General Motors Co. said Tuesday that its February sales rose 11.5% from the same period a year ago, and its performance was even better after factoring out four brands it scuttled as part of the automaker's bankruptcy reorganization last year.
GM was the first of the automakers to release sales figures for the month, a time when the industry was roiled by new revelations about Toyota Motor Corp.'s safety defects, including a public apology by top executive Akio Toyoda, and severe winter weather in much of the nation that kept customers from visiting dealerships.
