Cars
Like FoMoCo, General Motors' car sales in April were slightly better than the previous months of the year, with the automaker delivering 173,007 vehicles in the U.S. which is a 34 percent drop over the same month a year ago but up 11 percent or about 16,600 units when compared to March, 2009. GM also revealed that its inventories dropped to around 742,000 vehicles at the end of April, down about 82,000 vehicles (or 10 percent) compared with last year.
- Chrysler Group Reports Best April Sales Since 2008 With A 20 Percent Increase Over Last Year
The Chrysler Group's U.S. sales in April grew 20 percent over the same month last year to 141,165 units, making it the company's best April since 2008, which was before it went into bankruptcy. All four brands of the Chrysler Group posted sales...
- Chrysler Group Sales Plunge 48 Percent In April
Whereas FoMoCo and General Motors managed to keep their loses under 35 percent, Chrysler LLC took another plunge in April reporting U.S. sales of just 76,682 units, representing a chilling 48 percent decrease versus 2008. Chrysler said that the April...
- Gm Shutting Down 13 Plants For Multiple Weeks
In the midst of tumbling U.S. car sales and a constantly growing inventory of vehicles, GM seems to have no choice other than to significantly cut output by shutting down 13 of its North American assembly plants for multiple weeks from May through to...
- Ford Group U.s. Sales Plunge 40.2% In January
It appears that there's no end to the sales crisis that has hit the U.S. auto industry. In January 2009, Ford Motor Company's U.S. sales that include the Ford, Lincoln, Mercury and Volvo brands, fell to 93,506 units, a 40.2 percent decline versus...
- Gm's U.s. December Sales Fall 31%, 2008 Ytd Sales Down 23%
Once again, General Motors recorded a significant drop in U.S. sales in December delivering 221,983 vehicles, down 31 percent compared with a year ago. GM's December car sales of 87,506 units were off 25 percent while its truck sales of 134,477 units...
Cars
General Motors' April Sales Down 34 Percent, Inventories Drop 10 Percent
Like FoMoCo, General Motors' car sales in April were slightly better than the previous months of the year, with the automaker delivering 173,007 vehicles in the U.S. which is a 34 percent drop over the same month a year ago but up 11 percent or about 16,600 units when compared to March, 2009. GM also revealed that its inventories dropped to around 742,000 vehicles at the end of April, down about 82,000 vehicles (or 10 percent) compared with last year.Last week, the American automaker announced that it would shut down 13 of its factories for multiple weeks to lower production by approximately 190,000 vehicles through the early part of the third quarter in order to reduce inventories to an expected level of about 525,000 vehicles by the end of July.
- Chrysler Group Reports Best April Sales Since 2008 With A 20 Percent Increase Over Last Year
The Chrysler Group's U.S. sales in April grew 20 percent over the same month last year to 141,165 units, making it the company's best April since 2008, which was before it went into bankruptcy. All four brands of the Chrysler Group posted sales...
- Chrysler Group Sales Plunge 48 Percent In April
Whereas FoMoCo and General Motors managed to keep their loses under 35 percent, Chrysler LLC took another plunge in April reporting U.S. sales of just 76,682 units, representing a chilling 48 percent decrease versus 2008. Chrysler said that the April...
- Gm Shutting Down 13 Plants For Multiple Weeks
In the midst of tumbling U.S. car sales and a constantly growing inventory of vehicles, GM seems to have no choice other than to significantly cut output by shutting down 13 of its North American assembly plants for multiple weeks from May through to...
- Ford Group U.s. Sales Plunge 40.2% In January
It appears that there's no end to the sales crisis that has hit the U.S. auto industry. In January 2009, Ford Motor Company's U.S. sales that include the Ford, Lincoln, Mercury and Volvo brands, fell to 93,506 units, a 40.2 percent decline versus...
- Gm's U.s. December Sales Fall 31%, 2008 Ytd Sales Down 23%
Once again, General Motors recorded a significant drop in U.S. sales in December delivering 221,983 vehicles, down 31 percent compared with a year ago. GM's December car sales of 87,506 units were off 25 percent while its truck sales of 134,477 units...