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02-02-2007, 10:27 AM
1st Patriot sales contribute to 3.2% gain for Chrysler
By Alex Gary
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
DaimlerChrysler’s U.S. dealers had their best January in six years, thanks in small part to the products turned out at the Belvidere assembly plant, the company reported Thursday.
DaimlerChrysler had 173,377 in sales in January, up 3.2 percent from last January. DaimlerChrysler was the only one of Detroit’s Big Three to see gains. General Motors sales fell 19 percent, while Ford sales fell 16.6 percent. Both Toyota Motor Corp. and DaimlerChrysler outsold Ford in the year’s first month.
DaimlerChrysler’s January total included 12,812 sales of the company’s Belvidere-built vehicles, the Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass and — for the first time — the Jeep Patriot, which went into production in December. The company sold 175 in January. Many Jeep dealers didn’t receive their first Patriots, which style-wise is based closely on the old Jeep Cherokee, until the last week of January...
January sales
DaimlerChrysler vehicles built in Belvidere
8,672: Dodge Calibers
3,965: Jeep Compass
175: Jeep Patriotsource (http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070202/BUSINESS04/102020033)
Where'd they go? Who bought them? Let's hear their first impressions....
By Alex Gary
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
DaimlerChrysler’s U.S. dealers had their best January in six years, thanks in small part to the products turned out at the Belvidere assembly plant, the company reported Thursday.
DaimlerChrysler had 173,377 in sales in January, up 3.2 percent from last January. DaimlerChrysler was the only one of Detroit’s Big Three to see gains. General Motors sales fell 19 percent, while Ford sales fell 16.6 percent. Both Toyota Motor Corp. and DaimlerChrysler outsold Ford in the year’s first month.
DaimlerChrysler’s January total included 12,812 sales of the company’s Belvidere-built vehicles, the Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass and — for the first time — the Jeep Patriot, which went into production in December. The company sold 175 in January. Many Jeep dealers didn’t receive their first Patriots, which style-wise is based closely on the old Jeep Cherokee, until the last week of January...
January sales
DaimlerChrysler vehicles built in Belvidere
8,672: Dodge Calibers
3,965: Jeep Compass
175: Jeep Patriotsource (http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070202/BUSINESS04/102020033)
Where'd they go? Who bought them? Let's hear their first impressions....