Honda Motor has said its China vehicle sales rose 11.7% in 2008 to 473,297 units.


That represents a slowing from 2007’s 31% gain.


Sales in December fell 5% to 41,851 units, Honda said in a statement.


GM sold 1.09 million vehicles in the country last year, up 6.1%.


Guangzhou Honda, the Japanese automaker’s joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., parent of Hong Kong-listed Denway Motors, sold 306,183 cars, up 3.7%.

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Sales at its venture with Dongfeng Motor , based in the central Chinese province of Hubei, rose 29.3% to 164,216 units, it said.