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Chrysler to enjoy. The U.S. is the only manufacturer on Wednesday has announced a jump in August sales in the U.S.. The third manufacturer in this market grew by 7% of its sales on a year to 99,611 vehicles. This August is his fifth consecutive month of increase yoy. Sales are also up 6.7% compared to those of July.

"Chrysler is proud to have beaten the consensus, is congratulated Fred Diaz, director of U.S. sales. "This shows that we have accomplished our goals. We will continue our efforts with the production of new models by the end of the year. " The group, now controlled by Fiat, has seen sales of its brands to grow by 4% against a rise of 17% for Jeep and Dodge 8%.

GM, Ford and Toyota to the penalty

The month of August was more difficult for the competition.General Motors (GM) announced in a statement that sales of its four brands together (Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac) in August were down 24.9% year on year to 185,176 vehicles. Excluding the four brands that GM is shutting down (Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer) or sold (Saab), the decline in sales of only 11% to 184,921 vehicles, insisted the group.

"Last year, the scrappage supported sales. Therefore, the results of this August are, unsurprisingly, a bit mixed, moderates the vice director of sales in the United States, Don Johnson. "The most important thing is that three of our brands have shown strong gains," he adds.

GM, however, said its sales of pickups and utility vehicles had increased last month, a positive sign indicating a general economic recovery Installment payday loans.

For its part, Ford has suffered most with a decline in sales by 10.7% yoy in August to 157,503 vehicles. Sales are also down 7.5% compared to July. Ford, the only American manufacturer to not be calling for government assistance at the height of the crisis and not have declared bankruptcy last year, however, emphasized that its sales jumped 18% since the beginning of year compared to the same period in 2009.

Toyota posted a drop of 31.4% of its U.S. sales in August on a year to 148,388 vehicles.The manufacturer may have been affected by the announcement last week of a new recall of 1.13 million models in its flagship car Corolla in North America for an engine problem, having already recalled more than 10 million vehicles worldwide since the fall.

"Resuming modest expected"

In a conference call Wednesday, the heads of GM sales in the United States have looked forward to "a modest recovery and irregular" in the U.S. economy, and still rely on annual sales of 11.5 to 12 million vehicles in the U.S. this year.

Ford, meanwhile, anticipates weak demand as it provides an output of 570,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter, 4000 from a year earlier to "adjust capacity to the actual demand.

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