"February was a low point right across the industry for new vehicle sales and it was a tough month for GM Canada versus the relatively strong February sales GM had in 2008," said Marc Comeau, GM of Canada’s vice-president of sales, service and marketing.
"In addition to a planned reduction in daily rental volume, we faced some tough incentive competition that impacted our retail sales."
Comeau continued, "Despite these February results, GM Canada remains the year to date market leader for sales in Canada and plans to maintain that position.
For March we are already stepping up our efforts to help consumers get back into the market with exceptional new deals for buyers of GM sub-compacts, small cars and vans.
We are well positioned with aggressive pricing, and more fuel efficient small and mid-sized cars and hybrids than any other automaker."
GM has recently introduced our best price ever on the Chevrolet Uplander and Pontiac Montana SV6 vans, starting from $15,000.
+ Feb.2009 Auto Sales: Ford Plunge 48%
+ Feb.2009 Auto Sales: GM Plunge 53%
+ Feb.2009 Auto Sales: GM,Ford Lead U.S. Sales Plunged 41.3%
+ Feb.2009 Auto Sales: Volvo North America Rises 15%
+ Feb.2009 Auto Sales: Japan Sales Plunged 32.4%
+ Jan. 2009 Auto Sales: Japan Sales Plunge to Lowest in 37 Years
+ Jan. 2009 Auto Sales: Surprise! Hyundai Sales Rise 14.3%
+ Jan. 2009 Auto Sales: BMW Better Thank Industry Average
+ Jan. 2009 Auto Sales: Chrysler/GM/Ford Lead Fourth 30% Monthly Drop
+ Jan. 2009 Auto Sales: French Car Sales Drop Further
Customers can also purchase the Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 XFE models, with segment leading highway fuel efficiency, for $98 bi-weekly.
And only GM dealers and retailers offer three years no charge maintenance and two years XM satellite radio and OnStar, all backed by the best coverage in Canada, 5 year/160,000km.
