It's been a good sales month in China for General Motors and its 12 joint
ventures in the country as the Detroit-based company set an all-time record high
of 199,503 deliveries in July, up 15.1 percent over the same month last year.
In particular, the Shanghai GM joint venture posted sales of 97,064 units
(+5.7%), SAIC-GM-Wuling 98,694 units (+26.6%) and FAW-GM 3,379 vehicles (+3.1
percent).
Buick sales increased 4.8 percent to a new July high of 52,691 units.
According to GM, deliveries of the original Excelle family increased 18.2
percent to 21,727 units, followed by sales of the Excelle XT and GT, which
increased 27.6 percent to 13,112 units.
Chevrolet sales in China dropped 2.8 percent year on year to 44,864 units,
while Cadillac delivered 2,017 units, led by sales of the SRX at 1,508 units.
In the first seven months of the year, GM and its local partners collectively
sold 1,616,550 units posting an increase of 11.7 percent over last year’s
previous record for the period.
