Chevrolet dealers are expected to offset lost sales of three car nameplates with new and redesigned crossovers and pickups in 2019, the head of the brand's national dealer council said.

Mike Bowsher, owner of Carl Black Automotive Group in Kennesaw, Ga., said the ongoing launch of the Chevrolet Silverado family, including redesigns of the 1500 and HD models and a new medium-duty commercial truck, should help dealers' sales after production of the Volt, Cruze and Impala ends. That's in addition to resurrection of the Blazer SUV as a crossover, and the recent redesigns of other crossovers, including the Equinox.

"We have more capacity. We have more available units to sell in '19 — thanks to the trucks and other new products — than we had in '18," Bowsher said. "Our biggest challenge is to make sure we execute the Silverado launch, Blazer launch and work with [GM Financial] to ensure we have the programs in place where we've lost Cruze and those other models."

In November, GM announced that production of the Cruze, Impala and Volt, along with three other non-Chevy cars, would end in 2019 as part of a multibillion-dollar restructuring of the company's operations.

The staggered end dates of the cars mean dealers will have the vehicles on their lots for several months after production ends, according to Bowsher. Production of the Cruze and Volt are expected to end in March, followed by the Impala in the fourth quarter.

"We will have Cruze for four or five months throughout the year," he said. "What we need to do is analyze our opportunity in terms of increased capacity on Trax, Malibu, Sonic and Spark."

Chevrolet sales last year were down 1.4 percent from the previous year, according to Automotive News Data Center estimates.