The Detroit automaker blamed the decline on two fewer selling days in the month as well as tight supplies of newly launched products.
DETROIT - General Motors' retail sales fell 13 percent to 190,613 vehicles in May.
The Detroit automaker blamed the decline on two fewer selling days in the month as well as tight supplies of newly launched products.
Total sales were down 18 percent to 240,450 vehicles, with overall sales hit by a planned reduction in rental sales.
In releasing May sales, GM said Wednesday that customer demand "significantly exceeded supply" for new vehicles such as the Malibu, Cruze, XT5 crossover and CT6 sedan.
"The demand has been so strong for our new launch products, there's no question we could've sold more, however, production was impacted at Fairfax, Lordstown and Spring Hill by the Japanese earthquakes," Kurt McNeil, GM vice president of sales operations, said in a release. "Current dealer inventories for launch products are about half of what we'd like for launch products, but availability is improving, which sets us up well for the second-half of the year."
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