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GM Mexico Sales Decrease 19 Percent To 16,166 Units In May 2019

GM Mexico sales decreased 19 percent to 16,166 units in May 2019 compared to May 2018 results. Sales decreased at Chevrolet, Cadillac, and Buick while increasing at GMC.

Chevrolet sales decreased 20 percent 15,441 units:

Cadillac sales decreased 22 percent to 78 units:

Buick sales decreased 34 percent to 187 units:

GMC sales increased 2 percent to 460 units:

In the first five months of 2019, GM Mexico sales increased 1 percent to 83,557 units.

Sales Results - May 2019 - Mexico - Chevrolet

MODELMAY 2019 / MAY 2018MAY 2019MAY 2018YTD 2019 / YTD 2018 YTD 2019YTD 2018
AVEO-20.31% 4,8686,109+12.24%27,679 24,660
BEAT-3.89% 6,2496,502+3.72%28,510 27,487
BLAZER* 110**424 *
BOLT EV+200.00% 31+133.33%14 6
CAMARO-53.49% 2043-35.02%167 257
CAVALIER-44.50% 9991,800-8.70%5,843 6,400
COLORADO+51.08% 210139+13.24%787 695
CORVETTE-50.00% 24-38.89%22 36
CRUZE-97.57% 5206-70.12%242 810
EQUINOX-52.74% 198419-51.71%963 1,994
EXPRESS-55.32% 2147-28.57%165 231
MALIBU-93.88% 12196-80.23%119 602
S10-100.00% 03-90.70%4 43
SILVERADO-33.61% 567854-24.02%2,331 3,068
SONIC-92.86% 114-98.98%8 781
SPARK+29.85% 857660+37.07%4,197 3,062
SUBURBAN-65.40% 73211-23.70%673 882
TAHOE-31.34% 4667-46.80%216 406
TORNADO-44.40% 278500-20.66%1,805 2,275
TRAVERSE-41.11% 5390-29.50%325 461
TRAX-38.22% 8681,405+7.50%5,517 5,132
VOLT-50.00% 12-39.13%14 23
CHEVROLET TOTAL-19.88% 15,44119,272+0.90%80,025 79,311

Sales Results - May 2019 - Mexico - Cadillac

MODELMAY 2019 / MAY 2018MAY 2019MAY 2018YTD 2019 / YTD 2018 YTD 2019YTD 2018
ATS-25.00% 34-28.57%25 35
CTS+100.00% 21-62.96%10 27
ESCALADE-48.84% 2243-33.33%162 243
XT4* 35**174 *
XT5-69.23% 1652-20.47%101 127
CADILLAC TOTAL-22.00% 78100+9.26%472 432

Sales Results - May 2019 - Mexico - Buick

MODELMAY 2019 / MAY 2018MAY 2019MAY 2018YTD 2019 / YTD 2018 YTD 2019YTD 2018
ENCLAVE-25.29% 6587-9.97%316 351
ENCORE-29.86% 101144-1.98%545 556
ENVISION-60.38% 2153-32.16%116 171
REGAL-100.00% 01-97.44%1 39
BUICK TOTAL-34.39% 187285-12.44%978 1,117

Sales Results - May 2019 - Mexico - GMC

MODELMAY 2019 / MAY 2018MAY 2019MAY 2018YTD 2019 / YTD 2018 YTD 2019YTD 2018
ACADIA-33.91% 76115-19.47%393 488
SIERRA+57.58% 208132+59.08%762 479
TERRAIN-7.14% 143154+4.40%759 727
YUKON-34.00% 3350-35.63%168 261
GMC TOTAL+2.00% 460451+6.50%2,082 1,955

Sales Results - May 2019 - Mexico - GM Totals

BRANDMAY 2019 / MAY 2018MAY 2019MAY 2018YTD 2019 / YTD 2018 YTD 2019YTD 2018
CHEVROLET TOTAL-19.88% 15,44119,272+0.90%80,025 79,311
CADILLAC TOTAL-22.00% 78100+9.26%472 432
BUICK TOTAL-34.39% 187285-12.44%978 1,117
GMC TOTAL+2.00% 460451+6.50%2,082 1,955
GM MEXICO TOTAL-19.60% 16,16620,108+0.90%83,557 82,815

The GM Authority Take

GM Mexico sales figures in May followed a similar trend as those in March and April. To note, May was the third month that the all-new 2019 Silverado/Cheyenne and 2019 Sierra went on sale in Mexico. But while the new trucks posted noteworthy sales volume increases in April, the Silverado didn’t fare so well in May, while Sierra sales shot up almost 60 percent. In addition, many other models dragged GM sales down during the month, including Chevy Aveo, Beat, Equinox, the discontinued Cruze, Express, Malibu, Suburban and Tahoe, as well as the GMC Acadia and Yukon and the Buick Encore, Enclave and Envision.

We aren’t sure what’s responsible for these downward swings in sales volume, but posit that the drops could be related to lackluster availability of the models in Mexico. That said, GM Mexico sales will likely spike when the automaker launches the all-new second-generation Chevrolet Onix and all-new Chevrolet Tracker in the market – as the market seems ripe for such models.

About The Numbers

  • All percent change figures compared to GM Mexico sales in May 2018, except if noted

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Comments

  1. 16,166 units……..in all of Mexico???????!!!!!!!!!

    Take away the Aveo and Beat (11,000 combined) and GM only sold 5,000 other units?????!!!!!!!!!!! In the whole country!!!!???
    Take away the Cavalier, Spark and Trax and….those numbers are…..oh my……why bother?

    Following GM’s current business model, It’s time to get out of Mexico.

    How many units did GM Mexico produce in May?

    How many units did GM Mexico export to the US in May?

    Reply
    1. “How many units did GM Mexico export to the US in May?”

      Probably about five times more than they sold in Mexico. So much for Machete Mary’s lie that “we build em where we sell em.”

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    2. You are misinterpreting the numbers the final row shows a GM Mexico total of 83,557 vehicles for 2019, a 0.9% increase from 82,815 at 2018. But we cannot ignore that Mexico is suffering an economic crisis caused mainly for the hostile Trump policies, that means a weak mexican peso exchange rate vs dollar. Anyway we must remmeber that a strong dollar is bad for all economies, and this effects would translate to US economy anytime in the future.

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  2. Why not even a mention of the Mexicans being pissed off at Trump’s insistent belittling of their country that they might just boycott buying from an American owned company?

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