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Large cars were the old Chrysler Corporation’s comeback kings, back in 1992. They erased any thoughts of Chrysler as being simply a stodgy relic able to make nothing but minivans, Jeeps, and endless variations of K-cars.
The large car market, then, was dying; the LH cars brought it back. It isshrinking again, now, with crossoversstill gaining ground. But Chrysler seems to stillbe doing well. The company sold 48,253 of the premium 300 series so far – down just 2% — but the rather similar, relatively downmarket Dodge Charger saw another 86,058 sales, slightly higher than year to date in 2014.
Finally, the Dodge Challenger, built off a similar platform and architecture and on the same line, with the same engine choices as the Charger but manual transmissions on V8 models, added another 61,621 cars — up 32%. (...) →
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The large car market, then, was dying; the LH cars brought it back. It isshrinking again, now, with crossoversstill gaining ground. But Chrysler seems to stillbe doing well. The company sold 48,253 of the premium 300 series so far – down just 2% — but the rather similar, relatively downmarket Dodge Charger saw another 86,058 sales, slightly higher than year to date in 2014.
Finally, the Dodge Challenger, built off a similar platform and architecture and on the same line, with the same engine choices as the Charger but manual transmissions on V8 models, added another 61,621 cars — up 32%. (...) →
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