Topic: Chrysler overtakes Ford as Canada's No. 1 truckmaker

[TopGun]

Chrysler has managed to steal the title of number-one light-truck seller in Canada from Ford in the first half of 2011. Canadians have seen an improvement in the construction industry, according to Bloomberg, which has helped fuel the country's light-truck market. Deliveries in that segment have grown at twice the rate of the rest of the Canadian auto industry, and Chrysler led that charge last month for the first time in 2011. That was enough to push the automaker past rival Ford, which nabbed the honour of being the number-one manufacturer in Canada from General Motors last year. GM had held onto that spot for decades.

It's worth noting that the light-truck segment includes everything from pickups to SUVs, minivans and crossovers. The Dodge Journey has seen its sales leap by 50 per cent to 16,069 units up here, so that jump could be considered soft. The crossover was joined by the Grand Caravan, Ram pickup and Jeep Wrangler as models that all saw their best Canadian sales month ever this June.


http://ca.autoblog.com/2011/07/19/report-chrysler-overtakes-ford-as-canadas-no-1-truckmaker/

[Erik]

Way to go, Chrysler.

[rrocket]

Way to go, Chrysler.

Same sort of marketing BS Hyundai was guilty of a few weeks ago.....

Maybe Cat's Eye was right when he said only the foreign automakers do this....

[TopGun]

Same sort of marketing BS Hyundai was guilty of a few weeks ago.....

Maybe Cat's Eye was right when he said only the foreign automakers do this....

But, but, but...(insert justification given for Hyundai's press release here).

Ha ha...foreign automakers...that's a nice one rrocket-man.

[tenpenny]

But hasn't the Ford been the best selling pickup in Canada for decades?

It's all in how you cut and chop the segments in order to claim you're the leader.

To the consumer, it should mean nothing.  To the shareholders it means something.  As a consumer, I don't care what others buy, I buy what I prefer.  That should be what people do, not buy something because other people are buying it.

[rrocket]

But hasn't the Ford been the best selling pickup in Canada for decades?

It's all in how you cut and chop the segments in order to claim you're the leader.

To the consumer, it should mean nothing.  To the shareholders it means something.  As a consumer, I don't care what others buy, I buy what I prefer.  That should be what people do, not buy something because other people are buying it.

Just marketing BS.  Nothing more.