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By The Numbers: A Slight Drop… But Still Number 1 In May 2011

General Motors experienced a 1.2 percent drop in sales during May 2011 compared to the same time period a year ago.

Most notably, the Cruze outsold the Civic, Corolla, Elantra, Focus, and every other mainstream compact vehicle to take the number one spot in the United States compact segment, beating last month’s second-place finish for the Delta II-based sedan. Buick outsold Lexus, Cadillac outsold Audi (but was beat by BMW and Mercedes-Benz), and Chevy outsold Toyota but fell to Ford as the second most-popular mainstream brand. Nevertheless, GM still came out with the biggest market share in May.

We’ve compiled our world-renowned By The Numbers series to bring you a model-by-model breakdown of The General’s sales.

2011 - May - USA - Chevrolet

MODELYOY MONTHLY CHANGE20112010DSR %DSR 2011DSR 2010
CHEVROLET TOTAL-3.5161,401167,235+16.6747,700641,062
AVALANCHE-34.71,2461,909-5.57,0517,459
AVEO+16.74,5383,888+18.017,39714,749
CAMARO+5.89,4518,931+3.740,27538,838
CAPRICE*230*230
CHEVY C/T SERIES*03-100.007
CHEVY W SERIES-100.0021-100.00164
COBALT-99.82916,173-98.970867,253
COLORADO+16.12,9442,535+34.013,1049,776
CORVETTE-8.71,3041,428+13.15,5974,950
CRUZE*22,711098,0760
EQUINOX+33.917,58713,134+40.377,88455,500
EXPRESS-1.96,1286,247+25.027,15821,724
HHR-30.97,19710,412+8.034,63232,072
IMPALA-19.016,70720,623+16.487,31975,040
KODIAK 4/5 SERIES-100.00149-100.00791
KODIAK 6/7/8 SERIES-100.0039-100.00119
MALIBU+17.925,60021,722+13.199,04687,597
SILVERADO-15.728,40933,690+10.6150,206135,788
SUBURBAN-25.13,9545,279-16.415,25218,246
TAHOE-37.45,8869,397-4.528,53729,881
TRAILBLAZER-100.0010-92.911154
TRAVERSE-38.17,20611,641+5.743,24040,900
UPLANDER*04-100.0054
VOLT*4810*2,1840

2011 - May - USA - GMC

MODELYOY MONTHLY CHANGE20112010DSR % CHGDSR 2011DSR 2010
GMC TOTAL+8.132,58930,160+24.9154,582123,791
ACADIA+18.96,9265,823+13.833,52629,462
CANYON-11.4566639+14.03,4092,991
ENVOY-100.006-98.2157
GMC C/T SERIES-100.004-100.0049
GMC W SERIES-100.0039-100.00245
SAVANA+89.22,8261,494+54.08,3015,390
SIERRA-4.910,75311,305+25.055,22144,167
TERRAIN+42.47,3105,132+52.734,37522,512
TOPKICK 4/5 SERIES-100.0086-100.00663
TOPKICK 6/7/8 SERIES-100.0071-100.00218
YUKON-4.32,6632,782+27.412,1649,551
YUKON XL-44.41,5452,779-10.67,5858,486

2011 - May - USA - Buick

MODELYOY MONTHLY CHANGE20112010DSR % CHGDSR 2011DSR 2010
BUICK TOTAL+23.815,57912,582+38.478,73156,899
ENCLAVE-8.34,3234,715+10.723,99821,686
LACROSSE-12.44,7745,452-6.723,36225,033
LUCERNE-1.32,2352,265+28.812,91610,030
REGAL*4,247150*18,455150

2011 - May - USA - Cadillac

MODELYOY MONTHLY CHANGE20112010DSR % CHGDSR 2011DSR 2010
CADILLAC TOTAL-5.711,62312,328+23.165,26252,997
CTS+22.94,2883,489+53.122,80714,892
DTS-33.91,4962,263+5.97,8597,423
ESCALADE-23.11,0241,332-8.05,9886,506
ESCALADE ESV+8.3612565+15.83,2202,781
ESCALADE EXT+10.3150136+13.2754666
SRX-4.23,9104,081+18.022,24918,851
STS-67.8142441+37.22,3821,736
XLR-95.2121-97.93142

2011 - May - USA - GM Other Brands

BRANDYOY MONTHLY CHANGE20112010DSR % CHGDSR 2011DSR 2010
OTHER BRAND TOTAL***.*01,517***.*010,392
HUMMER TOTAL***.*01,290***.*02,626
PONTIAC TOTAL***.*0181***.*0815
SAAB TOTAL***.*00***.*0608
SATURN TOTAL***.*046***.*06,343

2011 - May - USA - GM Total

BRANDYOY MONTHLY CHANGE20112010DSR % CHGDSR 2011DSR 2010
GM US TOTAL-1.2221,192223,822+18.21,046,275885,141
BUICK+23.815,57912,582+38.478,73156,899
CADILLAC-5.711,62312,328+23.165,26252,997
CHEVROLET-3.5161,401167,235+16.6747,700641,062
GMC+8.132,58930,160+24.9154,582123,791
CORE BRAND TOTAL-0.5221,192222,305+19.61,046,275874,749
HUMMER*01,290*02,626
PONTIAC*0181*0815
SAAB*00*0608
SATURN*046*06,343
WIND-DOWN BRAND TOTAL*01,517*010,392

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