Chrysler Group Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne (left) visits the Conner Avenue plant in Detroit on Jan., 10, 2013. The plant produces the 2013 SRT Viper. (Photo: Chrysler)

TORonTO Chrysler Canada says June sales were up 11 per cent from a year ago, helped by strong demand for its passenger cars and Jeeps.

The automaker says it sold 26,222 vehicles in June, compared with 23,705 in June 2012.

Chrysler says it sold 5,458 passenger cars last month, up 46 per cent from 3,734 a year ago.

Meanwhile, sales of trucks, which typically have higher profit margins for automakers, edged up more modestly.

Chrysler sold 20,764 trucks in June, up four per cent from 19,971 trucks it sold in June of last year.

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Year-to-date sales were up 6.9 per cent to 139,234 vehicles, compared with 130,286 vehicles sold by this time last year.

2013 marks the best half-way point in the year for Chrysler Canada since 2000, said chief operating officer Dave Buckingham.

With the record growth we are experiencing on the car side of our business, weve really rounded out our portfolio and established ourselves nicely in all vehicle segments.