GM "Core Brands" Up 25 Percent In July

Edward Niedermeyer
by Edward Niedermeyer

Yes, GM’s “core brands” Chevy, Buick, GMC and Cadillac combined for a 25 percent improvement over their Cash-4-Clunker-fueled July 2009 performance, although The General moved so many Pontiacs and Saturns during July of ’09 that overall sales were up only an anemic 5.5 percent. Because C4C boosted sales of value-oriented models last July, Chevrolet was up a mere 12 percent, while GMC was up 27.2 percent. The big gains in year-over-year volume came from Buick and Cadillac, which 136 and 141 percent combined. In short, every year-over-year number we’re looking at has been deeply skewed by last year’s C4C program, meaning volume numbers and month-to-month numbers will be the keys to properly analyzing this month’s sales results.


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  • SV SV on Aug 03, 2010

    I'm still perplexed by the massive sales gains posted by the Malibu, even though there haven't been any significant updates since it came out in 2007. It's even outselling the fresher (and IMO slightly better) Fusion. Fleet sales, I guess.

    • NulloModo NulloModo on Aug 03, 2010

      Considering that last year's Malibu results should have included some C4C sales, this years jump has to be due to some fleet dumping. The one that really perplexes me is the SRX. The new SRX hasn't received great reviews overall, and in my opinion at least it's clearly a downgrade from the previous generation which was actually a pretty good vehicle. I guess it just shows how much the US buying public hates station wagons or anything that looks remotely like a station wagon.

  • Bridge2farr Bridge2farr on Aug 05, 2010

    "The new SRX hasn’t received great reviews overall, and in my opinion at least it’s clearly a downgrade from the previous generation which was actually a pretty good vehicle. I guess it just shows how much the US buying public hates station wagons or anything that looks remotely like a station wagon." The new SRX costs less and looks much nicer. Also leases much better. There you have it.

  • Analoggrotto TTAC is full of drug addicts with short memories. Just beside this article is another very beautiful article about how the EV9 was internationally voted by a renowned board of automotive experts who are no doubt highly educated, wealthy and affluent; the best vehicle in entire world. That's planet earth for you numbskulls. Let me repeat: the best vehicle in the world is the Kia EV9. Voted, and sealed, and if you try to deny it Fanny Willis is ready to prosecute you; but she will send her boyfriend instead because she is busy.
  • MaintenanceCosts Our Bolt is not going away for a while but if I had to predict today what would replace it, I'd predict an EX30. It checks every box for my wife.
  • Ajla Both Biden and Trump are on record caring ~0% what the WTO says and the US government isn't bound by WTO rulings.
  • Honda1 The FJB Inflation Reduction Act will end up causing more inflation down the road, fact! Go ahead and flame me libbies, get back to me in a few years!
  • Cprescott Fisker is another brand that Heir Yutz has killed.
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