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GM U.S. Sales Up 10 Percent In August 2012: By The Numbers

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

MODELYOY MONTHLY CHANGE20122011YTD % CHGYTD 2012YTD 2011
CHEVROLET TOTAL+11.3169,978152,779+5.31,270,5821,206,322
AVALANCHE+28.22,2941,789+24.715,11912,128
AVEO-100.012,596-99.85927,211
CAMARO-2.26,6756,823+0.163,29863,255
CAPRICE*731203*2,411358
CAPTIVA SPORT*2,4640*24,2990
COBALT-100.004-98.711839
COLORADO+66.84,2222,531+36.529,77521,814
CORVETTE+29.31,210936+1.19,2199,123
CRUZE+19.125,97521,807-8.6154,813169,427
EQUINOX+21.820,23116,606+16.6151,027129,538
EXPRESS+17.96,8615,819+22.454,00544,118
HHR-100.00794-99.92036,613
IMPALA+28.017,06613,329+0.5124,920124,300
MALIBU-18.814,49517,840+5.1168,277160,152
SILVERADO+4.038,29536,832+3.6261,775252,738
SONIC*8,703280*57,221280
SPARK*2,6300*4,0900
SUBURBAN-37.43,0934,938+10.130,60627,809
TAHOE-32.45,4588,069-6.444,78547,823
TRAILBLAZER*00*033
TRAVERSE-40.26,74311,281-18.861,35575,591
VOLT+837.42,831302*13,4973,172

2012 - August - USA - Buick

MODELYOY MONTHLY CHANGE20122011YTD % CHGYTD 2012YTD 2011
BUICK TOTAL+12.418,00016,021-3.1122,589126,493
ENCLAVE-4.95,1255,387-5.537,35139,536
LACROSSE+3.25,5935,422-0.640,48640,720
LUCERNE-99.3101,392-94.396416,905
REGAL-45.82,0723,820-36.318,68429,332
VERANO*5,2000*25,1040

2012 - August - USA - GMC

MODELYOY MONTHLY CHANGE20122011YTD % CHGYTD 2012YTD 2011
GMC TOTAL+3.737,83836,471+4.4273,366261,740
ACADIA+25.58,1486,491-38.557,69856,726
CANYON-56.37021,606-42.37,0637,176
ENVOY*00-100.005
SAVANA+72.61,545895+32.716,25412,250
SIERRA+9.414,49513,244+5.598,54593,438
TERRAIN+16.19,1437,875+12.063,34056,541
YUKON-38.52,2113,597-18.717,07820,999
YUKON XL-42.31,5942,763-8.313,38814,605

2012 - August - USA - Cadillac

MODELYOY MONTHLY CHANGE20122011YTD % CHGYTD 2012YTD 2011
CADILLAC TOTAL+11.314,70413,208-9.590,933100,449
CTS-11.25,1365,783-5.035,36237,237
DTS-98.511719-95.546010,172
ESCALADE+14.41,2641,105-6.58,3818,964
ESCALADE ESV+13.3742655+2.85,2005,057
ESCALADE EXT+5.2183174-6.51,1601,241
SRX+12.45,2034,627+1.735,56434,960
STS-95.27145-94.41562,806
XLR*00*012
XTS*2,15804,6500

2012 - August - USA - GM Total

BRANDYOY MONTHLY CHANGE20122011YTD % CHGYTD 2012YTD 2011
GM US TOTAL+10.1240,520218,479+3.71,757,4701,695,027
BUICK+12.418,00016,021-3.1122,589126,493
CADILLAC+11.314,70413,208-9.590,933100,449
CHEVROLET+11.3169,978152,779+5.31,270,5821,206,332
GMC+3.737,83836,471+4.4273,366261,753

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  1. Who are these statutes is this the GM authority staff.

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  2. There are still new Lucernes on the lot?

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  4. 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.

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  5. 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.

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