Chrysler Canada claims top spot for second consecutive month
Posted March 1, 2012 6:14 pm.
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Chrysler Canada has claimed top spot as the best selling automaker in the country for the second consecutive month.
The company says sales increased nine per cent year over year and hit their best level for a February since 2002.
The increase was helped by a more than doubling of passenger car sales. Jeep Wrangler sales more than doubled compared with a year ago.
Chrysler, which has assembly plants in Windsor and Brampton, sold 16,536 cars and trucks in February, up about 700 compared to the the same month last year.
Meanwhile, General Motors said it sold 14,258 vehicles in February, but that was still up 16 per cent over February 2011.
Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain sales were up 41.5 per cent.
In the U.S., many automakers reported strong sales for February as Americans snapped up smaller cars to offset high gas prices. Gas prices have risen for 23 consecutive days, according to the AAA motor club.
The national average for regular gas is about $3.74 a gallon, 10 per cent more than a year ago.
