General Motors reported sales of 240,520 vehicles for the month of August in the United States, representing a 10 percent year-over-year increase. Sales of all four GM brands were up compared to the same time frame a year ago, with Chevy up 11.3 percent, Buick up 12.4 percent, GMC up 3.7 percent, and Cadillac up 11.3 percent.
Sales of Chevrolet passenger cars increased 25 percent, an event the automaker attributes to extensive national advertising during Olympic Games. In fact, the Spark, Sonic, Cruze, and Volt each posted best-ever monthly sales. Meanwhile, sales to retail customers were up 11 percent, making August the best retail month of the year, while fleet sales were up 6 percent.
In addition, General Motors is in the midst of an aggressive rollout of new products in the U.S. (and globally, as well), with nearly 70 percent of its vehicle nameplates due for a redesign or overhaul over the course of 2012 or 2013. As such, GM Authority expects these sales results to improve even further throughout the next year or so.
2012 - August - USA - Chevrolet
| MODEL | VOLUME % CHG | 2012 | 2011 | YTD % CHG | YTD 2012 | YTD 2011 |
| CHEVROLET TOTAL | +11.3 | 169,978 | 152,779 | +5.3 | 1,270,582 | 1,206,322 |
| AVALANCHE | +28.2 | 2,294 | 1,789 | +24.7 | 15,119 | 12,128 |
| AVEO | -100.0 | 1 | 2,596 | -99.8 | 59 | 27,211 |
| CAMARO | -2.2 | 6,675 | 6,823 | +0.1 | 63,298 | 63,255 |
| CAPRICE | * | 731 | 203 | * | 2,411 | 358 |
| CAPTIVA SPORT | * | 2,464 | 0 | * | 24,299 | 0 |
| COBALT | -100.0 | 0 | 4 | -98.7 | 11 | 839 |
| COLORADO | +66.8 | 4,222 | 2,531 | +36.5 | 29,775 | 21,814 |
| CORVETTE | +29.3 | 1,210 | 936 | +1.1 | 9,219 | 9,123 |
| CRUZE | +19.1 | 25,975 | 21,807 | -8.6 | 154,813 | 169,427 |
| EQUINOX | +21.8 | 20,231 | 16,606 | +16.6 | 151,027 | 129,538 |
| EXPRESS | +17.9 | 6,861 | 5,819 | +22.4 | 54,005 | 44,118 |
| HHR | -100.0 | 0 | 794 | -99.9 | 20 | 36,613 |
| IMPALA | +28.0 | 17,066 | 13,329 | +0.5 | 124,920 | 124,300 |
| MALIBU | -18.8 | 14,495 | 17,840 | +5.1 | 168,277 | 160,152 |
| SILVERADO | +4.0 | 38,295 | 36,832 | +3.6 | 261,775 | 252,738 |
| SONIC | * | 8,703 | 280 | * | 57,221 | 280 |
| SPARK | * | 2,630 | 0 | * | 4,090 | 0 |
| SUBURBAN | -37.4 | 3,093 | 4,938 | +10.1 | 30,606 | 27,809 |
| TAHOE | -32.4 | 5,458 | 8,069 | -6.4 | 44,785 | 47,823 |
| TRAILBLAZER | * | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 33 |
| TRAVERSE | -40.2 | 6,743 | 11,281 | -18.8 | 61,355 | 75,591 |
| VOLT | +837.4 | 2,831 | 302 | * | 13,497 | 3,172 |
2012 - August - USA - Buick
| MODEL | VOLUME % CHG | 2012 | 2011 | YTD % CHG | YTD 2012 | YTD 2011 |
| BUICK TOTAL | +12.4 | 18,000 | 16,021 | -3.1 | 122,589 | 126,493 |
