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Chrysler LLC's recent sales figures appear to prove that minivan demand is not dead even though rivals have scrapped their entries in the segment.
Consumers and dealers are giving thumbs up to Chrysler's new family haulers. In October, the first full month of sales of the redesigned Chrysler Town & Country and the Dodge Grand Caravan, sales were up 4.8 percent over the same month last year -- in a market segment that has shrunk 6.5 percent year-over-year.
Among manufacturers offering a minivan in their 2008 line-up, Honda was the only other to show growth in the segment, with a 30 percent increase over October last year. Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. have dropped minivans from their offerings.
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http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071124/AUTO01/711240376
Consumers and dealers are giving thumbs up to Chrysler's new family haulers. In October, the first full month of sales of the redesigned Chrysler Town & Country and the Dodge Grand Caravan, sales were up 4.8 percent over the same month last year -- in a market segment that has shrunk 6.5 percent year-over-year.
Among manufacturers offering a minivan in their 2008 line-up, Honda was the only other to show growth in the segment, with a 30 percent increase over October last year. Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. have dropped minivans from their offerings.
LINK:
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071124/AUTO01/711240376
