GM Global Sales for the Third Quarter of 2012

[ausrutherford]

Several Important Launches Mark Quarter
GMInsideNews
December 3, 2012
By: Austin Rutherford

Our Own Nsap's ATS

With bankruptcy now over three years in the rear-view mirror, New GM's expansion is bearing fruit. The third quarter of the year saw many pivotal all-new products launch and/or unveiled that will allow an increase in sales on the global scale.

Riding on the back of car sales, U.S. sales rose 3.4-% from the beginning of the year. All-new cars such as the Buick Verano, Chevy Cruze and Sonic allowed for the growth. September saw the first month of sales for the all-new Cadillac ATS, which is set to launch in Europe and China within the next few months.

European sales continue to hurt as sales are down 12.5-% through the year. This has resulted in a loss of .5-% market share. The one bright spot in sales is that of Chevrolet, which has seen sales rise 4.1-%. The Opel Adam and Mokka saw their first sales during the third quarter with the latter off to a hot start in September.

South American sales are rather stagnate as many vehicles turned over to all-new versions in the quarter or are about to. The Chevy Spin launched sales to replace the Meriva and Zafira. The Spin will also launch into other markets including Indonesia. The all-new Onix is currently launching and will replace Celta. The all-new Colorado has seen significant increases over the last model and is threatening the Toyota Hilux for dominance in the region. The Trailblazer saw limited initial sales in Brazil ahead of its full launch.

In Asia, the all-new Trailblazer also started sales in Thailand on its way to being offered throughout the region, or as the Holden Colorado7. GM has seen sales rise 10 percent so far this year in China riding on the back of Wuling commercial vans and trucks. In the last month of September, the Chevy Spark I started its switch to the Baojun Lechi model in China as GM starts to expand the brand.

The brief big news out of Australia was the launch of Opel. As of now, the Corsa, Astra, and Insignia have launched with undoubtedly more to come.

Perhaps the most interesting news out of the quarter is that the Wuling Sunshine fell to third place in GM's sales behind the Chevy Cruze and Chevy Silverado/ Cheyenne.

The 2014 Silverado should allow the model to keep its position in second

Markets included in this quarter were Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, and Vietnam. Note that sales are only for the third quarter and not for the year. If you have any sales data to add, please contact me. Big thank you to Best Selling Cars for adding markets to the list. Sales numbers are only for third quarter and not year-to-date.

