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U.S. GM Sales Down 15 Percent In Second Quarter 2022

GM sales decreased by 15 percent to 582,269 units during the second quarter of 2022 in the United States. Sales decreased at all four GM brands, including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC.

“GM’s sales and market share have grown each of the last three quarters, even with lingering supply chain disruptions,” said GM Executive Vice President and President, North America, Steve Carlisle, in a statement. “Our long-term momentum will continue to build thanks to the launches of groundbreaking new EVs like the GMC Hummer EV and Cadillac Lyriq, and the tremendous customer response to the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra,” he added.

GM Sales Notes – U.S. Q2 2022

  • GM sales during Q2 2022 decreased 15 percent to 582,269 units
    • Total sales were 582,401 vehicles when counting ZEVO 600 and discontinued models
    • GM vehicle production was strong during the second quarter and the company finished the month with 247,839 vehicles in dealer inventory, including units in-transit to dealers
    • GM’s second quarter vehicle wholesale volumes were impacted by the ongoing semiconductor supply shortage and other supply chain disruptions, mostly in June
    • GM’s commercial, government and daily rental deliveries were up a combined 29 percent, with each category posting double-digit growth
  • GM extended its leadership in full-size pickup truck retail market share for the 13th consecutive quarter, despite very low inventory
    • During the second quarter, combined sales of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra LD and HD were 203,041 units for an estimated retail market share of 44 percent
    • The Chevrolet Silverado remains the fastest growing full-size pickup truck in the industry (based on J.D. Power PIN data), with Silverado HD recording its best first half in retail sales since 2007
  • Pent-up demand and improved availability helped drive large year-over-year increases in deliveries of the following models:
  • GMC delivered its best-ever retail market share during the first half of the 2022 calendar year (based on J.D. Power PIN data)
    • Total sales of the GMC Canyon grew 40 percent while those of the GMC Terrain grew 37 percent during the quarter
    • The GMC Sierra HD, which was up 31 percent during the quarter, delivered its best second quarter and first half on record
  • Electric vehicle sales surpassed 7,300 units, including some of the first deliveries of the BrightDrop Zevo 600 and GMC Hummer EV Pickup, as well as the resumption of Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV production and sales

Brand & Model Sales

Chevrolet sales decreased 10.5 percent to 387,582 units:

Cadillac sales decreased 6.7 percent to 33,703 units:

Buick sales decreased 56.1 percent to 28,929 units:

GMC sales decreased 13.7 percent to 132,055 units:

During the first six months of the 2022 calendar year, U.S. GM sales decreased 17.7 percent to 1,095,101 units.

Sales Results - Q2 2022 - USA - BrightDrop

MODELQ2 2022 / Q2 2021Q2 2022Q2 2021YTD 2022 / YTD 2021 YTD 2022YTD 2021
ZEVO 600* 136**155 0
BRIGHTDROP TOTAL* 136**155 0

Sales Results - Q2 2022 - USA - Chevrolet

MODELQ2 2022 / Q2 2021Q2 2022Q2 2021YTD 2022 / YTD 2021 YTD 2022YTD 2021
BLAZER-30.57% 14,29620,590-16.94%33,104 39,855
BOLT EUV+979.83% 4,384406+1,050.25%4,670 406
BOLT EV-76.41% 2,56110,857-86.76%2,633 19,882
CAMARO+62.79% 4,5452,792+13.91%11,255 9,881
COLORADO+52.25% 22,49714,776+13.72%44,190 38,859
CORVETTE+8.27% 8,6307,971+19.61%17,441 14,582
EQUINOX+9.37% 60,64255,448-1.68%116,678 118,666
EXPRESS+1.08% 12,68712,552-26.78%21,547 29,429
LOW CAB FORWARD-4.29% 1,4501,515+15.82%2,863 2,472
MALIBU+563.14% 32,4874,899+82.43%58,169 31,886
SILVERADO-13.17% 143,032164,731-9.33%264,139 291,322
SPARK-50.22% 3,8607,754-78.51%4,138 19,259
SUBURBAN-33.47% 8,89713,373-13.03%21,321 24,516
TAHOE-24.51% 21,06927,908-11.58%45,048 50,946
TRAILBLAZER-31.72% 15,93823,343-49.25%24,544 48,367
TRAVERSE-54.09% 20,84245,394-46.90%44,306 83,431
TRAX-46.10% 9,75218,092-55.62%15,553 35,047
CHEVROLET TOTAL-10.52% 387,582433,155-15.04%731,615 861,105

