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04-18-2013, 01:38 PM
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General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/page/1/) released its first quarter sales figures this week, reporting that it sold 2.36 million cars and trucks worldwide. That figure represents an increase of 3.6 percent when compared to the same period last year. GM's growth was attributed to many factors, including global Cadillac (http://www.autoblog.com/cadillac/)sales that were up 26 percent and Chevrolet (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/) posting a one percent increase over last year (this marked Chevy's tenth straight year of record global sales).
Volkswagen (http://www.autoblog.com/volkswagen/) came in just behind GM, as the German automaker reported global sales from January through March at 2.27 million vehicles, an increase of five percent when compared to last year. While that number was strong, VW is cautioning that markets outside China and the US, such as those in Europe, are becoming a challenge as economies falter.
Yet to report sales is Toyota (http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/), current holder of the global world sales crown (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/28/toyota-reclaims-global-sales-crown-gm-and-vw-not-far-behind/) (the Japanese company sold 9.75 million cars last year, against 9.29 million sold by GM and 9.1 million vehicles sold by VW). Even though GM and Toyota both say they don't care who sells the most units, it is unquestionably a strong bragging point and sales equate to revenue. That said, Toyota will report its first quarter numbers next week.GM outsold VW globaly in first quarter, Toyota reports numbers next week (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/18/gm-outsold-vw-globaly-in-first-quarter-toyota-reports-numbers-n/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/page/1/) released its first quarter sales figures this week, reporting that it sold 2.36 million cars and trucks worldwide. That figure represents an increase of 3.6 percent when compared to the same period last year. GM's growth was attributed to many factors, including global Cadillac (http://www.autoblog.com/cadillac/)sales that were up 26 percent and Chevrolet (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/) posting a one percent increase over last year (this marked Chevy's tenth straight year of record global sales).
Volkswagen (http://www.autoblog.com/volkswagen/) came in just behind GM, as the German automaker reported global sales from January through March at 2.27 million vehicles, an increase of five percent when compared to last year. While that number was strong, VW is cautioning that markets outside China and the US, such as those in Europe, are becoming a challenge as economies falter.
Yet to report sales is Toyota (http://www.autoblog.com/toyota/), current holder of the global world sales crown (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/28/toyota-reclaims-global-sales-crown-gm-and-vw-not-far-behind/) (the Japanese company sold 9.75 million cars last year, against 9.29 million sold by GM and 9.1 million vehicles sold by VW). Even though GM and Toyota both say they don't care who sells the most units, it is unquestionably a strong bragging point and sales equate to revenue. That said, Toyota will report its first quarter numbers next week.GM outsold VW globaly in first quarter, Toyota reports numbers next week (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/18/gm-outsold-vw-globaly-in-first-quarter-toyota-reports-numbers-n/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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