GM Stock Rises As US Sales Jump 7% In Q2, Powered By Crossovers

Automaker General Motors (GM) on Tuesday announced that its sales in the U.S. increased 7% in the second quarter to 746,588 units, thanks to an increase in sales of its crossovers.

GM’s shares were trading about 5% higher at the time of writing.  

Chevrolet, the company’s biggest brand, witnessed a 5.7% increase in sales in the quarter to 478,322 units, owing to a jump in sales of its Silverado and Equinox vehicles. The three-month period through June was the brand’s 12th consecutive quarter of retail sales growth.

GMC, meanwhile, saw a 6.3% increase in sales to 169,686 units, as sales of its Acadia, Sierra, and Hummer EV vehicles increased, marking the best Q2 for the brand since 2005.

The company said that it posted record year-to-date sales of crossovers owing to its new or redesigned models like the Chevrolet Trax, Traverse, and Equinox, GMC Acadia and Terrain, and Buick Envista and Encore GX.

The company’s Buick brand, which sells only crossovers, witnessed sales growth of 29% in the first half of 2025 and 19% in the second quarter.

The company’s premium Cadillac brand also witnessed 15.3% sales growth in the quarter, marking its best Q2 since 2007.

“The industry sales pace is normalizing after stronger than expected industry sales in April and May,” GM said while adding that the total vehicle SAAR (seasonally adjusted annual rate) was approximately 16.5 million in the second quarter and 16.8 million in the first half.

On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around GM is trending in the ‘neutral’ territory over the past 24 hours while message volume is at ‘high’ levels.

GM stock is down by 3% this year and up by about 11% over the past 12 months.

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