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General Motors Was Canada’s Best-Selling Brand in October Thanks To Growth Across All Brands

General Motors Was Canada’s Best-Selling Brand in October Thanks To Growth Across All Brands

General Motors Canada took the top spot for retail and total sales in October on the strength of gains across the board from its Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac brands. Total sales were up 26.5% at 26,847 vehicles delivered, and retail sales were up 28.9% at 21,398 vehicles. Calling Attention to Quality: GMC promotes Precision […]

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General Motors Sales Down in October; Crossovers Help Drive High ATPs

General Motors Sales Down in October; Crossovers Help Drive High ATPs

General Motors sales in October totaled 252,813 vehicles, down 2.2% from 2016, with only GMC delivering year-over-year growth at a 4.6% increase. The story was quite a lot of the same at retail—GM was down 6.6% at retail with 194,512 vehicles delivered, and GMC was the sole brand to deliver growth with a 3.8% uptick. […]

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General Motors Sets New September Sales Record in China

General Motors Sets New September Sales Record in China

General Motors China’s sales totaled 366,305 vehicles in September, up 6.6% year-over-year and good for a new sales record for the month. Buick, Baojun, and Cadillac all experienced new volume records for the month of September, and SUV sales grew an impressive 63% year-over-year. Buick was GM’s volume leader with sales totaling 114,500 vehicles, up […]

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General Motors Consolidating International, South American Operations

General Motors Consolidating International, South American Operations

General Motors on Tuesday announced its plans to consolidate its International region, which encompasses markets like Southeast Asia, India, and Oceana, with its South American operations, effective January 1st, 2018. Barry Engle, the current executive vice president and president of General Motors South America, will head up the new unit; he will be based out […]

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General Motors Sales Up 11.9% in September Thanks to Big Gains from Chevy, GMC

General Motors Sales Up 11.9% in September Thanks to Big Gains from Chevy, GMC

General Motors sales increased 11.9% in September with 279,397 vehicles delivered in the United States. Retail sales for the month were also up, increasing 8.1% from 2016 to 221,075 vehicles sold and giving the automaker its best September at retail in a decade. Helping to lead the way for GM was another strong month from […]

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General Motors Going All-Electric: Two New EVs By 2019, 20 New EVs by 2023

General Motors Going All-Electric: Two New EVs By 2019, 20 New EVs by 2023

With Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Hackett set to announce the company’s strategy to investors on Tuesday, General Motors seized on the opportunity on Monday to make arguably a bigger splash by announcing its plans to ditch the combustion engine entirely and go 100% electric in the future. General Motors’ Monday announcement revealed that the […]

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General Motors Korea Sales Total 40,264 Vehicles in September

General Motors Korea Sales Total 40,264 Vehicles in September

General Motors Korea reported total sales of 40,264 vehicles in September. Domestic sales were down 36.1% year-over-year with a total of 8,991 vehicles sold to customers throughout Korea, and export sales were up slightly at 31,273 vehicles delivered. In contrast, GM Korea’s September sales from 2016 totaled 45,239 vehicles, of which 14,204 units sold domestically […]

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General Motors China Reveals New ECOTEC 1.0T and 1.3T Engines

General Motors China Reveals New ECOTEC 1.0T and 1.3T Engines

General Motors has revealed two new, efficient, powerful engines being introduced to the Chinese marketplace later this year. The next-generation ECOTEC 1.0T and ECOTEC 1.3T were developed as part of GM’s global turbo engine architecture, both boasting impressive performance and efficiency, and will be offered with as-yet unnamed Chevrolet and Buick vehicles built and sold […]

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CEO Profiles: General Motors’ Mary Barra

CEO Profiles: General Motors’ Mary Barra

Mary Barra’s promotion to the CEO of General Motors was game changing; in her role, Barra is the first female CEO in the automotive industry. Background A Michigan native, Mary Barra was born in Waterford. Her father, Ray Makela, was a factory worker at General Motors, giving her a taste of the company from a […]

