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...For April, GM said sales of its large pickup trucks had been 21 per cent up year on year, boosted by a 28.1 per cent increase in sales of its Chevrolet Silverado....
...GM reported an 11 per cent year-on-year gain, propelled by a two-thirds jump in sales of the Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck, its top-selling vehicle....
...The smallest cars, such as the Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris and Chevrolet Aveo, soared from 8 per cent in May 2007 to a quarter of all sales last month....
...GM’s US sales tumbled by 12.3 per cent in the first four months of this year, compared with January-April 2007. Demand for its top-selling Chevrolet Silverado pick-up is down by a fifth....
...Sales of the Chevrolet Silverado pick-up, GM’s top-selling vehicle, slumped 28 per cent. The pick-up market has been especially vulnerable to the slump in housebuilding....
...Toyota showed the next generation of its Sequoia full-size SUV, which is even larger and heavier than the 2007 model....
...It has also faced vigorous competition from redesigned – and highly acclaimed – versions of GM’s Chevrolet Silverado and Toyota’s Tundra....
...In trucks, the Chevrolet Silverado took the honours. That award couldn’t come at a better time for GM, given brutal competition in the pick-up truck market....
...Its F-Series truck, North America’s top-selling vehicle and one of Ford’s most profitable models, faces intensifying competition from new versions of General Motors’ Chevrolet Silverado and the Toyota Tundra...
...The test of GM’s ability to bolster revenues and margins will come over the next few months as it launches new versions of its Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pick-up trucks, and a new series of Buick...
...However, GM’s Chevrolet Silverado and Chrysler’s Dodge Ram pick-up trucks are each company’s top-selling model and compete directly in this crucial segment: a combined company would find it hard to rationalise...
...Silverado, and, in minivans, Honda's hugely popular Odyssey....
...The new large trucks should all be on sale in 2007, providing some hope for the future....
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