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GMC U.S. Sales Up 5.8 Percent To 63,415 Units In December 2016

Sales of GM’s premium truck and crossover brand, GMC, increased 5.8 percent in the United States and decreased 17.85 percent in Canada in December 2016.

December 2016 GMC Sales – United States

In the United States, cumulative GMC sales increased 5.8 percent to 63,415 units in December.

December 2016 GMC retail sales decreased 3.8 percent, or 2,008 units, year-over-year to 50,597 units, representing 79.8 percent of total GMC sales. That compares to 52,605 retail sales in December 2015, which represented 87.8 percent of total GMC sales.

GMC retail sales performance highlights for December 2016 include:

  • Acadia retail sales increased 31 percent
  • Yukon retail sales increased 2 percent
  • Yukon XL retail sales increased 2 percent
  • Canyon retail sales increased 25 percent, with the midsize truck posting its best-ever December retail sales performance

December 2016 GMC fleet sales increased a substantial 74.7 percent, or 5,482 units, year-over-year to 12,818 units, representing 20.2 percent of total GMC sales for the month. That compares to 7,336 fleet sales in December 2015, which represented 12.2 percent of total GMC sales for the month.

GMC Sales Summary - December 2016 - USA

SalesSales Mix
Total63,41559,941+5.8%+3,474100.0%100.0%0%
Sale TypeDecember 2016December 2015December 2016 / December 2015December 2016 - December 2015December 2016December 2015December 2016 - December 2015
Retail50,59752,605-3.8%-2,00879.8%87.8%-7.9%
Fleet12,8187,336+74.7%+5,48220.2%12.2%+7.9%

Individual model sales performance was as follows:

Sales Results - December 2016 - USA - GMC

MODELDEC 2016 / DEC 2015DECEMBER 2016DECEMBER 2015YTD 2016 / YTD 2015 YTD 2016YTD 2015
ACADIA+67.75% 12,1897,266-8.22%88,466 96,393
CANYON+34.93% 4,0483,000+24.51%37,449 30,077
SAVANA+55.20% 4,3162,781-6.30%20,607 21,992
SIERRA-15.12% 23,29027,438-1.10%221,680 224,139
TERRAIN-22.89% 7,4409,649-21.52%87,925 112,030
YUKON+19.07% 6,2765,271+25.07%53,447 42,732
YUKON XL+29.10% 5,8564,536+18.25%37,054 31,334
GMC TOTAL+5.80% 63,41559,941-2.16%546,628 558,697

December 2016 GMC Sales – Canada

In Canada, cumulative GMC sales decreased 17.85 percent to 5,274 units. Individual model sales performance was as follows:

Sales Results - December 2016 - Canada - GMC

MODELDEC 2016 / DEC 2015DECEMBER 2016DECEMBER 2015YTD 2016 / YTD 2015 YTD 2016YTD 2015
ACADIA-37.46% 354566-38.95%3,939 6,452
CANYON-15.50% 278329+31.24%6,083 4,635
SAVANA-15.79% 736874+2.98%7,012 6,809
SIERRA-22.76% 2,7353,541-4.91%51,091 53,727
TERRAIN+10.81% 871786+2.31%11,095 10,844
YUKON-19.15% 114141+66.10%2,842 1,711
YUKON XL+1.64% 186183+64.91%2,604 1,579
GMC TOTAL-17.85% 5,2746,420-1.27%84,666 85,757

About The Numbers

  • In the U.S., there were 27 selling days in December 2016 and 28 selling days in December 2015
  • In Canada, there were 27 selling days in December 2016 and 27 selling days in December 2015

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