DamilerChrysler announced today that 12 sales records were set in April, including new records for the number of Jeep Grand Cherokees, Jeep Wranglers, and Jeep Cherokees sold for the month of April. Among the Jeep record-setters were the Jeep Cherokee, with sales of 14,544, a 30 percent leap versus April 1998's 11,225, and the Grand Cherokee, which posted sales of 21,583, an eight percent rise over last April and the fourth month running in which Grand Cherokee sales set a monthly record.

DaimlerChrysler Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, James P. Holden says, ``We're riding the wave of on an incredibly successful product line-up, our dealers are out there in the marketplace riding the same wave, too, supporting us in every way possible, from keeping the order pipeline full and vehicles in front of our customers, to improving customer service with efforts like Five Star.''

Here are the numbers:

              Month Sales   DR %    Sales CYTD    DR %    Sales MYTD      DR %      Model      Curr   Pr   Change  Curr    Pr    Change   Curr    Pr    Change                  Yr    Yr            Yr     Yr              Yr     Yr      Wrangler   8292   7798    6%   26738   23392    14%   45887   40778    13%      Cherokee  14544  11225   30%   52674   43942    20%   91634   80390    14%      Grand       Cherokee 21583  20035    8%   89853   75695    19%  152733  147918     3%      JEEP       BRAND    44419  39058   14%  169265  143029    18%  290254  269086     8%