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guess gas is getting "too cheap" again: GM's light truck sales were up 38% per selling day

Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by cwerdna, Nov 2, 2006.

  1. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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    See http://www.gm.com/company/investor_informa...prod/index.html and for details see
    http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/...6Deliveries.xls.

    It's a been shocking/discouraging to see that as usual, it seems like American consumers care little about conservation and pollution now the gas prices have gotten cheaper... Although many of these are down in sales YTD, many are up A LOT per selling day last month compared to the same period last year:
    Escalade +145.7%
    Escalade ESV +249.5%
    Escalade EXT +188.9%
    Surburban +70%
    Tahoe +99.6%
    Yukon +141.6%
    Yukon XL +126.3%
    Hummer H2 +31.6%

    Sales of more miserly cars per selling day were down like:
    Aveo -31.1%
    Cobalt -43%
    Vibe -17%

    You can see Toyota's sales for comparison at http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/11/01/027342.html.
     
    #1 cwerdna, Nov 2, 2006
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(cwerdna @ Nov 2 2006, 03:50 PM) [snapback]342419[/snapback]</div>
    We have to consider that October 2005 was a terrible month for GM.
    Let's take a look comparing 2006 vs 2004...
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                  2004    2005    2006  2006/2004
days            27      26      25
Escalade      2,947   1,504   3,553  +30.2%
Escalade ESV  1,317     513   1,724  +41.4%
Escalade EXT    752     297     825  +18.5%
Surburban     8,928   4,237   6,938  -16.1%
Tahoe        12,966   6,347  12,181   +1.5%
Yukon         5,928   2,612   6,068  +10.6%
Yukon XL      5,199   1,950   4,243  -11.9%
Hummer H2     2,529   1,158   1,465  -37.4%

total GM    210,996 142,957 188,846   -3.3%
    Ken@Japan
     
    #2 ken1784, Nov 2, 2006
  3. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    The only reason they're up is because they're brand new models for 2007.

    That Escalade I sat on the FIRST day of the auto show had a loose centre console box lid.... good job.

    Oh, and the price hike... god, talk about sticker shock. The Escalade now costs Cdn$90k!!!!

    jeez, I can buy a GS450h with tax and change lol.
     
    #3 Tideland Prius, Nov 2, 2006
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