GM Sales UP In August !!

[HoosierRon]

Someone make Eddie take that damn bug off the screen!

[unkillsam]

Originally Posted by E. Haskell

Boooooyaaaaa!!

Get rid of that bug!!!!!

I was poking my screen for like 30 seconds before I got it

[VCDJ]

Originally Posted by unkillsam

Get rid of that bug!!!!!

I was poking my screen for like 30 seconds before I got it

LOL me too.

[BrickTamland]

Originally Posted by mtndrew1

I'd say the super big trucks (sub, expedition XL, etc.) will be less affected by rising fuel costs than what we've seen happen with the middle sized trucks. Yukon, Tahoe, GMT360, regular Expedition, Explorer, and Durango have all seen giant year on year drops in sales.

The people that cart around six kids and a boat large enough to demand a Suburban will probably be less affected by fuel pricing than someone who commutes to work in a Tahoe. The total percentage of sales is much smaller, but the market these vehicles serves is far more insulated from fuel costs.

-Drew

Exactly. Suburbans and Yukon XLs are typically less of an image purchase than a Tahoe. Plus, Prius sales were well up. Gas prices do matter.

[PRO_USA1776]

Does leasing count? I couldn't wait for the ASTRA so I leased a FOCUS for my wife.

[coaster.n3rd]

While I certainly did not feel an upswing of sales myself, this is certainly good news. Maybe now people will stop waiting for the "big" sale.

[Geotpf]

Originally Posted by mbukukanyau

I am also assuming rebate spending was up

There sure have been a lot of ads for deals on the Silverado and Sierra recently, and those two models (plus the known fleet queens) were the ones that had sales increases.

Still, it's quite rare that there's a month where GM is up and Toyota is down.

[racy]

Originally Posted by tgagneguam

It's for similar reasons that I take exception to GM running scared from the minivan market and allowing Honda and Toyota to be OK in it.

Not just the minivan market. They also ran from the mini truck market - which one can arguable say is how Toyota and Nissan got into the truck business at all.

Until the Aveo, GM has run from the subcompact car market as well. The fact that GM seems to be not abandoning the Cobalt (according to recent info) shows they might just stick around for the compact party.

[01cavalier]

A nice change to see GM do better with Toyota lose sales. Would be nice if it actually would turn into a trend. It is too bad it's on the truck side, though the CUVs doing well is great.

[Geotpf]

Originally Posted by racy

Until the Aveo, GM has run from the subcompact car market as well. The fact that GM seems to be not abandoning the Cobalt (according to recent info) shows they might just stick around for the compact party.

True, but pretty much everybody ran from the subcompact market, except Hyundai/Kia. When the Aveo was released, the only other subcompacts were the extremely slow-selling Toyota Echo, the Mini Cooper, the Scion xA, the Kia Rio, and the Hyundai Accent. The Japanese big three (Nissan/Honda/Toyota) didn't release the Versa, Fit, and Yaris respectively until after the Aveo had already been out a year or two.

[TORRED1]

Originally Posted by I-Love-Pontiac

.....How are they doing it?

Maybe my new vehicle (company car) will be a uplander this fall, thats ok with me, have a caravan now, Its a fleet vehicle and With a 100k warrenty on the drivetrain it makes sense fro my company to get it, They get rid of them before they get 100k miles on them and it gives them resale value out of them, I do about 45k a yr down from 55k, so this actually works for my company, good move.

[TORRED1]

Originally Posted by PeterPuck

Some fleet, bargain prices, and the fact that the van isn't as bad as people make it out to be (nor as ugly).

Agreed!!!!!

[mschwope]

so to clarify, GM's entire division sold 385,000 vehicles and Toyota's entire division sold only 233,000 vehicles... or is that just Toyota and not Lexus or anything. I must be missing something because when I look at these numbers it looks like GM is destroying Toyota.. Thanks, Matt

[usa1]

Good news, but it all looks like a fleet driven sales increase to me.

Mark

[A Bum In A Bus]

One of those Sierra's was mine, ext cab SLT, black with black leather, oval step bar and A.R.E. SLII Tonneau cover, loaded, and a fine machine. A real head turner, countless numbers of people have walked up and told me, "man you have got one fine truck", it puts a big Ole smile on my face, cause I KNOW IT!!!!!!!!!!