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Big Crossover Sales, ATP Increases Guide General Motors Through July Sales Declines

Big Crossover Sales, ATP Increases Guide General Motors Through July Sales Declines

To look at General Motors’ sales volume in July, one might call it a bad month. It certainly wasn’t a particularly good one: total sales dipped 15.4% with 226,107 vehicles sold, retail sales fell 14.4% with 202,220 vehicles sold, and all four of its brands saw total and retail sales declines across the board. But, […]

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General Motors Korea June Sales Total 43,692 Vehicles

General Motors Korea June Sales Total 43,692 Vehicles

General Motors Korea announced June sales totaling 43,692 vehicles; domestic sales totaled 11,455 vehicles, while exports totaled 32,237 vehicles. Domestic sales fell 36.6% year-over-year, but GM Korea points to the Cruze and Spark, both recipients of the 2017 Brand Customer Loyalty Index award, as brand sales leaders while highlighting the successes of the Malibu and […]

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General Motors Fleet and MapAnything Launch MapAnything Live

General Motors Fleet and MapAnything Launch MapAnything Live

General Motors Fleet announced today that it has teamed with MapAnything to provide GM Fleet customers with a way to improve mobile workforce productivity. MapAnything, a Salesforce Ventures Portfolio company, has launched MapAnything Live, a new connectivity solution for GM Fleet customers that combines telematics fleet management and customer relationship management (CRM) software to streamline […]

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Retail Sales Up Slightly for General Motors in May

Retail Sales Up Slightly for General Motors in May

General Motors delivered a total of 237,364 vehicles in May, down 1.3% from 2016. Retail sales were up 0.4% at 191,388 units delivered with Chevrolet, Buick, and Cadillac all posting year-over-year increases. The biggest source of retail source for GM during the month was crossovers, which saw a 19% gain year-over-year. This growth was made […]

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General Motors Brings Shop Click Drive Online Shopping Service to UAE

General Motors Brings Shop Click Drive Online Shopping Service to UAE

Research has shown that around 91% of new vehicle shoppers in the United Arab Emirates begin the process of purchasing online in some form or another. Whether in response or in a sheer stroke of luck, General Motors has introduced its Shop Click Drive service to the UAE through Chevrolet Middle East and Al Ghandi […]

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General Motors de México Wins Socially Responsible Company Award For Third Straight Year

General Motors de México Wins Socially Responsible Company Award For Third Straight Year

General Motors de México in May won its third consecutive Socially Responsible Company award from the Mexican Center for Philanthropy and Alliance for Corporate Social Responsibility. GM earned the award for its various environmental, educational, and community outreach efforts over the past year. “General Motors has had a strong commitment to Mexico for 81 years, […]

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General Motors Announces Changes to India and South Africa Operations

General Motors Announces Changes to India and South Africa Operations

Today General Motors announced that it is making key restructuring changes to its GM International operations, including the exit of Chevy from two major global markets. Specifically, the company will now focus its GM India manufacturing operations on the sole production of vehicles for export, while also transitioning GM South Africa manufacturing over to Isuzu […]

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Barra Shuts Down NHTSA Rumors: “150% Committed to General Motors”

Barra Shuts Down NHTSA Rumors: “150% Committed to General Motors”

Rumors seem to abound about the future of General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra, whether it be her name appearing on a shortlist of potential running mates for Hillary Clinton, her appointment to the current administration’s Strategic and Policy Forum, or recent rumblings about becoming the next administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety […]

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General Motors Unaffected By Possible Corporate Tax Overhaul

General Motors Unaffected By Possible Corporate Tax Overhaul

The buzz around Washington, DC right now is all about the Trump Administration’s proposed overhaul of our corporate tax system. Of course, large businesses that have the most to gain are backing the proposed plan, but one of them is making remarks without much skin in the game. That company would be none other than […]