Chevy Cobalt shows sales drop in June

Photo by: William D. Lewis

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In this Vindicator archive photo, Cobalts are seen on the assembly line at GM Lordstown.

The locally built Chevrolet Cobalt had one of the biggest sales drops of all General Motors vehicles in June.

GM said today that it sold 6,847 Cobalts in the U.S. last month, which was down 67.2 percent from the 20,888 that were sold in June 2008.

Overall, GM’s light-vehicle sales were down 33.4 percent last month.

Among vehicles that are still being produced by GM, only the Saturn Aura and Sky had larger declines than the Cobalt last month. GM has said, however, that it intends to sell the Saturn brand and it will not be part of the company’s long-term future.

For the complete story, see Thursday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com