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Chevrolet U.S. Sales Up 12.8 Percent To 212,959 Units In December 2016

Sales of GM’s mainstream brand, Chevrolet, increased 12.8 percent in the United States and 4.71 percent in Canada in December 2016.

December 2016 Chevrolet Sales – United States

In the United States, cumulative Chevrolet sales increased 12.8 percent to 212,959 units in December.

December 2016 Chevrolet retail sales increased 8.1 percent, or 12,284 units, year-over-year to 163,452 units, representing 76.8 percent of total Chevy sales. That compares to 151,168 retail sales in December 2015, which represented 80.1 percent of total Chevrolet sales.

Chevrolet sales performance highlights for December 2016 include:

  • Bolt EV went on sale and accounted for 579 deliveries
  • Colorado was up 20 percent and had its best December since 2004
  • Volt had its best month ever
  • Impala had its best December since 2008
  • Equinox had its best month ever
  • Traverse had its best December since 2010
  • On a retail level:
    • Trax, Equinox and Traverse were up 43 percent, 38 percent and 22 percent, respectively
    • Spark, Impala, Volt, Sonic, Corvette and Malibu were up 210 percent, 95 percent, 76 percent, 50 percent, 10 percent and 6 percent, respectively

December 2016 Chevrolet fleet sales increased 31.6 percent, or 11,881 units, year-over-year to 49,507 units, representing 23.2 percent of total Chevrolet sales for the month. That compares to 37,626 fleet sales in December 2015, which represented 19.9 percent of total Chevrolet sales.

Chevrolet Sales Summary - December 2016 - USA

SalesSales Mix
Total212,959188,794+12.8%+24,165100.0%100.0%0%
Sale TypeDecember 2016December 2015December 2016 / December 2015December 2016 - December 2015December 2016December 2015December 2016 - December 2015
Retail163,452151,168+8.1%+12,28476.8%80.1%-3.3%
Fleet49,50737,626+31.6%+11,88123.2%19.9%+3.3%

Individual model sales performance was as follows:

Sales Results - December 2016 - USA - Chevrolet

MODELDEC 2016 / DEC 2015DECEMBER 2016DECEMBER 2015YTD 2016 / YTD 2015 YTD 2016YTD 2015
BOLT EV* 579**579 *
CAMARO+30.45% 7,0005,366-6.19%72,705 77,502
CAPRICE-43.64% 124220-44.66%1,021 1,845
COLORADO+19.24% 9,4317,909+28.78%108,725 84,430
COMMERCIAL TRUCK* 729**7,019 *
CORVETTE+10.44% 2,7092,453-10.00%29,995 33,329
CRUZE+2.82% 17,32416,849-16.65%188,876 226,602
EQUINOX+24.59% 27,19521,827-12.75%242,195 277,589
EXPRESS+5.46% 7,7637,361+7.30%68,007 63,382
IMPALA+19.14% 10,7949,060-16.96%97,006 116,825
MALIBU+87.28% 22,76412,155+16.95%227,881 194,854
SILVERADO-13.84% 54,27262,992-4.27%574,876 600,544
SONIC-12.59% 6,3757,293-14.70%55,255 64,775
SPARK+207.59% 4,2571,384+8.09%35,511 32,853
SS-29.85% 94134+4.08%3,013 2,895
SUBURBAN+19.26% 7,5736,350+18.12%60,082 50,866
TAHOE+21.73% 11,8979,773+16.94%103,306 88,342
TRAVERSE+13.54% 10,3819,143-2.70%116,701 119,945
TRAX+50.42% 8,0075,323+25.36%79,016 63,030
VOLT+74.60% 3,6912,114+60.72%24,739 15,393
CHEVROLET TOTAL+12.80% 212,959188,794-1.36%2,096,508 2,125,347

December 2016 Chevrolet Sales – Canada

In Canada, cumulative Chevrolet sales increased 4.71 percent to 10,559 units. Individual model sales performance was as follows:

Sales Results - December 2016 - Canada - Chevrolet

MODELDEC 2016 / DEC 2015DECEMBER 2016DECEMBER 2015YTD 2016 / YTD 2015 YTD 2016YTD 2015
CAMARO+70.13% 13177+1.50%2,708 2,668
CITY EXPRESS-77.95% 28127-33.54%636 957
COLORADO-33.00% 270403+28.93%6,569 5,095
CORVETTE+51.28% 5939+2.51%1,758 1,715
CRUZE+61.78% 2,7601,706-16.06%26,824 31,958
EQUINOX+6.48% 1,6591,558-2.88%19,197 19,766
EXPRESS-10.29% 462515+24.78%4,164 3,337
IMPALA-22.22% 189243-3.20%2,844 2,938
MALIBU+62.40% 635391+24.99%11,503 9,203
ORLANDO-100.00% 01-93.55%2 31
SILVERADO-24.63% 2,4513,252-3.18%44,932 46,408
SONIC+27.24% 383301-23.58%4,404 5,763
SPARK+249.06% 18553+134.27%3,657 1,561
SUBURBAN+48.15% 200135+60.49%2,173 1,354
TAHOE-44.35% 138248+29.53%3,062 2,364
TRAVERSE+10.22% 248225+12.21%4,486 3,998
TRAX-17.12% 489590+11.23%9,072 8,156
VOLT+23.64% 272220+137.12%3,469 1,463
CHEVROLET TOTAL+4.71% 10,55910,084+1.83%151,460 148,735

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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Comments

  1. Impala retail sales were up 95%, that’s awesome!

    Reply
  2. But 10,000 Malibus dumped into rental market not so. See recent article in Forbes!

    Reply

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