http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/business/chrysler-profit-leaps-32-percent-as-truck-and-suv-sales-grow.html 2014-11-05 18:50:46 Chrysler Profit Leaps 32 Percent as Truck and S.U.V. Sales Grow The automaker said its United States market share was 12.3 percent in the third quarter, with strong demand for its Jeep and Ram models. === DETROIT — Chrysler said it earned The carmaker said it had revenue of $20.7 billion, an increase of 18 percent from $17.6 billion a year earlier. The strong results reflect Chrysler’s consistent growth in the United States market, and growing consumer demand for its Jeep S.U.V.s and Ram pickup trucks. Chrysler said its United States market share in the quarter was 12.3 percent, compared with 11.2 percent in the third quarter of 2013. The automaker sold 711,000 vehicles worldwide during the quarter, up from 603,000 last year. Chrysler has grown steadily since its government bailout and bankruptcy in 2009, when the Italian automaker Fiat took control of the company. This year, Fiat acquired full ownership of Chrysler. The combined operations now rank as the seventh-largest automaker in the world, based on total vehicle sales. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, which is incorporated in the Netherlands, recently listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. The company’s chief executive, Sergio Marchionne, said the move would help the company raise capital in the future for the integration and expansion of its Fiat and Chrysler product lines. While Chrysler’s trucks and S.U.V.s like the “Chrysler’s challenges going forward have to do with product,” said Michelle Krebs, an analyst with the automotive-research website Auto