October 22, 2012
Chris Woodyard

The biggest gaining auto brand in car-happy California may come as a surprise. A big one.

It's Chrysler. The brand more than doubled sales for the first nine months of the year compared to the same period last year. The Chrysler Group's other main brands also saw strong gains in the Golden State: Jeep was sixth with a 34.6% increase and Dodge was 11th with 23.5%, according to the California Auto Outlook, published by the California New Car Dealers Association. The findings come from data from Experian Automotive.

Sure, there are 50 states and California is only one. But it just happens to the be the nation's largest auto market.

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USA Today