Bucking industry trends, Saturn retail sales increased 7% last month. When including fleet sales, however, monthly Saturn sales declined 5.9%, falling from 19,319 in October 2006 to 18,908 in October 2007. Overall year-to-date (YTD) Saturn sales are still up more than 10% (206,790 vs. 187,499).

The breakdown for October '07 is as follows:

• The all-new Vue sport-utility contined to gain momentum. Sales were up 12.6%, totalling 5,995.
• Sales of the Aura midsize sedan were down 8.7% to 4,425 units.
  
• Retailers sold two fewer Sky roadsters. As a result, sales were down 3.6% to 843 units.
  
• Outlook sales totalled 2,458 with 28,251 sold YTD.
  
• 40% fewer copies of the discontined Ion were sold (5,135 units).
  
• Sales of the discontinued Relay minivan were down almost 90% to 50 units.

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Source: General Motors