Sales Results - Q2 2022 - USA - Cadillac

MODELQ2 2022 / Q2 2021Q2 2022Q2 2021YTD 2022 / YTD 2021 YTD 2022YTD 2021
CT4+13.63% 2,6172,303-8.52%4,510 4,930
CT5+70.18% 4,1712,451+10.10%7,514 6,825
ESCALADE-50.31% 5,40310,874-42.91%11,827 20,716
ESCALADE ESV* 3,818**7,899 0
XT4+116.24% 5,4322,512+14.65%9,133 7,966
XT5-37.19% 6,64110,573-39.86%11,634 19,346
XT6-21.70% 5,5997,151-28.63%9,379 13,141
CADILLAC TOTAL-6.71% 33,70336,129-15.65%61,919 73,406

Sales Results - Q2 2022 - USA - Buick

MODELQ2 2022 / Q2 2021Q2 2022Q2 2021YTD 2022 / YTD 2021 YTD 2022YTD 2021
ENCLAVE-47.77% 7,88515,096-42.01%14,910 25,713
ENCORE-43.23% 5,1249,026-49.24%7,744 15,255
ENCORE GX-65.37% 9,08926,244-67.61%14,471 44,679
ENVISION-56.31% 6,78315,526-58.08%10,901 26,002
BUICK TOTAL-56.12% 28,92965,927-56.96%48,075 111,711

Sales Results - Q2 2022 - USA - GMC

MODELQ2 2022 / Q2 2021Q2 2022Q2 2021YTD 2022 / YTD 2021 YTD 2022YTD 2021
ACADIA-41.64% 15,33026,266-46.64%24,666 46,222
CANYON+40.28% 7,5015,347+9.37%13,661 12,491
HUMMER EV PICKUP* 272**371 0
SAVANA+24.96% 6,8035,444-13.31%9,788 11,291
SIERRA-17.45% 62,32175,495-14.07%118,938 138,412
TERRAIN+36.96% 22,75816,616+42.25%47,702 33,533
YUKON-28.90% 10,21014,360-14.90%22,333 26,242
YUKON XL-27.77% 6,8609,497-0.25%16,033 16,073
GMC TOTAL-13.70% 132,055153,025-10.83%253,492 284,264

Sales Results - Q2 2022 - USA - GM Totals

BRANDQ2 2022 / Q2 2021Q2 2022Q2 2021YTD 2022 / YTD 2021 YTD 2022YTD 2021
BRIGHTDROP TOTAL* 136**155 0
CHEVROLET TOTAL-10.52% 387,582433,155-15.04%731,615 861,105
CADILLAC TOTAL-6.71% 33,70336,129-15.65%61,919 73,406
BUICK TOTAL-56.12% 28,92965,927-56.96%48,075 111,711
GMC TOTAL-13.70% 132,055153,025-10.83%253,492 284,264
GM USA TOTAL-15.38% 582,405688,236-17.68%1,095,256 1,330,486

Chevrolet Silverado Sales Detail - Q2 2022 - USA

ModelQ2 2022 / Q2 2021Q2 2022Q2 2021YTD 2022 / YTD 2021YTD 2022YTD 2021
Total-13.2%143,032164,731-9.3%264,139291,322
Silverado LD-24.5%88,544117,275-18.5%169,561207,980
Silverado HD+17.4%52,17644,431+14.7%89,95578,430
Silverado MD-23.6%2,3123,025-5.9%4,6234,912

GMC Sierra Sales Detail - Q2 2022 - USA

ModelQ2 2022 / Q2 2021Q2 2022Q2 2021YTD 2022 / YTD 2021YTD 2022YTD 2021
Total-17.5%62,32175,495-14.1%118,938138,412
Sierra LD-37.5%33,53353,640-28.9%70,33898,897
Sierra HD+31.7%28,78821,855+23%48,60039,515

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Deivis is an engineer with a passion for cars and the global auto business. He is constantly investigating about GM's future products.

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Comments

  1. Bolt sales are pretty strong given they just restarted manufacturing in April.

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  2. Every car they make increased. Maybe we shouldn’t have gone all in on the crossover craze….

    Just sayin, I’d like to see more sedan models.

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  3. I guess that with the Camaro sales way up they better dump the crossover. Also keep the ICE cars.😂

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  4. Bring on the factory rebates. Wishful thinking, I know.

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  5. Recession on the way. It’s gonna be a rough few years ahead.

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  6. Buick down almost 57%. Wow. Malibu up 563% as they started building them again. but would be on track to sell over 100k for the year. % increase can be very deceiving based factory shutdown & chip allocations.

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    1. If I’m not mistaken I think the Malibu outsold the Camry for the month..

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  7. Crappy company crappy sales

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  8. Not surprised since they have nothing on the lots to sell!

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  9. Having no inventory on hand for customers to purchase will do that for you!

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  10. Lol someone posted a GM informercial on why sedans are out but the ultra profitable EVs like the Bolt twins still exist.

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