The General’s four brands recorded 178,896 total sales in the U.S. market for the month of January 2011, representing a boost of 23 percent compared to their performance in January 2010 in total unit sales and a 36 percent gain in retail sales.
The following is the brief brand-by-brand sales breakdown:
Buick
- 13,269 total monthly sales, up 32 percent from a year ago. Sales were lead by the Regal which posted 2,290 sales.
- January marks the 16th consecutive positive sales month for the Trishield.
Chevrolet
- Chevy posted 125,389 total sales for January 2011 – up 19 percent from last January with retail sales up 33 percent.
- Cruze accounted for 12,014 unit sales — up 125 percent from the late Cobalt it replaced.
- Chevy crossovers (Traverse, Equinox) posted a 36 percent gain over January 2010.
- Retail sales of Chevy trucks increased 32 percent over January 2010.
- 321 Chevrolet Volts were sold.
Cadillac
- 12,580 total sales for January 2011, a surge of 49 percent from last January.
- Sales for the CTS line climb 70 percent with 4,632 total sales, the SRX rises 31 percent with 4,236.
GMC
- 27,658 total unit sales for GMC in the month of January 2011, up 30 percent from January 2010.
- Sierra sales up 46 percent.
Comments
Nice to see when sales climb. I guess fleet sales didn’t see too much climb, GM don’t like to participate in businesses?
They’re cutting down on fleet sales so as not to decrease the resale value of new models (Cruze, Equinox, Traverse). Old GM did that and when the new management (Reuss) came in, they made it a point to cut down.
Great to see GM do so well. This is an exciting time for GM!