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Less than a year after coming out of bankruptcy, the American General Motors seems on the road to recovery. The Detroit group has returned a net profit in the first quarter for the first time in nearly three years to 865 million. "This is an incredibly important step. We are very far from where we were last year, "said Chris Liddell, chief financial officer of manufacturer on CNBC. GM had continued to accumulate losses in 2009 and had received nearly 50 billion dollars of government support in total.

The improvement in the first quarter, according to the group, mainly due to higher sales (turnover is up 40%), combined with cost control. GM was robbed of four brands including eight in the United States, leaving only Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC and Buick. The group emerged from bankruptcy in July, eased some of its debts.He completed repaying $ 6.7 billion in loans from the U.S. and Canada in April. The U.S. Treasury still holds 61% of capital.

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