General Motors and its joint ventures last month set an all time monthly sales record in China with sales of 348,061 units, up 12% year on year over January 2013, the previous record month.

Domestic sales by Shanghai GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling and their Buick and Wuling brands also all reached record highs in January.

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Shanghai GM sold 171,856 vehicles, up 11.4% year on year. SAIC-GM-Wuling volume rose 13.9% to 172,852 vehicles but demand for FAW-GM’s models dropped 26.1% to 3,319 units.

Buick sales rose 15.7% to 100,127 units, the first time the brand’s monthly sales topped 100,000 units in its largest global market. Its best sellers in January were the Excelle XT and GT, which generated collective demand of 34,176 units, an increase of 44.2%. Buick also enjoyed strong demand for the GL8 minivan family which experienced collective sales growth of 114.8% to 11,973 units. In addition, the Encore SUV had sales of 9,052 units, which was up 14.9%.

Chevrolet sales in the domestic market dropped 0.2% year on year to 65,988 units in January. The brand’s most popular model was the Cruze, which sold 22,621 units. Demand for the Sail family also remained strong, with sales of 21,989 units.

Cadillac luxury vehicle sales in China jumped 265.7% to 5,741 units in January. Sales of the SRX jumped 96.1% to 2,812 units, while sales of the XTS totaled 2,365 units in the model’s first January on the market.

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Wuling sales in China reached 163,886 units in January, which was up 13.2% from the same month last year. Its best-selling model was the Hong Guang family, whose sales grew 69.9% to 81,153 units. Baojun, GM’s entry-level passenger car brand in China, had sales growth of 27.8% to 8,966 units.