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December 2016

Ford's total U.S. sales up 5 percent in November

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(December 1, 2016) DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford’s overall sales totaled 197,574 vehicles in November — a 5 percent increase versus last year — driven by a 10 percent retail sales gain with 154,114 vehicles sold.

Fleet sales of 43,460 vehicles, including daily rental, commercial and government segments, declined 9 percent. This reflects the company’s plan to front-load fleet sales this year.

F-Series sales increased 11 percent, totaling 72,089 trucks, the truck line’s best November sales since 2001. F-Series retail sales were up 14 percent. 

Big November gains at Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac boost GM

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(December 1, 2016) DETROIT — General Motors sold 197,609 vehicles in November to individual or “retail” customers in the U.S., up 8 percent from last year. Based on initial estimates, GM once again outperformed all full-line manufacturers, led by strong retail sales gains at Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac.

GM’s November retail sales performance drove GM’s U.S. retail share to its highest November level since 2009.

Cadillac reveals prototype race car for 2017

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(December 1, 2016) NEW YORK — Cadillac revealed the all-new 2017 Cadillac DPi-V.R race car Wednesday and announced that it will compete in the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series, Prototype (P) class. The 2017 Cadillac DPi-V.R will first be driven competitively at the 2017 IMSA season opener — the Rolex 24 At Daytona on Jan. 28-29, 2017 — by teams from Wayne Taylor Racing and Action Express Racing.