Ford, Chrysler offer 2009 model discounts: report

By Income Hunter:When the U.S. economy stumbled from the mid-2000s, culminating in the subprime mortgage-induced financial crisis of 2007 to 2009, the country's largest vehicle manufacturers did not escape the chaos.

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The buzz around the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week hit a positive pitch not heard since the global economic crisis gutted the industry a few years back. The Financial Post Scott Deveau was in Detroit for the event talking to the movers and shakers of the global vehicle industry — from Chrysler’s charismatic Sergio Marchionne on the return of Alfa Romeo 2 to North America to Detroit’s Big Three lamenting the high cost of production in Canada.

Ford Motor Co of Canada was the top-selling automaker in Canada for the third year in a row in 2012 but Chrysler, boosted by demand for its fuel-efficient passenger cars, knocked General Motors from the No. 2 perch. Ford said on Thursday it sold 276,068 vehicles in Canada last year, just 90 more than it sold in 2011. Its popular line-up of F-Series trucks made up more than 100,000 of the sales. In December, however, Ford’s vehicle sales slipped 13% to 16,874.

The buzz around the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week has hit a positive pitch not heard since the global economic crisis gutted the industry a few years back.

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