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GM August sales
GM August sales.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n GM Delivers 368,776 Vehicles; Retail Sales Up 8 Percent \n \n - Sales Gains Driven By Launch Vehicles \n - GM's Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Post Significant Increases: Pontiac G6 Up \n 35 Percent, Chevrolet Impala Up 29 Percent In Total Sales \n - Full-Size Pickup Truck Retail Sales Up 27 Percent; Large Utilities \n Up 22 Percent \n \n DETROIT, Sept. 4 -- General Motors' dealers in the United States sold \n368,776 new cars and trucks in August. Retail sales were up 8 percent on a \nsales day adjusted basis, compared with August 2005. \n \"August retail sales were up almost 30,000 units compared to last year. \nThat's great news. This was one of the stronger retail months of 2006, with \nour performance led by such launch vehicles as the Pontiac Torrent and G6, \nSaturn Sky, Chevrolet Cobalt, Impala and Buick Lucerne,\" said Mark LaNeve, \nGeneral Motors North America vice president, Vehicle Sales, Service and \nMarketing. \"Importantly, we're capitalizing on the sale of fuel-efficient \ncars and trucks including such \"30 mpg and Above Club\" members as Pontiac G6 \ncoupe and G5, Chevy HHR, Cobalt, Malibu and Impala, and Saab 9-3. Our large \npickup retail sales for Chevrolet Silverado, Avalanche and GMC Sierra were up \n27 percent compared with a year ago. Customers clearly are responding to the \nquality, value, versatility and fuel efficiency of our cars and trucks. We \nencourage everyone in the new-vehicle market to take advantage of our Final \nSummer Bonus Cash sales event that runs through September 5.\" \n Due to the success of new products, GM has seen sales strengthen over the \nlast few months. GM market share on a retail basis has improved significantly \nin the last 90 days due to great launch vehicle performance and a broad-range \nof fuel-efficient vehicles. \n Consistent with our North America turnaround plan, GM continues to run \nabove 3 million retail units on an annualized basis. \n GM also continues to reduce its reliance on low-margin daily rental sales. \nDaily rental sales were down 20 percent compared to year-ago levels, and were \ndown 23 percent compared to July 2006. Total fleet sales (including daily \nrentals) were down 15 percent (14,112 vehicles) compared to year-ago levels. \n Total GM U.S. retail passenger car sales are up 5 percent versus August \nlast year, demonstrating that GM can comp...