Buick Regal Foto: GM

November 09, 2009

Shanghai – General Motors Company announced that the automaker and its joint ventures in China today surpassed 1.5 million units in sales for 2009.
With a strong October, the GM China family continued its string of record monthly sales that began at the start of the year.

Buick Regal Foto: GM

“This has been a year of records for GM in China,” said Kevin Wale, President and Managing Director of the GM China Group.
“It is GM’s priority to put the customer at the center of everything we do. This is reflected in our vehicle design, engineering and production.”

Kevin Wale, President and Managing Director of the GM China Group. Foto: GM China

Wale added,
“With our new engine and transmission technologies, we are able to present winning products that offer good fuel efficiency to satisfy local market needs. Many of our new products offer best-in-class fuel economy, including the new Buick LaCROSSE with an S6 transmission and the Buick New Regal 2.0L.”

Buick Regal Foto: GM

For the first 10 months of 2009, GM’s domestic sales in China totaled 1,459,460 units.
This was a rise of 59.8 percent from the first 10 months of 2008 and a new record for the period.

Buick Regal Foto: GM

Despite the National Day holiday at the beginning of the month, the automaker and its joint ventures ended October with 166,911 vehicles sold.
This was more than double the number sold in October 2008.

Shanghai GM sales in the first 10 months rose 46.5 percent from the same period last year to 548,707 units.
The passenger car joint venture sold 68,505 vehicles domestically in October, which represented an increase of 109.7 percent from the same month last year.

Buick Regal Foto: GM

Shanghai GM finished the month number one in sales among domestic passenger car manufacturers.
Sales of both the Buick New Regal and new Buick LaCROSSE topped 6,000 units in October, while the Buick Excelle surpassed sales of 1 million units since its introduction in 2003.

Buick LaCrosse Foto: GM

GM’s other mainstream brand in China also continued to perform strongly, with both the Chevrolet Cruze and Chevrolet Lova topping 10,000 units in sales in October for the second month in a row.

In the first 10 months, SAIC-GM-Wuling, GM’s mini-commercial vehicle joint venture, registered domestic sales of 891,285 units, representing an increase of 65.9 percent on an annual basis.

Buick LaCrosse Foto: GM

It sold 89,416 vehicles in China last month, a rise of 78.5 percent from October 2008.
Domestic sales of China’s best-selling vehicle, the Wuling Sunshine minivan, surpassed 500,000 units for the year, while sales of the Wuling Rong Guang minivan topped 20,000 units in October for the fourth consecutive month.

FAW-GM Light Duty Commercial Vehicle Co. Ltd. sold 8,687 vehicles in October, taking the new joint venture’s sales to 17,467 units since its establishment in August.


About General Motors

General Motors, one of the world's largest automakers, traces its roots back to 1908.
With its global headquarters in Detroit, GM employs 209,000 people in every major region of the world and does business in some 140 countries.

GM and its strategic partners produce cars and trucks in 34 countries, and sell and service these vehicles through the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, Opel, Vauxhall and Wuling.

GM is the joint global automobile partner of World Expo 2010 Shanghai along with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Group (SAIC).

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