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TORONTO - Ford has claimed top spot in monthly Canadian auto and light truck sales for the first time in decades. Ford Canada says it sold 27,408 vehicles in June, a 24.6 per cent increase over the same month of 2008.

That put it more than 5,000 units ahead of perennial market leader General Motors, which sold 22,334 units in Canada last month.

GM Canada's sales were 31 per cent below where they were a year ago, Toyota's dropped 17 per cent and Honda Canada's fell 17 per cent.

Chrysler Canada's sales fell by a whopping 58 per cent to just 9,200 vehicles - as large-volume fleet sales fell due to the temporary shutdown of the company's North American plants while the company's parent restructured.