Cruze sales dropped in April as new Cruze makes it way to dealers

LORDSTOWN — The Lordstown-built Chevrolet Cruze saw a 32.4 percent drop in sales in April.

The drop was expected due to the transition from the Chevrolet Cruze Limited to the next-generation Chevrolet Cruze, which started to ship out to dealers at the end of March.

General Motors reported Cruze sales of 14,153 in April compared with 20,947 sales reported last April.

GM total sales were down about 4 percent to 259,557 vehicles.

GM sold 200,656 vehicles in April to individual or “retail” customers, up 3 percent year-over-year, driven by an 13 percent increase at Buick, 5 percent increase at GMC and a 4 percent increase at Chevrolet.

GM’s commercial deliveries were up for the 30th consecutive month while daily rental sales were down nearly 18,000 vehicles.