GM Brands Witness Positive Growth for Nine Consecutive Months

Reinforced by some of their new models like the Silverado HD, General Motors have seen an increase in 11 per cent for March. Although the majority of these sales figure, almost 27 per cent, comprised of fleet sales, the company has noted that this will be the ninth consecutive month, that the sales to fleet are less than 30 per cent of their total sales.

This has been viewed by many to be a key indicator that the desirability of vehicles to customers and purchase incentives has declined on a basis of per unit, monthly compared to that of February. The 2011 first quarter, total sales showed an increase of 26 per cent, selling 592,545 units, while the retail sales showed an increase of 38 per cent.

Chevrolet, meanwhile, continues to the leader in comparison to volume sold for General Motors. However, Cadillac and Buick have also managed to bring in the biggest percentage gainers for the quarterly period. GMC, meanwhile also contributed a sizeable chunk to General Motor’s sales figures for March, 2011.

GMC sold a total of 30,597 units in March, and a total of 90,789 units for the whole quarter. GMC’s Sierra pickup truck led the way, selling a total number of 11,622 vehicles in March, and a total of 33,945 vehicles for the quarter. Proving the viability of their crossover truck models, the Terrain and Acadia were the third and second highest selling brands for the brand, which managed to out sell Yukon XL and Yukon.

For the quarterly sales, Terrain and Acadia were neck to neck, with Acadia managing to sell 19,688 vehicles, while Terrain managed to sell 19,860 vehicles.