GM Sales Climb 16% In July; Ford, Chrysler Up 11%

[Purveyor]

Source: USA TODAY

Detroit's Big 3 automakers saw a strong sales performance in July.

General Motors, the largest of the three, saw a 16% sales gain. Ford and Chrysler are both reporting 11% sales gains for July, making it one of the best performing months in years.

Here's are the details for each:

General Motors

General Motors' 16% gain was even stronger when sales to individual customers are taken into account. They were up 23%.Each of GM's four brands posted double-digit increases in sales to individual customers, the sales that matter the most.

Pickup sales were especially strong, up 51%, and crossovers were up 18%.

But car sale did almost as well, up 42% increase in small and compact cars. The stars were the smallest cars in the lineup, the Chevrolet Spark, up 32, and the Cruze, which set a sales record.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/08/01/chrysler-july-sales-released/2606273/

[rtracey]

1. worst mistake ever

Bailing out the auto industry, should have never done it, they will never pay us back, and theses companies will not show a profit. I am glad that .....ummm what? oh the auto bail out did work, the auto industry is back, the companies that took the bail out money did pay us back.... stimulus money did work.....no way..... (sarcasm)..

[former9thward]

4. GM is not paying us back.

Taxpayers will lose $10-12 billion on the GM bailout. http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/rick-newman/2012/12/19/its-official-taxpayers-will-lose-big-on-the-gm-bailout

[MotherPetrie]

2. Are auto workers getting raises?

[Purveyor]

3. Don't know but they have fucking jobs. What about you? Got a job or even better yet a 'raise'

lately?

[MotherPetrie]

5. Why the hostility? I was just wondering if the workers were sharing in these profits.

[fujiyama]

6. I can say that at least among white collar workers, wages have risen dramatically

especially for those with specialized skills like engineering.

[MotherPetrie]

8. Thanks... was really wondering about the auto workers who had to take pay cuts.

[NickB79]

7. Pick-up sales up 51%. God damn it.

Yeah, forget that pesky melting ice cap, fracking for oil destroying the water supply, or the crazy fucking weather from rising carbon emissions.

Big fucking trucks, fuck yeah!