Bob -
What is the web site where you found this info ?
Thanks !
At 04:59 PM 2/2/99, you wrote:
>Jack
>
>These are sales numbers that I found on the D-C site.
>Unfortunately, they were not neat annual figures but
>a hodge-podge of data.
>
>Within the first 10 months of 1994, through October, Dodge
>reported that Dodge Ram sales reached 191,841, beating a
>17-year-old record of 188,338 set in 1977.
>
>With almost a month to go, Dodge Ram Pickup today set a new
>Model Year record for sales in the U.S. market with a total
>of 187,668 units. That breaks the old record of 187,633 set
>in 1987. Full model year sales for the period Oct. 1, 1993
>to Sept. 30, 1994 are expected to approach 200,000 units.
>
>
>he leader in the mid-size pickup truck market since it created
>the segment nine years ago, Chrysler Corporation announced
>today that sales of its Dodge Dakota pickup truck line has
>reached the one-million sales mark in North America.
>Dakota has averaged over 100,000 sales per year since its
>introduction in the 1987 model year. Current sales for 1995
>stand at 87,372 units through September, and are projected to
>top the 100,000 mark for the fourth consecutive year.
>
>
>From January 1, 1996, through the end of September, Ram Pickup
>sales totaled 288,174. That compares with sales of 271,501 in all
>of 1995, the previous record year.
>
>
>Chrysler's truck (minivans, Rams, Dakotas, full-size vans)sales
>total of 1,579,060 vehicles for the 12 months ending
>September 30, 1996, represented a 23.2 percent share of that market
>segment. That surpassed the previous record of 21.8 percent, recorded
>in the 1994 model year.
>
>
>March 17, 1997
>Dodge celebrated the one-millionth U.S. Ram pickup sale since
>the truck's introduction in the 1994 model year.
>
>
>May 1, 1998
>Individually, the Dodge Dakota set an all-time record of
>14,622 vehicles sold, up 22 percent from April 1997.
>Sales of the new Dodge Durango remained strong with
>11,535 units sold for the month.
>
>
>Dodge Dakota. Sales were 152,629 for the year, up 16 percent
>over 1997, breaking the yearly record for Dakota of 132,057,
>set in 1992.
>
>
>Other vehicles lines that set December 1998 sales records included:
>Dodge Ram Pickup. The Ram sold 32,796, a 5 percent increase from last
>December.
>Dodge Durango. The Durango had sales of 17,112, a 60 percent jump from
>December 1997's 10,716.
>
>
>
> DaimlerChrysler Corporation U.S. Sales Summary, Thru December 1998
>
> Month Sales DR % Sales CYTD DR % Sales MYTD DR %
>Model Curr Yr Pr Yr Change Curr Yr Pr Yr Change Curr Yr Pr Yr Change
>
>Durango 17112 10716 60% 156923 20263 NM 50789 20263 151%
>Dakota 11658 12053 -3% 152629 131961 16% 36839 34955 5%
>Ram P/U 32796 31345 5% 410130 350257 17% 111178 96006 16%
>Selling Days
> 26 26 307 307 77 77
>
>
>
>The above sales figures should give GoAPE a pretty good idea of the market
>that
>they would be entering.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>
>Bob
>Burlington, Ontario
>
>'97 CC Sport, 5.2L, 3.55 auto., flame red
> Gibson duals, KN drop-in
> Coloured-keyed grille guard, running boards
> and hard tonneau cover
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>
>
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