General Motors and its joint ventures in China sold 257,770 vehicles in China during February, a new record for the month. Sales increased 19.9% year on year from 215,070 vehicles in the same month last year.
In February, Shanghai GM’s domestic sales were up 8.8% year on year to 109,889 units, SAIC-GM-Wuling’s volume rose 29.4% to 142,620 units and FAW-GM’s sales were up 38.7% to 5,092 units.
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Buick sales rose 13% to 59,164 units. Its best-selling model remained the original Excelle family, 21,820 units, a rise of 49.4%. It was followed by the (newer Opel Astra-based) Excelle XT and GT, which had combined sales growth of 13.8% to 16,260 units.
Chevrolet sales in China dropped 0.1% to 46,347 units last month. The brand’s most popular model was the Cruze, which sold 19,960 units – an increase of 52.1%. Sales of the Sail family were 13,173 units.
Cadillac sales in China were a February record 4,378 units. Demand for the luxury brand jumped 90.8% on an annual basis, as sales of the XTS sedan totaled 2,042 units.
Wuling sales across China increased 31.6% from February 2013 to 137,018 units. Sales of the Hong Guang family rose 103.2% to 65,129 units. Baojun, GM’s entry-level passenger car brand in China, had sales of 5,602 units.
GM’s sales during the first two months of 2014 totaled 605,831 units – an increase of 15.2% year on year and also a new record.
