CEO Sergio Marchionne was widely questioned for his decision to split off Dodge's truck business and create a separate brand in Ram, but it has paid off handsomely. While GM and Ford each have four models among the top 20 selling vehicles, accounting for a big chunk of their total volume, Chrysler has only one: the Ram pickup. Customers snapped up 21,037 of the profit-rich haulers in October, up 21.5% from a year ago.
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