Vehicle sales in Canada rose more than 7% to hit a record July high with Chrysler outselling Ford and General Motors.
A total of 158,993 new vehicles were sold last month, beating the record set in July 2005, according to DesRosiers Automotive Reports.
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Chrysler’s Canadian sales were up 8.5% from a year earlier, as passenger car sales rose almost 20% to 4,114 vehicles and truck sales climbed 6.6% to 22,095.
Chrysler has now extended its streak of year over year gains to 44 consecutive months. The company’s Canadian vehicle sales are up 7.1% so far this year to 165,443.
Ford saw sales fell nearly 10% in July, hit by a 13.7% decline in trucks to 18,392. Car sales rose 2.7% to 6,796. The Blue Oval sold a total of 25,188 vehicles in the month, down from 27,940 a year earlier but it has still sold the most vehicles in Canada this year, with year-to-date sales of 171,888, up 1.1%.
GM Canada sold 19,164 vehicles last month, a slight drop of 0.2 percent from 19,206 in July 2012. Total sales at GM are up 3.1% this year, with 140,562 cars sold so far.
Toyota Canada sold 17,734 vehicles, up 12.1% from 2012, while Honda reported a 35% jump in July, selling 15,141 vehicles. Nissan rose 53.8% to 8,176.
