Silverado remains the best seller at GM by far, but now the revived company has a credible lineup of fuel-efficient cars that are also successful.
General Motors sold 252,894 vehicles in the United States in May, up 3% compared with a year ago in a market that grew by 8%. GM retail sales increased 9%, fleet sales were down 10% and the fleet mix was 26% of total sales. Retail passenger- car sales were up 2%, while total sales were down 6%. Lower fleet sales were due primarily to the timing of customer deliveries, according to GM.
Year-to-date, GM is up 8% at 1.156 million light vehicles in a market that expanded by 7% to 6.42 million for an 18% share of the U.S. light vehicle sales pie. GM’s trucks sales were up 15% versus a year ago, including a 23% increase for large buy generic celebrex celecoxib pickups that GM is now phasing out with large incentives to prepare for the launch of new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra models this fall. There was also a 30% increase for large SUVs.
Executive summary: GM remains Number One in the U.S. by 100,000 in sales over quality challenged Ford Motor, which has just announced another massive recall on its best-selling 2013 models. In terms of retail sales though, Toyota Motor continues to be Number One.
“Cadillac is growing faster than it has in almost 40 years, the pickup rebound is in full swing and we’re seeing strong retail demand for our crossovers,” said Kurt McNeil, vice president of U.S. sales operations
Cadillac’s 40% sales increase to 14,000 was its best May since 2007 and its 12th consecutive month of sales growth.
May 2013 Sales |
Total Sales |
YOY Change |
Retail Sales |
YOY Change |
Chevrolet |
179,510 |
0.9% |
124,897 |
5.4% |
GMC |
41,594 |
7.0% |
33,814 |
11.5% |
Buick |
17,982 |
(3.1)% |
15,897 |
9.9% |
Cadillac |
13,808 |
39.9% |
13,050 |
36.6% |
Total GM |
252,894 |
3.1% |
187,658 |
8.6% |
