Chrysler sales rise but problems lurk behind gains

They LOST 197 million dollars???

Just think, if they did NOTHING and invested 15 billion for a measely 1%, they would have GAINED 150 million dollars...

if the rest of you would have been traveling down your daddy's leg on the night of your conception, and not just the best part of you, i wouldn't of wasted two precious minutes of my life reading your dumb post.

no, really.

This article is right on the money. Chrysler officially says that they don't break out sales between retail and fleet. Why?, because it would show the bad news. If retail sales were growing and fleet sales were shrinking, they would be sure to show the data to the press any anybody who asked. It is pretty clear when sales of a car like the Chrysler Sebring goes up by 60% in one month what is going on. Chrysler retail sales to real customers are going down. Fleet sales to the Car Rental companies are going up.

The article is a year old. Jeeeeeeez.

Joe Dirt wrote:

The article is a year old. Jeeeeeeez.

It's new.

they just have to hang on till the new products arrive and if that means more to fleet oh well. i think when new products arrive they will be okay,the new cherokee is selling good and from the sneak peeks ta new cars coming looking good

dodgeman25 wrote:

they just have to hang on till the new products arrive and if that means more to fleet oh well. i think when new products arrive they will be okay,the new cherokee is selling good and from the sneak peeks ta new cars coming looking good

I agree. The article is recent but the news is way way old.
The news media and or "experts" just looking to keep themselves in business and continue to sensationalize. Everyone has known for a long time it was about survival until the new product arrives. In my opinion there is no news until we see how the new vehicles are perform in the market place. What I worry about is what Fiat will do with Chrysler once they get control. What makes Chrysler think all of a sudden Fiat has Chrysler's best interest in mind?

Chrysler is doomed. Let them fold, and hope the consumers go to GM or Ford.

Chrysler is doomed. Let them fold, and hope the consumers go to GM or Ford.

Ooopsie, looks like someone took the buyout and is living to regret it!! Sucks to be you, and your empty wallet which is all alone these days with nothing left in it but an insurance card that is no longer valid and some credit cards that has been closed down due to non payments!
Viva La Chrysler!!!!! We are backkkkkkkkkkkk!

Chrysler is back into the rental fleets with a vengeance! Typical Michigan guy....lives and dies with the auto industry. Silly rabbit.

Viva La Chrysler wrote:

Chrysler is doomed. Let them fold, and hope the consumers go to GM or Ford.
Ooopsie, looks like someone took the buyout and is living to regret it!! Sucks to be you, and your empty wallet which is all alone these days with nothing left in it but an insurance card that is no longer valid and some credit cards that has been closed down due to non payments!
Viva La Chrysler!!!!! We are backkkkkkkkkkkk!

I believe you hit the nail on the head.

Eddie wrote:

<quoted text> I believe you hit the nail on the head.

funny :) me like it..

Viva La Chrysler wrote:

Chrysler is doomed. Let them fold, and hope the consumers go to GM or Ford.
Ooopsie, looks like someone took the buyout and is living to regret it!! Sucks to be you, and your empty wallet which is all alone these days with nothing left in it but an insurance card that is no longer valid and some credit cards that has been closed down due to non payments!
Viva La Chrysler!!!!! We are backkkkkkkkkkkk!

watch the ball....which cup is it under?

the reason for the charade.....was to borrow the money

2007-8....spike gas prices, steers people away from american cars, starts the "car" problem...

coincide with ramp up of mortgage scam...

use these "problems" as reasons to need to "fight" them with borrowed money...ie bailouts...bailouts=borrowed money from a private for profit bank that makes its money by lending money to your government, money that it creates out of thin air....ie digits typed into a computer....these digits are then sent electronically over to the treasury, the treasury then issues bonds, these bonds are then sold on the open market to you and places like china, they are something created from nothing...however, there is more to it, after borrowing the money from the private for profit bank, we, that is you and me, now owe this bank interest for loaning us money that they, a handful of chosen individuals, made from nothing.

and the best part is that the interest compounds daily, sweet, they call it the national debt, but all that means is you owe the people that print your money all that money...and to top it off all that it takes for the scam to be the biggest best money maker ever known is to make sure that no matter what, the biggest customer, the government, keeps coming up with great ways to NEED to borrow money...hmm, how can they do that?...oh, i see, they just buy out the general elections and make sure their choices are who you get to choose from....someone from....energy,pharma,media,wa r contracts or corporations who are on the receiving end of the money as debt scam, that way they can always have their guys in their borrowing money from them...

its really funny how stupid the majority of people are...this is a carnie scam, you, all of you have fallen for it...

bailout, does good,does bad, doesn't matter, the money already got borrowed....that's all that matters....

and for they naysayers, what I'm telling you is well understood in by those in high finance, its time you learn what is already known...you may be able to save yourselves f you can put 2 and 2 together

Joe Dirt wrote:

The article is a year old. Jeeeeeeez.

Typical one liner BS , they don't read the article but comment anyway!! Hear that allen, butch, george!

If you would've read it, you would have seen this

''''compared with 2009''''

Chrysler lost $197 million in the first quarter, and it's expected to post a net loss when it releases second-quarter results on Monday.

Overall, Chrysler's U.S. sales rose 12 percent from January through June compared with 2009. But sales to individuals, known as retail, tumbled 21 percent, according to the industry data.

What year are you living in?

Detroit -- A year after getting billions of dollars in federal aid to stay in business, Chrysler now brags each month about growing sales, insisting it is rolling down the road to recovery.

But beneath the surface of those sales figures are troubling signs for Chrysler. The company has a long way to go before it is truly healthy again.

Most of Chrysler's gains this year came from sales to rental car companies, governments and other businesses, according to confidential data obtained by the Associated Press. Everyday drivers have shunned its dated lineup of cars and trucks.

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20100807/A...

Im glad I gone, I took the bye out and I new thay woulnt last ha ha ha ha ha. can wait for them to go belly up. see ya wouldn want be ya, ha ha ha, chrysler is goin bye bye cause america is in shit situation and no jobs to buy those car. yea you thank it funny causw we took bye outs but look here what you gone take when they shut your buildin for good? now who laugh

bon bons wrote:

Im glad I gone, I took the bye out and I new thay woulnt last ha ha ha ha ha. can wait for them to go belly up. see ya wouldn want be ya, ha ha ha, chrysler is goin bye bye cause america is in shit situation and no jobs to buy those car. yea you thank it funny causw we took bye outs but look here what you gone take when they shut your buildin for good? now who laugh

So you blew all of your money already. So we're still working and earning a paycheck. You're broke, we're not. I say "It sucks to be you". You say it will end. I say, no end in sight yet.

Chrysler just reports operating profit: Aug 9, 2010. True americans are buying Chryslers again! Long live Chrysler and the UAW! God bless Obama!!

we know one thing for sure. fleet sales are doing great at chrysler.

chrysler retiree wrote:

Chrysler just reports operating profit: Aug 9, 2010. True americans are buying Chryslers again! Long live Chrysler and the UAW! God bless Obama!!

http://articles.moneycentral.m sn.com/news/article.aspx?Feed= OBR&Date=20100809&ID=1 1856542&Symbol=F

Where do you get your info? This article says a little different.