According to the Detroit News, General Motors sales for June dropped a disturbing 21.3 percent in comparison with June of 2006. Ford's sales drop was not that dramatic. It dropped 8.1 percent as compared to last year and Chrysler faired best although its sales declining 1.4 percent. GM blamed its reduction to a planned reduction in fleet sales. In addition, comparison of June 2007 to June 2006 is difficult and somewhat unusual because in June 2006 the company offered a promotion -- a big 72 hour sale.
GM also pointed out that Toyota offered a promotion of its own, offering zero percent financing for 60 months to promote the sale of pickups. GM claimed that this action cut into its pickup sales for the month. The figures show that the Chevrolet Silverado and the GMC Sierra, GM's top selling pickups, had a decline in sales of more than 20 percent. On the other hand, the Toyota Tundra experienced an amazing jump in sales of 146.3 percent.
Overall, Nissan showed an impressive jump in sales of 22.7 percent over June of 2006. Toyota gained 10.2 percent. Honda increased by 11.5 percent.
Ford continues to hold the number two position in sales in the U.S. in June and for the first half of 2007 while Toyota holds down third place.
