A major plant that provides Chrysler with over 100,000 parts was honored by the automaker.

The TI Automotive Plant was presented with the 2013 Chrysler Quality Supplier of the Year award.  According to Hillsdale.net, the plant has been operating at amazing levels since Paula Miller took over as plant manager three years ago.  When she arrived, the plant only had 20 employees on a single shift.  Now the shifts have increased to three shifts and the plant is supplying the parts to the Chrysler 200 and Jeep Cherokee.

Miller accepted the award for the whole plant and thanked the workers.  "This is really a special day for us," she said.  She told the employees that it was their hard work and dedication that made it all possible.

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11.1 Percent Sales Rise Estimated for Chrysler in March

March is wrapping up, and even before the final sales numbers are announced, it seems that Chrysler will be celebrating a very good month.

Edmunds is estimating that Chrysler will have an 11.1 percent sales rise in March 2014 compared to March 2013, and the unit sales for Chrysler are estimated to reach 190,684. While other automakers have struggled for a 1 percent or 4 percent gain, Chrysler is one of the few automakers to get a double-digit sales percentage rise.

It is especially surprising that Chrysler has performed this month, considering that March 2014 only had 26 selling days, and March 2013 had 27 selling days.

The sales numbers for the month of March put Chrysler in close competition with Toyota who sold 207,531 units. Unlike Chrysler, however, Toyota did not have a substantial rise in sales compared to March 2013, only a 1.1 percent rise compared to Chrysler’s 11.1 percent rise.

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Ram 1500 Leads the Large Trucks Sales Surge

Sales have always been the focus of anyone talking about the auto industry for the past ever long. It's the Cinderella story of an industry that seemed down for the count and rescued at the last moment by the government. People have been wondering if it was worth the price to bring the companies back and so far, according to the sales, it seems like it's been a good decision.

A clear sign of the success of the recent upsurge in sales of the auto industry is trucks sales. Analysts believe that this month will be the best month for sales in the US since December of 2007. Leading the sales charge is large truck sales, they are the fast-growing segment in the industry.

In particular, the Ram 1500 is at the top, so much so that these same analysts predict that the 1500, along with its competition, could hit the two million mark this year. Growth for the segment is at a rate of 21 percent, which is bigger than the rest of the industry. Ram is actually the fastest growing truck brand in the US. Makes sense why they just introduced a diesel engine for the upcoming 2014 model.

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