GM total sales up 10 percent

General Motors’ Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac brands sold 229,296 vehicles in the U.S. in November 2015, up 2 percent year over year, with two fewer selling days and sales incentives below the industry average, the automaker said on Tuesday morning.

On a selling-day-adjusted basis, GM’s total sales were up 10 percent. The Lordstown-built Chevrolet Cruze, a compact car, didn't see the increase in sales like GM's larger vehicles. Its sales dropped 29.7 percent year over year with 16,073 Cruzes sold in November compared with 22, 857 sold in November 2014.

Sales of Chevrolet trucks rose 10 percent for the 20thconsecutive monthly increase. Chevrolet crossovers were up 35 percent for the 12th consecutive monthly increase.