GM's U.S. Sales Up 18 Percent in August

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Sep 01, 2011, 10:13 ET

DETROIT, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) today reported total sales of 218,479 vehicles in August, an 18 percent increase compared with August 2010.

"Our balanced portfolio of trucks and fuel-efficient vehicles like the Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain are helping GM continue to gain market share, which has now increased in seven of the past eight months," said Don Johnson, vice president, U.S. Sales Operations. "We're carrying good momentum and we're cautiously optimistic that we'll see U.S. economic growth improve in the months ahead."

The full text of GM’s sales press release and supporting material is available at http://investor.gm.com in the Sales and Production section as well at http://media.gm.com.

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