{"id":9764,"date":"2011-06-01T11:27:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T16:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=9764"},"modified":"2011-06-01T11:27:09","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T16:27:09","slug":"cadillac-u-s-retail-sales-rise-8-percent-in-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/cadillac-u-s-retail-sales-rise-8-percent-in-may-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadillac U.S. Retail Sales Rise 8 Percent in May 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>16<sup>th<\/sup> consecutive month of year-over-year retail sales gains<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CTS continues strong year-to-year retail growth, up 28 percent<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Escalade retail sales up 10 percent<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>DETROIT \u2013 <\/strong>Cadillac<strong> <\/strong>continued its 16-month run of  year-to-year sales gains, reporting \u00a0\u00a0U.S. retail sales increased 8  percent in May to 9,832, led by the CTS family of luxury cars and  Escalade line of luxury SUVs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bruce Notes:<\/strong> CTS sales are rocking along, breaking 4K\/mo again, and SRX sales were close behind.\u00a0 Unsurprisingly DTS sales are fading as the model moves out of production ahead of the XTS arrival.\u00a0 Gas Prices undoubtedly effecting Escalade sales somewhat.\u00a0 Overall sales were up per sales day for a short May.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" frame=\"VOID\" rules=\"NONE\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"160\"><\/col>\n<col width=\"68\"><\/col>\n<col width=\"68\"><\/col>\n<col width=\"68\"><\/col>\n<col width=\"68\"><\/col>\n<col width=\"6\"><\/col>\n<col width=\"68\"><\/col>\n<col width=\"68\"><\/col>\n<col width=\"68\"><\/col>\n<\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" height=\"16\" align=\"LEFT\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" rowspan=\"2\" width=\"271\" align=\"CENTER\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>May<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"6\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" width=\"289\" align=\"CENTER\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>(Calendar Year-to-Date)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"16\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"4\" align=\"CENTER\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>January &#8211;  May<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"35\" align=\"LEFT\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>2011<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>2010<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>% Chg Volume<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>%Chg per S\/D<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>2011<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>2010<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>%Chg Volume<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>Selling Days (S\/D)<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>24<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>26<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>CTS<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>4,288<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>3,489<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>22.9<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>33.1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>22,807<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>14,892<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>53.1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>DTS<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>1,496<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>2,263<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>-33.9<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>-28.4<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>7,859<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>7,423<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>5.9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>Escalade<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>1,024<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>1,332<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>-23.1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>-16.7<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>5,988<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>6,506<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>-8.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>Escalade ESV<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>612<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>565<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>8.3<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>17.3<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>3,220<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>2,781<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>15.8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>Escalade EXT<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>150<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>136<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>10.3<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>19.5<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>754<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>666<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>13.2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>SRX<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>3,910<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>4,081<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>-4.2<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>3.8<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>22,249<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>18,851<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>18.0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>STS<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>142<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>441<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>-67.8<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>-65.1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>2,382<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>1,736<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>37.2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>XLR<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>21<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>-95.2<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>-94.8<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>3<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>142<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>-97.9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>Cadillac Total<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>11,623<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>12,328<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>-5.7<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>2.1<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>65,262<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>52,997<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><span>23.1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u201cCadillac remains a strong, successful brand that is approaching a  year-and-a-half run of consecutive retail sales gains,\u201d said Kurt  McNeil, vice president of Cadillac Sales and Service. \u201cIt\u2019s a testament  to our solid product offerings among the CTS, SRX and Escalade brands  and our attention to superior customer service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadillac.com\/ctsSportSedan\/2011\/\">CTS Sedan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadillac.com\/ctsSportWagon\/2011\/\">Wagon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadillac.com\/ctsCoupe\/2011\/\">Coupe<\/a> posted retail sales of 3,686 units in May for a 28 percent increase  compared to the same month last year and year-to-date retail sales of  the CTS family are up 75 percent. The CTS family includes the  high-performance V-Series models, which this year is competing against  top luxury sports cars in the SCCA World Challenge GT racing series.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadillac.com\/srxCrossover\/2011\/\">SRX<\/a> retail  sales also remained strong in May at 3,617 units. SRX has a calendar  year-to-date retail sales increase of 22 percent. Since being redesigned  for the 2010 model year, the SRX has continued to gain market share and  receive high marks from automotive journalists and industry analysts.<\/p>\n<p>Retail sales of the Cadillac Escalade also grew in May to 1,706  units, a 10-percent gain over last year and a 10 percent  calendar-year-to-date increase. Escalade remains the top selling luxury  SUV brand in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16th consecutive month of year-over-year retail sales gains CTS continues strong year-to-year retail growth, up 28 percent Escalade retail sales up 10 percent DETROIT \u2013 Cadillac continued its 16-month run of year-to-year sales gains, reporting \u00a0\u00a0U.S. retail sales increased 8 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/cadillac-u-s-retail-sales-rise-8-percent-in-may-2011\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,6],"tags":[506,690],"class_list":["post-9764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monthly-sales-reports","category-site-info-news","tag-monthly-sales","tag-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9764"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9774,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9764\/revisions\/9774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}