales of the Jeep Wrangler climbed 115 percent year-on-year to 1,054 units. Canada's best-selling crossover, the Dodge Journey, more than doubled its sales compared with August 2009, on 2,141 units sold. The Dodge Challenger recorded sales of 196 units, a gain of 80 percent over last year's level. The Jeep Patriot also posted its best August ever, with an increase of 69 percent on sales of 953 units.

"For the January-through-August time frame, we have achieved all-time record sales levels on four of our core vehicles, Ram pickup, Dodge Journey, Dodge Grand Caravan and Jeep Wrangler," said Dave Buckingham, Vice President of Sales - Chrysler Canada. "This month we are raising the bar with the introduction of an innovative way to own a vehicle called Customer Choice Financing.  We think this program will change the way vehicles are purchased in Canada." 

Chrysler Canada Sale, August