Cruze sales up in December, down for all of 2016

LORDSTOWN — The Chevrolet Cruze saw a 2.8 percent year-over-year increase in December 2016 sales.

The Lordstown-built compact car posted sales of 17,324 compared with 16,849 sold last December. For all of 2016, Cruze sales, however, dropped 16.6 percent to 188,876, according to General Motors.

GM’s total U.S. sales in December were 319,108, up 10 percent from last year. In December, GM’s total U.S. market share was up 1.5 points to 18.8 percent.

GM sold 249,983 vehicles in December to individual or “retail” customers in the U.S., up more than 3 percent from last year.

December daily rental sales were up, but finished 2016 down nearly 74,000 vehicles or 18 percent compared to 2015.

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