Buick Excelle continues to set records in spite of its age.
General Motors and its government-mandated joint ventures set a new August sales record in China at 220,996 units, a gain of 7% from the previous August and 11% from July. All three of GM’s large manufacturing joint ventures set sales records for the month: Shanghai GM’s domestic sales were up 12% on an annual basis to 110,209 units. SAIC-GM-Wuling’s sales in China rose 3% to 106,500 units. FAW-GM’s domestic sales increased 17% to 4,117 units.
Buick sales in China were up 3% on an annual basis to 57,603 units, an all-time high for August. In the U.S. Buick sold 18,000 units. Buick growth in China was once again led by the original Excelle family, which had sales of 22,881 units, followed by the Excelle XT and GT, which had sales of 15,036 units – an increase of 33%. In addition, sales of the Regal were up 18% on an annual basis to 7,186 units.
Chevrolet sales in China also set an August record of 53,207 units, up 15% year on year. Sales of the Cruze totaled 20,043 units. Demand for the Sail rose 41% to an August record 16,176 units. Sales of the Malibu, introduced in February, set an all-time monthly record of 6,443 units.
Cadillac sold 2,104 units in China during August. Demand for the SRX luxury utility vehicle totaled 1,584 units.
Wuling sales in China set an August record of 99,790 units, an increase of 4% on an annual basis.
During the January-August period, GM and its joint ventures in China sold 1,837,546 vehicles, an increase of 11% year on year and a record for the period. Shanghai GM’s sales in China grew 7% to 846,822 units. SAIC-GM-Wuling’s domestic sales grew 16% to 950,621 units. FAW-GM’s domestic sales decreased 1% to 36,668 units.
