The high waves GM has been riding for the past year don't seem to be diminishing, as the first sales numbers for 2011 show that the signs of recovery experienced in 2010 were not a swan song for the auto maker.
Compared to the sales levels of January 2010 (a very good month, given GM's problems one year before) have been surpassed in 2011 by 23 percent. The car maker sold a total of 178,896 vehicles last month in the US, most of them coming from the flagship brand, Chevrolet (125,389 vehicles sold).
“January was a good month and signaled a solid start to the new year for each of our divisions,” said Don Johnson, vice president, U.S. Sales Operations. “Our results were driven by gains across the board in all segments, with our newest models leading the way.”
Each of the brands sold under the GM umbrella contributed to the overall growth experienced in January. Buick reported sales amounting to 13,269 units (32 percent increase), GMC chipped in 27,658 cars (30 percent up), while Cadillacs were appealing to 12,580 Americans (a huge 49 percent leap compared to January 2009). The rest of the cars were sold to fleet operators - 39,767 vehicles, or a seven percent increase (fleet accounted for 22 percent of GM total sales).
The US inventory of the car maker stands at 510,000 units, a number which is lower than December 2010 and higher than January 2010.
“Our mid-sized crossovers, Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia, continue to have legs,” Johnson added. “They appeal to customers because of their great styling, fuel efficiency and utility.”
Compared to the sales levels of January 2010 (a very good month, given GM's problems one year before) have been surpassed in 2011 by 23 percent. The car maker sold a total of 178,896 vehicles last month in the US, most of them coming from the flagship brand, Chevrolet (125,389 vehicles sold).
“January was a good month and signaled a solid start to the new year for each of our divisions,” said Don Johnson, vice president, U.S. Sales Operations. “Our results were driven by gains across the board in all segments, with our newest models leading the way.”
Each of the brands sold under the GM umbrella contributed to the overall growth experienced in January. Buick reported sales amounting to 13,269 units (32 percent increase), GMC chipped in 27,658 cars (30 percent up), while Cadillacs were appealing to 12,580 Americans (a huge 49 percent leap compared to January 2009). The rest of the cars were sold to fleet operators - 39,767 vehicles, or a seven percent increase (fleet accounted for 22 percent of GM total sales).
The US inventory of the car maker stands at 510,000 units, a number which is lower than December 2010 and higher than January 2010.
“Our mid-sized crossovers, Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia, continue to have legs,” Johnson added. “They appeal to customers because of their great styling, fuel efficiency and utility.”