This June marked the sixth straight month that car sales have increased for GM’s four brands, Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, and Cadillac.  Sales have continually increased by 20 percents over this time, marking huge success for the automaker.  Sales for Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac increased by a total of 36 percent for the month of June and 32 percent overall for the year so far.  Kansas city used car sales increased as a result of the success of the company’s launch vehicles as well as its growing sales of compact, midsize, and luxury crossovers, such as the Kansas city chevy Malibu.

One reason for GM’s recent success is the increase in large pick-up trucks.  Combined sales for the Chevy Silverado, Chevy Avalanche, and GMC Sierra, all currently being sold at several Kansas city used car dealers, were up 27 percent for the month, compared to June of 2009, and are up 12 percent year-to-date.  The Vice President of GM, Dan Johnson, believes that the interest in pick-up trucks is an indication that an important part of the U.S. economy is slowly recovering and becoming stronger.

GMC’s launch vehicles are also a strong contributing factor to the increase in sales for both the month of June and the year overall.  Sales of the Chevrolet Camaro and Equinox, Buick LaCrosse and Regal, GMC Terrain, and Cadillac SRX and CTS Wagon have increased 222 percent year-to-date, an outstanding increase.  THs number represents around 1 of every 4 retail sales for GM.

Chevrolet itself has been having a successful year so far.  The automaker delivered 141,381 vehicles in June, an increase of 32 percent year-over-year.  This number includes an 11 percents gain in retail sales, which marked the ninth consecutive month for year-over-year retail sales gain.  The largest of these sales gains were from Chevrolet’s line of full size trucks, such as the best selling Silverado.  Sales of the Kansas city Chevy Malibu, a midsize sedan, have also added to the success of Chevrolet over the past year and their combined sales with other GMC automobiles have proven to bring life back to a seemingly dying industry.