General Motors Co. in Detroit and Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn reported increases in sales during the first quarter of 2025 while Stellantis in Auburn Hills checked in with a decrease in retail activity.
GM posted sales growth of 17 percent in Q1 on the strength of its trucks, SUVs, and electric vehicle performances. Ford sales jumped 5 percent in the first quarter led by increases in F-Series pickup and EVs. Although Stellantis saw growth with the Jeep and Ram brands, overall Q1 sales declined 12. Percent.
For the quarter, GM says it led the U.S. automotive industry in total, retail, and fleet sales.
Chevrolet sales were up 14 percent, with its best first quarter since 2019. Cadillac retail sales were up 21 percent, with EVs up 37 percent. GMC had its best Q1 ever, with sales up 18 percent. Buick posted its best quarter since 2006, with sales up 39 percent.
“GM’s sales growth outpaced every other major automaker, and the driving force is our portfolio,” says Rory Harvey, executive vice president of GM and president of its global markets. “We’re the industry leader in trucks and affordable small SUVs, Cadillac is growing significantly in luxury, and we have the broadest portfolio of EVs in the industry.”
Ford’s quarter was boosted by its March performance, which jumped 19 percent. In March F-Series sales rose 38 percent, boosting the first-quarter number to 190,389 units.
Ford’s electrified vehicles represented 15 percent of its Q1 sales with 73,623 units sold.
Maverick was America’s best-selling hybrid pickup with sales of 21,414 units, according to Ford.
North on I-75, Stellantis reported total sales of 293,225 vehicles in the first quarter, a decline of 12 percent. The automaker saw growth, however, with the Jeep and Ram brands. Jeep sales increased 2 percent year over year. Ram sales rose 16 percent with the best Q1 retail sales in three years.
“We’ve seen consecutive monthly market share growth since January, in addition to retail growth momentum, with the right mix of pricing and incentive actions put in place at the end of last year, leading both Jeep and Ram brands to post their best retail months of the year this March,” says Jeff Kommor, head of U.S. sales at Stellantis. “Additionally, our company year-over-year retail sales were up by 13.8 percent when disallowing for discontinued models, and we expect to see this gap corrected as our new model offerings continue to fill out our growing U.S. brand portfolios.”
Stellantis sales in Canada also reported a sales decline of 18 percent on sales of 26,354 vehicles.
