GM is following the local USA brand trend of abandoning car production. Light trucks are the future and they can't get back to the future quick enough.
USA: Cars still account for 24% of the total, bu that's down from 30% the year previous. Cars have drpped 28% and 22% the past two years so on the out for certain. Meanwhile, light trucks were up 1% for the comparative period. That put both years in a minus 7% situation.
| USA Production – GM | |||||||
| Model | 2018 | % | +/- | 2017 | % | +/- | |
| Chev Car | 442,722 | 21.3% | -25% | 589,931 | 26.3% | -16% | |
| Malibu | 148,726 | 7.2% | -33% | 222,201 | 9.9% | 7% | |
| Cruze | 134,107 | 6.5% | -14% | 143,492 | 6.4% | -32% | |
| Camaro | 55,505 | 2.7% | -40% | 92,409 | 4.1% | -7% | |
| Bolt | 31,256 | 1.5% | 40% | 22,398 | 1.0% | 648% | |
| Volt | 24,913 | 1.2% | 18% | 21,123 | 0.9% | -53% | |
| Corvette | 21,137 | 1.0% | -8% | 22,973 | 1.0% | -40% | |
| Sonic | 20,778 | 1.0% | -56% | 47,187 | 2.1% | -7% | |
| Impala | 17,239 | 0.8% | -5% | 18,148 | 0.8% | -59% | |
| Cadillac Car | 29,430 | 1.4% | -44% | 52,164 | 2.3% | -36% | |
| CTS | 11,185 | 0.5% | -43% | 19,559 | 0.9% | 13% | |
| CT6 | 9,837 | 0.5% | -14% | 11,423 | 0.5% | -66% | |
| ATS | 8,408 | 0.4% | -60% | 21,182 | 0.9% | -31% | |
| Buick Car | 12,412 | 0.6% | -65% | 35,409 | 1.6% | -62% | |
| LaCrosse | 12,412 | 35,409 | |||||
| Opel Car | 2,081 | 0.1% | -32% | 3,049 | 0.1% | n/a | |
| Ampera | 2,081 | 3,049 | |||||
| Total Car | 497,584 | 24.0% | -28% | 680,553 | 30.3% | -22% | |
| Chev Truck | 906,386 | 43.7% | 2% | 891,122 | 39.7% | -3% | |
| Sliverado | 332,653 | 16.0% | -9% | 364,683 | 16.3% | -4% | |
| Traverse | 165,820 | 8.0% | 43% | 116,265 | 5.2% | -13% | |
| Colorado | 138,658 | 6.7% | 7% | 129,343 | 5.8% | 7% | |
| Tahoe | 129,415 | 6.2% | 7% | 121,142 | 5.4% | -3% | |
| Suburban | 71,118 | 3.4% | 1% | 70,518 | 3.1% | 4% | |
| Express | 68,722 | 3.3% | -23% | 89,171 | 4.0% | 3% | |
| GMC Truck | 480,099 | 23.1% | 0% | 479,796 | 21.4% | 3% | |
| Sierra | 153,945 | 7.4% | 10% | 140,540 | 6.3% | -3% | |
| Yukon | 106,766 | 5.1% | 69% | 63,100 | 2.8% | 3% | |
| Acadia | 91,485 | 4.4% | -42% | 158,611 | 7.1% | 2% | |
| Yukon XL | 60,910 | 2.9% | 33% | 45,960 | 2.0% | 3% | |
| Canyon | 38,436 | 1.9% | -9% | 42,254 | 1.9% | 25% | |
| Savana | 28,557 | 1.4% | -3% | 29,331 | 1.3% | 13% | |
| Cadillac Truck | 132,590 | 6.4% | -6% | 141,805 | 6.3% | 41% | |
| XT5 | 66,232 | 3.2% | -27% | 90,858 | 4.1% | 71% | |
| Escalade | 46,757 | 2.3% | -8% | 50,947 | 2.3% | 8% | |
| XT4 | 19,601 | 0.9% | n/a | - | |||
| Buick Truck | 56,420 | 2.7% | 13% | 49,724 | 2.2% | -23% | |
| Enclave | 56,420 | 49,724 | -23% | ||||
| Holden Truck | 2,375 | 0.1% | n/a | - | |||
| Acadia | 2,375 | ||||||
| Total Truck | 1,577,870 | 76.0% | 1% | 1,562,447 | 69.7% | 1% | |
| Grand Total | 2,075,454 | -7% | 2,243,000 | -7% | |||
Canada: As you can see, cars were actually up, thanks to the arrival of the Impala. However, considering the low numbers involved not that good. With light trucks going downward the total was in negative territory.
