Cobalt sales looked good in December

The Chevrolet Cobalt posted its best December yet for sales.

General Motors Corp. said Thursday that it sold 17,591 of the Lordstown-built cars last month. The Cobalt debuted in 2004 and its previous best December was in 2005, when 16,828 were sold.

Last month’s total was a 29 percent improvement over sales in December 2006 and was the fifth-straight month that Cobalt sales topped results from the same month last year.

For all of 2007, sales were down, however. GM sold 200,620 Cobalts last year, compared with 211,449 in 2006.

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