Cobalt sales best since August 2004

The Chevrolet Cobalt posted its best August for sales since it was launched late in 2004.

General Motors Corp. said Tuesday that it sold 20,814 Cobalts in the U.S. last month, which was 7 percent more than the number sold in August last year and 13 percent more than was sold in August 2005.

Last month was a good month for the Cobalt by 2007 standards. Last month’s sales were the second most this year for the Lordstown-built car, topped only by May’s sales of 22,409.

So far this year, GM has sold 133,101 Cobalts, which is down 19 percent from the same time last year. GM has said that sales were down earlier this year, in part because it has cut back on the number of cars being sold to fleet customers.

GM last month recorded sales of 2,766 Pontiac G5s, which also are made in Lordstown. It sold 1,569 G5s in August of last year.

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