| ENCLAVE | -4.9 | 5,125 | 5,387 | -5.5 | 37,351 | 39,536 |
| LACROSSE | +3.2 | 5,593 | 5,422 | -0.6 | 40,486 | 40,720 |
| LUCERNE | -99.3 | 10 | 1,392 | -94.3 | 964 | 16,905 |
| REGAL | -45.8 | 2,072 | 3,820 | -36.3 | 18,684 | 29,332 |
| VERANO | * | 5,200 | 0 | * | 25,104 | 0 |
2012 - August - USA - GMC
| MODEL | VOLUME % CHG | 2012 | 2011 | YTD % CHG | YTD 2012 | YTD 2011 |
| GMC TOTAL | +3.7 | 37,838 | 36,471 | +4.4 | 273,366 | 261,740 |
| ACADIA | +25.5 | 8,148 | 6,491 | -38.5 | 57,698 | 56,726 |
| CANYON | -56.3 | 702 | 1,606 | -42.3 | 7,063 | 7,176 |
| ENVOY | * | 0 | 0 | -100.0 | 0 | 5 |
| SAVANA | +72.6 | 1,545 | 895 | +32.7 | 16,254 | 12,250 |
| SIERRA | +9.4 | 14,495 | 13,244 | +5.5 | 98,545 | 93,438 |
| TERRAIN | +16.1 | 9,143 | 7,875 | +12.0 | 63,340 | 56,541 |
| YUKON | -38.5 | 2,211 | 3,597 | -18.7 | 17,078 | 20,999 |
| YUKON XL | -42.3 | 1,594 | 2,763 | -8.3 | 13,388 | 14,605 |
2012 - August - USA - Cadillac
| MODEL | VOLUME % CHG | 2012 | 2011 | YTD % CHG | YTD 2012 | YTD 2011 |
| CADILLAC TOTAL | +11.3 | 14,704 | 13,208 | -9.5 | 90,933 | 100,449 |
| CTS | -11.2 | 5,136 | 5,783 | -5.0 | 35,362 | 37,237 |
| DTS | -98.5 | 11 | 719 | -95.5 | 460 | 10,172 |
| ESCALADE | +14.4 | 1,264 | 1,105 | -6.5 | 8,381 | 8,964 |
| ESCALADE ESV | +13.3 | 742 | 655 | +2.8 | 5,200 | 5,057 |
| ESCALADE EXT | +5.2 | 183 | 174 | -6.5 | 1,160 | 1,241 |
| SRX | +12.4 | 5,203 | 4,627 | +1.7 | 35,564 | 34,960 |
| STS | -95.2 | 7 | 145 | -94.4 | 156 | 2,806 |
| XLR | * | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 12 |
| XTS | * | 2,158 | 0 | | 4,650 | 0 |
2012 - August - USA - GM Total
| BRAND | VOLUME % CHG | 2012 | 2011 | YTD % CHG | YTD 2012 | YTD 2011 |
| GM US TOTAL | +10.1 | 240,520 | 218,479 | +3.7 | 1,757,470 | 1,695,027 |
| BUICK | +12.4 | 18,000 | 16,021 | -3.1 | 122,589 | 126,493 |
| CADILLAC | +11.3 | 14,704 | 13,208 | -9.5 | 90,933 | 100,449 |
| CHEVROLET | +11.3 | 169,978 | 152,779 | +5.3 | 1,270,582 | 1,206,332 |
| GMC | +3.7 | 37,838 | 36,471 | +4.4 | 273,366 | 261,753 |
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Who are these statutes is this the GM authority staff.
There are still new Lucernes on the lot?
Nope. Those aren’t Alex, Manoli and jd. (Nor are they Bernanke, Obama, and Geitner)
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The Captiva sales figure is kind of misleading. Imagine the numbers if you could buy it NEW. GM is giving up sales in the long run.
I’m not really sure why the escape is selling 8k more than equinox besides the fact that they’re doing incentives and now I’ve seen more 2013 escapes and it’s popping out of nowhere despite the fact that escape has been recalled 3 times due to its 1.6 ecoboost engine go on fire.