Another quarter of GM sales records

October 03, 2025Newsletter Archives

Autumn is here, and you know what that means: Chilly weather, cozy clothes, and quarterly sales numbers. And like a warm drink on a crisp fall day, GM’s Q3 sales results were very satisfying.

GM again leads the industry in overall sales. In the third quarter of 2025, GM’s U.S. vehicle sales were up 8% from the like year-earlier quarter. We set another EV sales record in Q3 with 66,501 deliveries, giving a year-to-date total of 144,668 EV sales in the U.S., up 105% from a year earlier. Chevrolet Equinox EV is the best-selling non-Tesla EV in the U.S., and Cadillac has three of the 10 best-selling EVs in the luxury segment through the end of September. 

In the gas-powered segment, four GM crossovers and SUVs reached new sales records in Q3, and GM is on track to lead the full-size pickup market for the 6th straight year – and to top the full-size SUV market for the 51st consecutive year. GMC is on pace for its best year ever, and Buick was the fastest growing mainstream brand in the calendar year-to-date. 

“No one is in a stronger position for a changing U.S. market than GM,” said Duncan Aldred, GM senior VP and president of North America. “We have the best lineup of ICE and EV vehicles we’ve ever had. Our brands have grown market share with consistently strong pricing, and low incentives and inventory.” 

On GM News, we had two more installments in our series on GM employees with a personal connection to the Chevy Bolt. First up was Eric Savitz, GM News editor-in-chief, and the 2018 Bolt he bought on impulse and grew to adore. Next we spoke with Josh Tavel, chief engineer on the 2017 Bolt, to learn how team Chevy made this EV practical, fun-to-drive, and affordable, all at the same time. 

And finally, we brought you the story of Betty Skelton, the “first lady of firsts.” Skelton was the definition of fearless: The youngest American to fly solo (at age 12) and receive a pilot’s license (at age 16), the first woman to drive an IndyCar race car, and owner of four women’s land-speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats, where she once drove a jet-engined car 315 mph. Skelton was an expert test-driver who contributed to the development of the Corvette in the late 1950s, and she later became vice-president at the influential advertising agency Campbell-Ewald, the first woman to hold that post in any major agency. Last week, GM president Mark Reuss had the honor of inducting Skelton into the Automotive Hall of Fame, where he spoke of these unbelievable achievements and many more. 

-Bob Sorokanich, senior editor, GM News