RUSSIA: GM sales in Russia up 60% in H1

GM sold 181,138 cars in Russia in January-June, up 60% on last year, the company has said in a statement.

Of the total, General Motors sold 53,523 Opel cars in the period and 125,701 Chevrolet cars, up 49% on last year, the company said.

In 2007, General Motors sold 258,835 cars in Russia.

The Chevrolet brand is becoming a very big seller in Russia. The booming Russian car market has become by far Chevrolet’s largest national market in its European territory.

Last year, almost 190,000 new Chevrolets were purchased there – an increase of almost 250% from 2004. At 46,000 units Chevrolet sales in neighbouring Ukraine surpassed those of Italy to make the Ukraine Chevrolet’s second biggest European market in 2007.

See also:

SWITZERLAND: Record H1 sales for GM Europe

FEATURE: POLAND: Chevrolet looks east for European growth

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