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Old July 7th 05, 01:15 AM
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http://www.auto123.com/en/info/news/...tid=43837&pg=1

July 6, 2005
Chrysler brings employee pricing to Canada
by Alex Law , Auto123

Employee pricing has come to Canada in the wake of its enormous
success with consumers in the U.S., but it's the Chrysler Group of
DaimlerChrysler that's making the offer here, not the company that
started it all.

General Motors created the idea of offering employee pricing on
virtually all its models at the start of June, and the simplicity of
the notion struck a chord with the Yanks, resulting in a sales jump of
almost 50 percent over the same month in 2004.

When GM decided to renew the deal for July, Ford decided it had no
choice but to create its own program and that was followed quickly by
the Chrysler Group. But the German-owned firm was the first one to
extend the offer to Canada, launching Employee Pricing Plus on its
2005 model year cars (2006 models are excluded), and that discount
will not stop dealer discounts of $5,500 on most models.

The Chrysler Group is the first manufacturer in Canada to bring
employee pricing to market, bragged Mike Accavitti, the firm's
vice-president of marketing. "Our sales are up through the first half
of the year," he said, "and we aim to keep that momentum going with
more new product launches and best in-class offers."

Most everything the company now sells will be covered by this plan,
except the Dodge Sprinter and the Chrysler 300C SRT8, and of course
the 2006 model year cars. That means the discounts only work on the
current versions of the Chrysler PT Cruiser and Dodge Ram pickups, not
the improved ones going on sale this fall, and the brand new Jeep
Commander.

But the employee discount will apply to such models as the Chrysler
300 sedan, the Dodge Caravan minivan, and the Dodge Dakota mid-size
pickup.

More details on Chrysler's Employee Pricing Plus program will be
spelled out in a national advertising campaign that begins this week.

It's still possible that Ford and GM will make similar moves in
Canada. GM of Canada president Michael Grimaldi said in a mid-June
interview that he has been considering the employee pricing promotion
since Detroit launched it. But the Oshawa firm has been running a
promotion with discounted gasoline in conjunction with Petro-Canada
that has proved to be extremely popular with consumers, as big sales
increases in June showed.
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Old July 7th 05, 04:48 AM
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The dealership my wife works at well offer the employee discount. The owner
told his sales manager to offer the x plan plus the normal rebate if it is
lower to get customers to buy. This includes all models including those
that excluded in the employees plus discount.

The rebate with employee plus discount program is not always the better
deal. The rebates have been cut if vehicle purchased using employee
purchase plus discount. X plan plus the normal rebate is a better deal on
many vehicles.



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Old July 12th 05, 05:04 PM
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"The rebate with employee plus discount program is not always the better
deal. The rebates have been cut if vehicle purchased using employee
purchase plus discount. X plan plus the normal rebate is a better deal on
many vehicles."

Can the dealership do both? Wasn't Xplan and rebate last month's Program?
The rebates have no doubt changed this month to go along with the employee
pricing.


 




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