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GM sales rise 1.5 pct. on strong car performance

AP -- DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says its U.S. sales rose 1.5 percent last month as a big jump in car sales was offset by falling truck sales.

The company says new models boosted car sales by 29 percent. But sales of the Chevrolet Silverado, GM's top-selling vehicle, fell almost 17 percent from a year ago.

Still, GM says last month was its best September since 2008.

The company expects total U.S. auto sales to hit an annual rate of 14.5 million for September. That would make it the second-best month of the year.

GM sold more than 210,000 vehicles in September. It was led by the Chevrolet Cruze compact car with a 43 percent increase. Chevrolet Sonic subcompact sales were five times September of last year.

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Submitted Oct 03, 2012 By: mastermariner

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remay Champion Author Houston Posts:7,083 Points:2,144,190 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 9:15:44 AM Ignore remay Report Abuse Hope that "strong" performance also turns into "strong" reliability!
BEGTWO Champion Author Maryland Posts:2,077 Points:751,915 Joined:Sep 2010	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:26:58 AM Ignore BEGTWO Report Abuse EXCELLENT!!!
Vette1967 Champion Author Albany Posts:6,112 Points:1,304,675 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 1:04:08 AM Ignore Vette1967 Report Abuse Good for GM...Good for America too.
greywolves Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:8,816 Points:2,456,800 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 12:59:46 AM Ignore greywolves Report Abuse yeah...thats the ticket. the government is buying all the new gm cars.
Taxrefugee Champion Author Arizona Posts:1,540 Points:414,470 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 4:14:41 PM Ignore Taxrefugee Report Abuse Guess the govt is getting ready to order more
kkimes Champion Author Illinois Posts:1,673 Points:1,531,800 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 12:37:48 PM Ignore kkimes Report Abuse I notice that the big sellers are Cruze and Sonic cars. Traditionally, GM has just imported their compact and subcompact cars. Are these actually built (or at least assembled) here in the USA? I don't know because I didn't look it up, but that would be an issue for some of our posters.
YaBassa Champion Author Michigan Posts:2,571 Points:544,800 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 10:45:41 AM Ignore YaBassa Report Abuse Continued improvement, great news.
Norm10 Champion Author British Columbia Posts:3,396 Points:165,955 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 10:25:44 AM Ignore Norm10 Report Abuse Now lets hope GM doesn't do something stupid like they usually do - like trying to jack up their prices as soon as they see a few more people actually buying their products.
Skunk63 Champion Author Phoenix Posts:2,692 Points:585,975 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 9:54:53 AM Ignore Skunk63 Report Abuse Ok, now about paying back the taxpayers...
Costello Champion Author South Dakota Posts:1,534 Points:1,182,675 Joined:Jan 2007	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 9:52:50 AM Ignore Costello Report Abuse Good for USA!
itzagasgasgas1 Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:4,114 Points:1,627,720 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 9:43:08 AM Ignore itzagasgasgas1 Report Abuse Good for GM; good for us.
Martinman Champion Author Mississippi Posts:14,874 Points:2,120,555 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 9:18:11 AM Ignore Martinman Report Abuse I see the political trolls are making their rounds.... ----- Look at the numbers. The federal government did NOT purchase 10,000 vehicles last month, let alone 40,000 units. Here's the numbers for September: - 210,245 General Motors - 174,976 Ford - 171,910 Toyota - 140,041 Chrysler ----- BOTH GENERAL MOTORS and FORD sold more vehicles than Toyota. Toyota was THIRD in total unit sales for September. More shocking - CHRYSLER wasn't far behind Toyota. Another 32,000 units - and the TOP-3 sellers in the U.S. would have been GENERAL MOTORS, FORD, and CHRYSLER...
mossimo36 Champion Author St. Louis Posts:2,834 Points:524,550 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 8:20:19 AM Ignore mossimo36 Report Abuse Good job GM!
Rockyguitar Champion Author Tampa Posts:2,693 Points:1,229,070 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 8:17:15 AM Ignore Rockyguitar Report Abuse This is all they could muster even with gubment (tax dollar) "incentives" (bribes).
doeslayersr Champion Author Illinois Posts:9,303 Points:899,730 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 8:12:23 AM Ignore doeslayersr Report Abuse Yeah, how much of the increase is attributed to the vehicles the federal government agencies were required to purchase from GM?
mwc407 Champion Author North Carolina Posts:1,095 Points:576,385 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 8:06:50 AM Ignore mwc407 Report Abuse not a surprise that sales are coming from small cars (mizers) and not the big trucks (guzzlers)
gvan Champion Author Chicago Posts:21,758 Points:2,863,990 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 8:04:48 AM Ignore gvan Report Abuse "The company says new models boosted car sales by 29 percent." I would say that's strong considering last year they sold a lot of cars because Honda and Toyota had limited availability. However, truck sales were down but expected to rebound when the new 2013 models are introduced.
w4kh Champion Author Tennessee Posts:11,815 Points:2,257,665 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 8:04:21 AM Ignore w4kh Report Abuse Interest8ing that GM's sales jump was led by the Cruze and the Sonic while their Silverado truck sales fell off... maybe people are wising up about the cost of fuel?
Tnerbeel Champion Author Houston Posts:8,970 Points:1,777,290 Joined:Mar 2007	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 7:53:46 AM Ignore Tnerbeel Report Abuse Government Motors, I'll never own another . . ever!
Skipper52 Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:7,553 Points:1,620,410 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 7:47:50 AM Ignore Skipper52 Report Abuse Don't talk about all the owners of GM stock that lost everything when they went bankrupt. [Edited by: Skipper52 at 10/3/2012 7:47:57 AM EST]
JCUBE Champion Author Michigan Posts:8,726 Points:1,942,920 Joined:Aug 2003	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 7:47:19 AM Ignore JCUBE Report Abuse not gas price related garbage
us412 Champion Author Arkansas Posts:23,029 Points:2,444,930 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 7:46:46 AM Ignore us412 Report Abuse They sold a lot of cars but did they make a profit? Big $ off sales in September and no margin in subcompact car anyway. Look out I smell Bail Out II coming; Can't let the UAW Brothers down.
relmers Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:1,555 Points:656,275 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 7:46:26 AM Ignore relmers Report Abuse OK
danny999 Champion Author Florida Posts:8,868 Points:1,667,735 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 7:45:59 AM Ignore danny999 Report Abuse Govt. Motors sales rose because Obumma used tax payers dollars to buy GM Cars and push up sales.Forst our money is stolen to bail out the UNION,and then it's stolen to buy GM vehiclesfor Govt. Use.
pmc3 Champion Author Missouri Posts:3,609 Points:1,025,590 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 7:45:37 AM Ignore pmc3 Report Abuse At least it is an UPWARD trend!!!
swede Champion Author Cleveland Posts:3,907 Points:1,704,450 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 7:44:53 AM Ignore swede Report Abuse That is ok news for Government Motors.
car253 Champion Author Ohio Posts:6,430 Points:1,495,345 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 7:43:31 AM Ignore car253 Report Abuse Good for GM, good for the US.
AC-302 Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:26,850 Points:2,929,270 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 7:43:16 AM Ignore AC-302 Report Abuse I don't think 1.5% is too strong. Chrysler was up double digits. I thought on ABC Radio news the other day I heard that GM sales were sluggish, only up about 0.5%?
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