GM March U.S. sales fall an adjusted 13 percent

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GM, the largest U.S. automaker, said it had lost nearly 100,000 units of production due to a five-week-old strike at parts supplier American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp <GM.N> said on Tuesday that its U.S. sales fell an adjusted 13 percent in March to 282,732 vehicles and left intact its second-quarter production forecast.

GM, the largest U.S. automaker, said it had lost nearly 100,000 units of production due to a five-week-old strike at parts supplier American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc

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GM also said that its retail market share appears to have remained stable throughout the month and the quarter.

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(Reporting by David Bailey, editing by Gerald E. McCormick)