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GM Makes $865 Million 1st Quarter Profit

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:33:58 +0000

Times had been rough for GM for awhile. This past year their numbers improved, but they were still stuck in a 10 quarter span of losses. This quarter, that bad streak has officially been broken though. Behind strong sales numbers from vehicles like the Camaro and Corvette, backed by a strengthening U.S. Economy and their own company restructuring, it appears as though GM has turned the corner and is looking to brighter pastures ahead. This $865 Million profit is a stark contrast to their same 1st quarter last year, where in the midst of company restructuring and bankruptcy, GM posted losses of $6 Billion. Of course, at that time, the Camaro had not yet been released (a major player in the improved economic situation for GM, combined with Chevrolet's Equinox , the GMC Terrain, Buick Lacrosse and Cadillac SRX sold in April at a combined rate nearly 300% over the vehicles they replaced). These vehicles have been so key, in fact, that they have accounted for more than 110,000 of the 183,614 vehicles GM sold last month.

What all of this positive economic news from GM means for us Camaro lovers and fans is a few thing: firstly, the positive economic situation means they can then reroute extra cash to developing further improvements for their vehicle line-up, such as new Camaro models (i.e. Z28 maybe!); secondly, that the Camaro is not the end-all be-all for them as it is, and they understand now in restructuring that they have to continually improve and evolve their vehicle line to make newer and greater vehicles as time progresses, and this also is a positive sign for what the Camaro's future holds. All in all, some great news for GM, GM fans, and the country in general in these positive numbers. Now, let's just hope that they keep rising!

Camaro still King: Sales continue to rise and dominate the competition.

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:19:31 +0000

Well, March marked another great month for the Camaro. After the World Design Car of the Year award yesterday, sales numbers are now coming out for the month of March, and they're impressive. 8,904 Camaros came off the lot in March, the second most in any month since the Camaro launched, and a number that dominated the sales of the Camaro's competition: The Mustang, and The Challenger. As for those two though, must give props to the Challenger for almost doubling its numbers from the month prior. It's not a bad car (I like it a lot more than the Mustang, myself) and it's nice to see it getting some boost in sales numbers. Of course, the King stays on top there, with the Camaro outpacing its rivals big time.

More Camaro Sales News

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:27:15 +0000

News on the Camaro sales numbers coming from Spasticsquirell shows the popularity of different Camaro builds and colors. It's pretty cool to look at and see just how popular or how unique your Camaro choices are. Mine is fairly unique and less than 1% of Camaros on the road today are the same as it, making me 1 in 4800 or so. What about you?

Color and Model numbers from spasticsquirrel as of 16 Jan

Colors
Aqua Blue Metallic (3,609 units) — 5.37%
Imperial Blue Metallic (3,674 units) — 5.47%
Summit White (4,248 units) — 6.33%
Cyber Gray Metallic (5,131 units) — 7.64%
Red Jewel Tintcoat (5,142 units) — 7.66%
Rally Yellow (6,707 units) — 9.99%
Inferno Orange Metallic (7,559 units) — 11.26%
Victory Red (7,583 units) — 11.29%
Silver Ice Metallic (7,695 units) — 11.46%
Black (15,811 units) — 23.54%
Grand Total 67,159 units

Models
2SS (37,284 units) — 55.41%
1SS ( 4,372 units) — 6.50%
2LT (13,059 units) — 19.41%
1LT (9,230 units) — 13.72%
1LS (3,337 units) — 4.96%
Grand Total: 67,282 units

RS Package
RS (45,136 units) — 67.08%
SS/RS (31,982 units) — 47.53%
LT/RS (13,154 units) — 19.55%

V8 Transmission
A6 (22,317 units) — 53.57%
M6 (19,339 units) — 46.43%
Grand Total: 41,656 units

Source:Spasticsquirell