Chrysler LLC said Tuesday its November U.S. sales plunged, citing an industrywide drop in demand for new vehicles and lower fleet sales.
Chrysler sold a total of 85,260 vehicles in November, down 47.1 percent from 161,088 in the same month last year. Car sales fell 59.1 percent to 20,475, while truck sales dropped 41.6 percent to 64,785.
The overall drop included a 63-percent decline in fleet sales. Excluding fleet sales, Chrysler said sales fell 36 percent.
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Sales of the automaker's Jeep brand vehicles fell 41.8 percent to 20,302 units.
For the first 11 months of this year, Chrysler sales are down 27.7 percent to 1.4 million vehicles from 1.9 million for the same period last year.