Model Breakdown

1. Chevy Cruze - 200,000*
2. Chevy Silverado/ Cheyenne - 116,833
3. Wuling Sunshine - 115,566
4. Chevy Aveo I,II/ Sonic - 97,962
5. Wuling Rongguang - 81,107
6. Wuling Hongguang - 79,642
7. V/O Astra - 72,457
8. Buick Excelle - 67,794
9. V/O Corsa - 66,298
10. Chevy Celta/ Prisma - 62,668
11. Chevy Malibu - 61,650
12. Chevy Equinox - 61,335
13. Chevy Spark II,III/ Beat/ Matiz - 54,113
14. GMC Sierra - 52,586
15. Chevy Sail - 51,426
16. Buick Excelle GT/ Verano - 46,919
17. Chevy S10/ Colorado/ D-Max/ T-Series - 43,588
18. Chevy Impala - 43,238
19. Chevy Avalanche/ Tahoe/ Suburban - 40,813
20. Chevy Corsa I,II - 38,930
21. Buick LaCrosse - 36,354
22. Wuling PN Series - 30,351
23. GMC Terrain - 28,161
24. Buick Regal - 27,976
25. GMC Acadia - 23,999
26. V/O Insignia - 22,738
27. V/O Zafira - 22,501
28. Chevy Express - 21,408
29. Chevy Tornado/ Montana/ Utility - 21,215
30. Chevy Camaro - 21,084
31. Cadillac SRX - 20,722
32. Chevy Traverse - 20,248
33. GMC Yukon - 18,569
34. Chevy Agile - 18,215
35. Chevy Cobalt - 17,195
36. Daewoo Nexia - 16,503
37. V/O Meriva - 15,616
38. Buick Enclave - 15,250
39. Chevy Niva - 14,356
40. Cadillac CTS - 13,920
41. Chevy Captiva(Daewoo based) - 13,471
42. Chevy Captiva(Opel based) - 13,091
43. Chevy Lacetti/ Nubira/ Optra - 12,195
44. Baojun 630 - 12,171
45. Buick Excelle XT - 11,322
46. Holden Commodore - 10,024
47. Chevy Orlando - 9,973
48. Daewoo Matiz - 9,753
49. Buick GL8 II - 9,625
50. Chevy Spin - 8,534
51. Chevy Volt - 8,116
52. Buick GL8 I - 7,189
53. Holden Captiva(Both) - 6,918
54. Holden Cruze - 6,914
55. GMC Savana - 6,875
56. Cadillac XTS - 6,506
57. Cadillac Escalade - 6,388
58. Chevy Spark I - 6,074
59. Chevy Tavera - 5,963
60. Chevy Meriva - 5,928
61. Holden Colorado - 5,022
62. V/O Agila - 4,297
63. V/O Antara - 3,660
64. Chevy Corvette - 3,645
65. Chevy Lanos - 3,451
66. Chevy Epica - 3,276
67. Holden Barina - 3,171
68. V/O Vivaro - 3,071
69. Baojun Lechi - 2,989
70. Chevy Caprice - 2,759
71. Daewoo Labo/ Damas - 2,304
72. Chevy TrailBlazer - 2,236
73. GMC Canyon - 2,210
74. V/O Combo - 2,111
75. Cadillac SLS - 1,600
76. Chevy Zafira - 1,525
77. Daewoo Alpheon - 1,375
78. Chevy N Trucks(Old) - 1,128
79. V/O Ampera - 1,067
80. V/O Mokka - 790
81. Cadillac ATS - 611
82. Chevy N Trucks(New) - 364
83. V/O Movano - 356
84. Holden Caprice - 327
85. Holden Barina Spark - 231
86. Daewoo Lacetti - 193
87. Chevy N,F,L-Series Bus - 171
88. Chevy Lumina/ Omega - 164
89. Buick Park Avenue - 145
90. Chevy N300/ Move - 141
91. Buick Lucerne - 48
92. Jiefang Xiao/ CA 1031 - 42
93. Cadillac DTS - 33
94. Chevy Astra - 28
95. Chevy HHR - 25
96. Chevy Vectra - 22
97. Opel Adam - 16
98. Cadillac STS - 15
99. Cadillac BLS - 4
100. Chevy Blazer - 2
101. Opel GT - 2
102. V/O VXR8 - 2

Chevy Nexia - Unknown
Chevy Vitara - Unknown
Chevy Grand Vitara - Unknown
Chevy LV150 - Unknown
Chevy CMV/ Super Carry/ CMP - Unknown
Chevy Combo - Unknown
Holden Combo - Unknown
Jiefang Kuncheng - Unknown
Jiefang 501 - Unknown
Jiefang Jinling/ Boling - Unknown
Jiefang Furui - Unknown


*Models that have ended production are in BOLD*

* - Sales provided by GM

Sales by Category

Cars
City/Kei - 77,473
Sub-Compact - 358,624
Compact - 457,008
Mid-Size - 129,560
Full-Size - 102,590

Utility Vehicles including MPVs
Sub-Compact - 36,690
Compact - 77,129
Mid-Size - 112,454
Full-Size - 142,081

Trucks & Ute Vans
City/Kei - 32,655
Sub-Compact - 136,781
Compact - 163,001
Mid-Size - 53,891
Full-Size - 198,058
Cab-Over - 1,534
Bus - 171

Specialty
Muscle Car - 21,084
1 Row Front Engine Sport Car - 3,647

To see Ford's sales for the quarter, visit FordInsideNews

[funkypunnk]

US Buick sales look dismal, looks like anything that isn't a brand new model isn't performing as expected.

[ausrutherford]

US Buick sales look dismal, looks like anything that isn't a brand new model isn't performing as expected.

I would say the Regal sales are awful, but the rest of the lineup is doing ok.

[BlackGTP]

Who still has Daewoos?

[Lowboy]

I'd sitll like to know how many Cruze wagons are sold globally.

[LetsRace]

Love the ATS Nsap keep the pictures coming.

