Chevrolet sold more than 1.18 million vehicles around the world in
the first quarter of 2013 achieving its 10th consecutive quarter of
record global sales on the strength of products like the Cruze compact car which recently surpassed the 2 million mark in total global sales since its launch in 2009.
General Motors Co. posted sales of more than 2.36 million in the
first quarter of 2013, an increase of 3.6 percent, outpacing the
industry which was up 1.5 percent, compared with the same period in
2012.
“ Chevrolet is growing around the world by leveraging GM’s global
engineering and design expertise to deliver the right products in the
right markets,” said Mark Reuss, GM president of North America. “And
because a product like the Cruze has been developed for different
markets with a wide variety of consumer needs, we have the flexibility
to offer more performance and capability options – like the Cruze Clean
Turbo Diesel model that will be launching in the U.S. later this year.”
Guided by a new global vision, ‘Find New Roads,’
rooted in the brand’s legacy of ingenuity, Chevrolet is in the midst of
its most aggressive new product rollout with 25 new or significantly
redesigned products being launched globally including the all-new Corvette Stingray , Silverado and Impala in the United States and the Spin , Trax , Orlando and Colorado in several major markets around the world.
In the first quarter, Chevrolet U.S. sales totaled more than 469,000, up nearly 5 percent. Sales of the updated Traverse were up 22 percent for the quarter, and helped to boost GM’s total share of the U.S. crossover market 2.5 points.
Other markets posting sales increases include Brazil with sales of
141,000 up more than 3 percent primarily on the strength of the Onix,
which accounted for nearly 24 percent of first quarter sales; China with
sales of 165,000, up 2.5 percent; and Thailand with sales of 17,000, up
14 percent.
The top five Chevrolet sales markets in in the first quarter of 2013 were:
Market
|
First Quarter 2013
|
% Change
|
United States
|
469,000
|
4.8
|
China
|
165,000
|
2.5
|
Brazil
|
141,000
|
3.2
|
Mexico
|
44,000
|
5.9
|
Argentina
|
37,000
|
(11.0)
|
On a corporate basis, GM first quarter 2013 sales in North America
were up more than 8 percent and nearly 7 percent throughout its
International Operations.
General Motors Global Sales Summary
|
Units
2013
|
Units
2012
|
% Change
|
% of Industry
2013
|
% of Industry
2012
|
North America
|
761,616
|
704,159
|
8.2
|
17.1
|
16.7
|
Europe
|
372,634
|
397,977
|
(6.4)
|
8.3
|
8.2
|
South America
|
234,474
|
247,582
|
(5.3)
|
17.2
|
18.3
|
International Operations*
|
992,234
|
928,474
|
6.9
|
9.6
|
9.4
|
Total Global
|
2,360,958
|
2,278,192
|
3.6
|
11.4
|
11.2
|
GM North America = United States, Canada, Mexico and other North American markets
GM in Europe = Western, Central and Eastern Europe plus Russia/ CIS
GM International Operations = Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East
Courtesy of GM Media
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