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Despite rising gas prices and an unstable economy, GM sales for July 2008 are better than they were in July 2009. Here are some of the GM sales figures to give you an idea of how well some of the models are doing.

• GM sold 235,184 vehicles in July 2008
• GM sales of the Cadillac CTS went up by 38 percent last month
• Sales increased by a whopping 79 percent for the Chevrolet Malibu
• The Chevrolet Aveo sales increased by nearly 20 percent
• Saturn Aura sales went up by nearly 25 percent
• Sales for the Buick Enclave increased by nearly 30 percent

Although GM sales overall declined last month, many of the models showed a strong performance in an increasingly competitive market. The automaker noticed a strong demand for some of its more efficient vehicles, including the HHR, Aveo and the Saturn Vue. According to Mark LaNeve, VP of GM’s North America Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing, the company’s truck sales were also impressive despite the flailing demand for trucks. He attributes this to GM’s leadership in fuel economy for their trucks and full-size vehicles.

With increasing sales and popularity, why not visit your local GMC dealer today and see why the automaker’s sales are doing so well?

Have you ever attended a car show where funeral cars practically stole everybody’s attention? That’s what happened when Jeff Omen brought his Cadillac hearse to a car show in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

The Seventh Annual Fox Lake Firefighters Classic Car Show and Swap was held this weekend. It’s an event that draws thousands of people from the surrounding areas each year, but it doesn’t usually draw owners of funeral cars to show off their unique vehicles. That’s why Omen (great surname for a guy that owns funeral cars, huh?) was bombarded with questions about his 1976 restored hearse.

Omen bought the hearse in December and has spent the last few months fixing it up. He painted over the army green with the traditional black and also restored the inside to make it more modern and comfortable. When he bought it, it had about 54,000 miles on it.

“I’m surprised how many little kids know that it’s a car for hauling dead people,” Omen said when asked about his car. Of course, putting a used coffin in the back of the car doesn’t help make it inconspicuous. In addition to that, it’s one of those old-fashioned coffins that are hexagonal instead of rectangular.

Omen has also added a personalized license plate that says, “LST RYDE.” Attendees at the Fox Lake car show were intrigued by the car, but many were “creeped out” by it.