GM sales up 40 percent in January

General Motors of Canada is off to a strong start in 2013.

Sales in virtually all passenger car segments were up in January. Compact car sales led the way with a 40 per cent increase over January 2012.

Overall truck sales were up more than 5 per cent on the strength of a 14-per-cent increase in pickup sales and a 10-per-cent increase in the sale of small and compact utility vehicles.

Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac dealers sold 13,761 vehicles in January 2013, an increase of 6.2 per cent from January 2012.

Vice-president of sales, service, and marketing Marc Comeau said the company’s plans to introduce a number of new vehicles and platforms bode well for continued high sales.

“We are looking forward to further momentum in 2013 driven by our aggressive launch cadence, where approximately 70 per cent of our vehicles will be all-new or significantly refreshed.”