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GM April Sales.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n GM Reports 345,404 Deliveries in April\n\n - Launch Vehicle Sales Continue to Gain Momentum, Led by All-New \n Full-Size SUVs\n - Chevy Tahoe Sales Up 35 Percent, Paced by Best Sales-To-Date of 2007 \n Model \n - Cadillac Escalade Sales Rise 127 Percent; GMC Yukon Sales Up 36 Percent\n - Full-Size Pickup Sales Rise 4 Percent\n\n DETROIT, May 3 -- General Motors dealers in the United States sold 345,404 \nnew cars and trucks in April, down 7 percent compared to year-ago levels. \nTotal car sales were down 18 percent, and truck sales were up 2 percent. \n GM's retail sales in April were down 5 percent compared to year-ago \ndeliveries. Fleet sales were down 10.5 percent. Daily rental sales declined \nby 23 percent compared to last year.\n \"Given that the industry came in somewhat below our initial expectations, \nwe are pleased that our retail sales were in line with the targets established \nin our North America turnaround plan,\" said Mark LaNeve, General Motors North \nAmerica vice president, Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing. \"Consumers \ncontinue to respond very favorably to our new products, particularly the all-\nnew Chevy Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade, resulting in a combined 15 \npercent sales increase compared to last month.\" \n Total sales of all GM launch vehicles were up 5 percent compared to March \nand accounted for 28 percent of GM's total deliveries for the month. The \nsuccess of GM's launch vehicles is another critical component of GM's North \nAmerica restructuring plan.\n Despite increases in fuel prices and contrary to industry trends, GM \nposted a 2 percent improvement in total truck deliveries, driven by continuing \nstrong sales results for its all-new full-size sport utility vehicles and \nfull-size pickups. Chevrolet Tahoe sales were up 35 percent in April. Of the \n13,138 total deliveries, 10,607 were 2007 models. GMC Yukon posted a 36 \npercent sales gain in April, with 5,978 total deliveries. There were 4,862 \n2007 Yukon deliveries. April sales of the 2007 model were 48 percent greater \nthan March results. Cadillac Escalade sales improved dramatically, with a 127 \npercent improvement over last year. There were 4,109 total sales, of which \n3,258 were the all-new 2007 model. 2007 Escalade sales in April rose 23 \npercent compared to March.\n Chevrolet Silverado deliveries rose ...