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Hurricane · 07-05-2007, 07:04 AM

GM the exception in Canada June auto sales rise
Thursday July 5, 4:06 am ET

TORONTO (Reuters) - DaimlerChrysler Canada (XETRA

CXGN.DE - News) cruised to its 11th straight monthly sales increase in June, a month in which sales rose at all companies that make cars in Canada except for General Motors (NYSE:GM - News), company and analyst figures showed on Wednesday.

GM, Canada's biggest automaker, said it sold 42,466 vehicles in June, down 6.3 percent from the same month last year. Car sales of 20,455, down 16.3 percent, dragged on overall performance, while truck sales climbed 5.5 percent to 22,011.

Both Toyota Canada Inc. (Tokyo:7203.T - News) and Honda Canada Inc. (Tokyo:7267.T - News) reported strong sales increases

More here: http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/070705/autos....v=1&printer=1

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Hurricane 6.0 Liter Vortec V8 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,548	GM the exception in Canada June auto sales rise GM the exception in Canada June auto sales rise Thursday July 5, 4:06 am ET TORONTO (Reuters) - DaimlerChrysler Canada (XETRACXGN.DE - News) cruised to its 11th straight monthly sales increase in June, a month in which sales rose at all companies that make cars in Canada except for General Motors (NYSE:GM - News), company and analyst figures showed on Wednesday. GM, Canada's biggest automaker, said it sold 42,466 vehicles in June, down 6.3 percent from the same month last year. Car sales of 20,455, down 16.3 percent, dragged on overall performance, while truck sales climbed 5.5 percent to 22,011. Both Toyota Canada Inc. (Tokyo:7203.T - News) and Honda Canada Inc. (Tokyo:7267.T - News) reported strong sales increases More here: http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/070705/autos....v=1&printer=1