| Canada Production – GM | |||||||
| Model | 2018 | % | +/- | 2017 | % | +/- | |
| Chev Car | 40,757 | 12.2% | n/a | - | -100% | ||
| Impala | 40,757 | ||||||
| Cadillac Car | 17,344 | 5.2% | -8% | 18,845 | 5.4% | -26% | |
| XTS | 17,344 | 18,845 | |||||
| Buick Car | - | n/a | 9,242 | 2.7% | -26% | ||
| Regal | 9,242 | ||||||
| Total Car | 58,101 | 17.4% | 107% | 28,087 | 8.1% | -69% | |
| Chev Truck | 261,990 | 78.7% | 6% | 246,020 | 71.0% | -12% | |
| Equinox | 204,644 | 61.5% | -17% | 246,020 | |||
| Silverado | 57,346 | n/a | - | ||||
| GMC Truck | 12,879 | 3.9% | -82% | 72,314 | 20.9% | -38% | |
| Sierra | 12,879 | n/a | - | ||||
| Terrain | - | n/a | 72,314 | 20.9% | -38% | ||
| Total Truck | 274,869 | 82.6% | -14% | 318,334 | 91.9% | -19% | |
| Grand Total | 332,970 | -4% | 346,421 | -28% | |||
Mexico: Car volume all but dried up here, while trucks boomed.
| Mexico Production – GM | |||||||
| Model | 2018 | % | +/- | 2017 | % | +/- | |
| Chev Car | 30,519 | 3.7% | -74% | 119,027 | 14.5% | -36% | |
| Cruze | 30,519 | -17% | 36,965 | 4.5% | -40% | ||
| Aveo | - | n/a | 59,316 | 7.2% | -23% | ||
| Sonic | - | n/a | 22,746 | 2.8% | -52% | ||
| Chev Truck | 552,496 | 66.4% | 9% | 508,172 | 61.8% | 28% | |
| Silverado | 242,974 | 29.2% | 10% | 270,575 | 32.9% | 2% | |
| Equinox | 177,686 | 21.4% | 78% | 99,573 | 12.1% | n/a | |
| Trax | 130,786 | 15.7% | 8% | 121,509 | 14.8% | 11% | |
| City Express | 1,050 | 0.1% | 94% | 16,515 | 2.0% | -18% | |
| GMC Truck | 248,823 | 29.9% | 28% | 195,074 | 23.7% | 47% | |
| Terrain | 127,557 | 15.3% | 133% | 54,782 | 6.7% | n/a | |
| Sierra | 121,266 | 14.6% | -14% | 140,292 | 17.1% | 6% | |
| Total Truck | 801,319 | 96.3% | 14% | 703,246 | 85.5% | 31% | |
| Grand Total | 831,838 | 1% | 822,273 | 14% | |||
Summary: Cars fell from a quarter of the total to less than a fifth in one year. Light trucks are doing OK but it wasn't enough to overcome an overall decrease, albeit a modest one.
| N/A Production – GM | |||||||
| Brand | 2018 | % | +/- | 2017 | % | +/- | |
| GM Car | 586,204 | 18.1% | -29% | 827,667 | 24.3% | -28% | |
| GM Truck | 2,654,058 | 81.9% | 3% | 2,584,027 | 75.7% | 4% | |
| Grand Total | 3,240,262 | -5% | 3,411,694 | -6% | |||
Please note that figures can vary slightly depending on the source.
