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June Auto Sales at Chrysler and Ford Don’t Keep Up with May Sales
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The company’s Chrysler brand had a sales increase of 1% in June, down from the 4% gain in May. Sales of the company’s Jeep brand fell 5% year over year, after a rise of 1% in May.
Chrysler’s June sales mark the 39th consecutive month of year-over-year sales growth. Sales of Dodge-branded vehicles rose 22%, slightly below the 23% year-over-year growth posted in May. The Ram pickup truck brand got a sales boost of 23%, to its highest level in six years. However, that is a point lower than the Ram increase of 24% in May and well below the 49% jump in April.
At Ford, June sales rose 13.4% for the month year-over-year, to 235,643 units sold. In June 2012 the company sold 207,759 units. For the year to date, Ford’s total sales are up 13.1%.
By comparison, May sales rose 14% for the month year-over-year, to 246,585 units sold. In May 2012 the company sold 216,267 units.
The company’s push to boost its Lincoln brand continues struggling. Sales fell 5.2% year over year in June. Year to date, Lincoln sales are down 11.2% for the first six months of 2013, although the hybrid MKZ saw a small gain in sales.
Sales of Ford’s best-selling F-Series pickup trucks rose 24% in June, the highest sales for the month of June since 2005.
Shares of Ford are down about 1.1% in the first few minutes of trading this morning, at $15.92, in a 52-week range of $8.82 to $16.09.
General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM), Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (NYSE: HMC) will report sales later today.
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