[meganmoody]

Bankruptcy? Walking away from the 169 billiondollars they owed, screwing taxpayers out of a minimum of 25 billion dollars, screwing over 20,000 pensioners retirement (minimum), and asking the president to toss out 200+ years of contract law then taking an unconstitutional taxpayer bailout is hardly "bankruptcy."

Here is the truth, minus the gm goggles - GM is staring another "bankruptcy" in the face unless it learns from what it did wrong before - they are repeatedly all the same mistakes they made before. It is only a matter of time.

I know everyone here likes to only hear pro-GM propaganda, but I can only tell it one way. Truthfully and how I see it.

[Voltastic]

I can only tell it one way. Truthfully and how I see it.

But that's two ways - which is it?

[Butz]

Bankruptcy? Walking away from the 169 billiondollars they owed, screwing taxpayers out of a minimum of 25 billion dollars, screwing over 20,000 pensioners retirement (minimum), and asking the president to toss out 200+ years of contract law then taking an unconstitutional taxpayer bailout is hardly "bankruptcy."

Here is the truth, minus the gm goggles - GM is staring another "bankruptcy" in the face unless it learns from what it did wrong before - they are repeatedly all the same mistakes they made before. It is only a matter of time.

I know everyone here likes to only hear pro-GM propaganda, but I can only tell it one way. Truthfully and how I see it.

At least GM makes something and employes people. What did we get from the banks bailout?

[calgaryhhr]

I would say the Regal sales are awful, but the rest of the lineup is doing ok.

Regal sales are pretty horrible in Canada as well. Sales are down about 40% compared to last year. 2011 volume was 2846 while 2012 year to date is 1672 (should be ~1800 at year end.) Lacrosse sales are only down about 20% which is not too bad. The new Verano is the saving-grace of the brand. The Verano is at 4804 year to date which is almost 40% of Buick sales in Canada.

Cadillac is really taking a beating up here in Canada. Cadillac only has about 6,000 YTD while MB and BMW are approximately 30,000 YTD. Audi is about 18,500. Acura is about 15,000. Lexus is about 14,000 while Infiniti is at 7,500. Lincoln is worse than Cadillac but only by ~200 sales. The only brands/groups with lower sales than Cadillac is Jaguar/Land Rover at 4,400 and Volvo at 5,300.

[ausrutherford]

Who still has Daewoos?

Vietnam, South Korea (Alphoen, Damas, Labo) and Eastern Europe/West Asia.

[LetsRace]

Bankruptcy? Walking away from the 169 billiondollars they owed, screwing taxpayers out of a minimum of 25 billion dollars, screwing over 20,000 pensioners retirement (minimum), and asking the president to toss out 200+ years of contract law then taking an unconstitutional taxpayer bailout is hardly "bankruptcy."

Here is the truth, minus the gm goggles - GM is staring another "bankruptcy" in the face unless it learns from what it did wrong before - they are repeatedly all the same mistakes they made before. It is only a matter of time.

I know everyone here likes to only hear pro-GM propaganda, but I can only tell it one way. Truthfully and how I see it.

Can someone block the account of this clown?

[ausrutherford]

Ford's sales for the quarter are also up at FordInsideNews.

[TORRED1]

Can someone block the account of this clown?

Why, he is just stating it as he see's it. Are there any inaccuracies in the first paragraph. The second paragraph is his opinion, as to if they will go BK again.

Are you afraid of the truth.

[BlackGTP]

Bankruptcy? Walking away from the 169 billiondollars they owed, screwing taxpayers out of a minimum of 25 billion dollars, screwing over 20,000 pensioners retirement (minimum), and asking the president to toss out 200+ years of contract law then taking an unconstitutional taxpayer bailout is hardly "bankruptcy."

Here is the truth, minus the gm goggles - GM is staring another "bankruptcy" in the face unless it learns from what it did wrong before - they are repeatedly all the same mistakes they made before. It is only a matter of time.

I know everyone here likes to only hear pro-GM propaganda, but I can only tell it one way. Truthfully and how I see it.

Do you realize how much revenue the government would've lost if they didn't bail out GM? And add to that the welfare, unemployment, etc that the government would've had to pay to these unemployed people? I never hear anyone talking about this as if the US Government is a business and perhaps the bailout made sense from that perspective.

As an FYI, I don't feel like arguing about a dead issue at any great length, so I may not reply to any angry responses.